Fortuna Sittard have journeyed here for an appealing battle against the hosts SC Heerenveen. Get ready for the game with this thorough Eredivisie preview!
- SC Heerenveen have the most clean sheets (3) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SC Heerenveen form and stats
A Eredivisie draw at home so far for SC Heerenveen. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for SC Heerenveen, as their goalkeeper Andries Noppert has completely shut out the opponents for 272 minutes in the Eredivisie.
Happy days for SC Heerenveen in their previous game, a fixture away at Vitesse (placed 18th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after failing to win seven matches in a row. As indicated by the result mentioned above, SC Heerenveen played a great game against Vitesse and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for van Hooijdonk when beating Vitesse, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Sarr, a striker, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 9.43 (out of 10). Sarr scored one goal, signed up for three assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
0-0 away at Feyenoord before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Heerenveen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
At Abe Lenstra Stadion, SC Heerenveen has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eredivisie were 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 17 fixtures. It's a growing despair in Fortuna Sittard as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Home advantage was not enough for Fortuna Sittard in their previous game as they lost hosting SC Cambuur, 1-4. Midfielder Cordoba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Cordoba served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the Fortuna Sittard manager Ultee faced defeat when travelling to FC Twente and losing 0-3.We have checked recent matches where Fortuna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Fortuna Sittard has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
SC Heerenveen-Fortuna Sittard H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: SC Heerenveen four wins, Fortuna Sittard three wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. van Hooijdonk 3 goals |   B. Yılmaz 2 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 11.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 11.7 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 19 | 18.3 |
| 4.3 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 7.3 |
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen have the most clean sheets (3) in Eredivisie
| SC Heerenveen | Last season | Fortuna Sittard | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 54 | 28 | Conceded | C | 36 | 67 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 50% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 56% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 13.6 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 16.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FC Emmen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitesse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
