SC Cambuur vs Fortuna Sittard full preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cambuurstadion (10000 seats)

Boasting a 11 point lead in the league standings, SC Cambuur supporters hope to see their beloved team earn max points from this fixture vs Fortuna Sittard.

Insights:
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eredivisie

This field uses artifical turf, unlike Fortuna Sittard's home ground. The last 14 games by the visitors on artifical turf have generated 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what SC Cambuur have to build on here at Cambuurstadion in the Eredivisie. Cambuur has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Jong and the players.

The supporters are hoping that SC Cambuur will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Feyenoord (placed 3rd).

Preceding that match was a defeat to PEC Zwolle (3-4).

Cambuur have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cambuurstadion with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for SC Cambuur with 25 goals conceded in these matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

There's been little loot from Fortuna Sittard's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

The Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Yanick van Osch is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 251 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for Fortuna, whose manager Ultee could celebrate last time after the win against FC Groningen. van Osch was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.11. The agile goalkeeper Osch topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Fortuna Sittard secured a home win against SC Heerenveen with the score 2-0.

Fortuna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fortuna Sittard as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played before this season: Fortuna Sittard - Cambuur 1-0. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for SC Cambuur, two draws and five wins for Fortuna Sittard. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
8 goals
SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
5 goals
SC CambuurR. Uldriķis
R. Uldriķis
5 goals

SC Cambuur missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

SC Cambuur Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 12 22
9 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
11 6 1 Lost L 2 8 13
39 21 9 Scored S 2 11 24
50 25 7 Conceded C 4 27 50
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 82%
74% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 68%
52% 45% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 42% 50%
35% 36% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 27%
74% 91% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 64%
17% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 18%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 18%
 
3.3 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.5 3.9
7 6.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.6 5.7
1.3 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 10.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 8.8 9.2
4.2 4.3 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 3.7
40% 45% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 23% 29%
 
16 14.9 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 19 18.7 16.5
6.3 6.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 7.2 6.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of SC Cambuur's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (27) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SC Cambuur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 23 18 3 2 70 5 12 9 1 2 46 3 11 9 2 0 24 2 65 57
2 PSV 23 17 1 5 57 29 12 9 0 3 32 17 11 8 1 2 25 12 28 52
3 Feyenoord 23 16 3 4 55 20 12 9 1 2 31 11 11 7 2 2 24 9 35 51
4 AZ 23 14 3 6 45 27 11 8 2 1 26 11 12 6 1 5 19 16 18 45
5 FC Twente 23 12 6 5 36 29 11 6 4 1 17 8 12 6 2 4 19 21 7 42
6 Vitesse 23 11 4 8 28 37 11 4 2 5 11 21 12 7 2 3 17 16 -9 37
7 FC Utrecht 23 10 6 7 40 30 12 7 4 1 27 13 11 3 2 6 13 17 10 36
8 NEC 23 8 7 8 28 32 11 2 4 5 11 15 12 6 3 3 17 17 -4 31
9 SC Cambuur 23 9 3 11 39 50 11 4 1 6 21 25 12 5 2 5 18 25 -11 30
10 FC Groningen 23 6 8 9 26 32 11 2 6 3 9 9 12 4 2 6 17 23 -6 26
11 SC Heerenveen 23 7 4 12 21 34 12 3 2 7 11 19 11 4 2 5 10 15 -13 25
12 Heracles Almelo 23 6 5 12 24 32 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 0 2 9 7 19 -8 23
13 RKC Waalwijk 23 5 8 10 25 37 11 4 1 6 10 19 12 1 7 4 15 18 -12 23
14 Go Ahead Eagles 23 6 5 12 24 40 11 4 0 7 14 19 12 2 5 5 10 21 -16 23
15 Willem II 23 6 3 14 21 42 12 4 1 7 10 18 11 2 2 7 11 24 -21 21
16 Fortuna Sittard 22 5 4 13 24 50 10 3 2 5 13 23 12 2 2 8 11 27 -26 19
17 Sparta Rotterdam 22 3 8 11 17 35 12 2 5 5 10 17 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 17
18 PEC Zwolle 23 4 5 14 18 37 12 2 4 6 8 13 11 2 1 8 10 24 -19 17

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.