Sparta Rotterdam manager H. Fraser looking for three points in Fortuna Sittard showdown

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Let's look at this intriguing game in the Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam is in the 17th position after completing three fixtures. They welcome Fortuna Sittard who are placed 8th after two fixtures.

Both participants have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!

Fortuna Sittard play their home games on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. Relevant statistics for Fortuna Sittard when featuring on artifical turf are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from ten matches. They have managed to score 15 goals and conceded 12 times in these games.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The first Eredivisie game here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel resulted in a draw. Last season Sparta Rotterdam's home game statistics were 6 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 17 games.

Rotterdam faced defeat in their previous match, away at Go Ahead Eagles (0-2). Midfielder Sven Mijnans was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.12 (out of ten) in that game. Mijnans hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Heracles that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotterdam handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and two defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sparta Rotterdam at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Fortuna Sittard's last game was the home draw against RKC Waalwijk (2-2). Attacker Mats Seuntjens got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Seuntjens scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Fortuna secured a home win against FC Twente with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Fortuna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Rotterdam wins - draws - Fortuna Sittard wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
2 goals
RotterdamB. Vriends
B. Vriends
1 goals
Fortuna SittardS. Baghdadi
S. Baghdadi
1 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Sparta Rotterdam Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 4
7 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6.5
6.7 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5.5
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
1.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2.5
25% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 80%
Sparta Rotterdam Last season Fortuna Sittard
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
13 6   Won W   7 12
8 4   Drew D   2 5
14 7   Lost L   8 17
49 30   Scored S   23 50
50 27   Conceded C   25 58
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
40% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 65%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 41%
20% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 15%
46% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 62%
29% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 12%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
4.2 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4.1
5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.6
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.3
4 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
12.5 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.3
4.2 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.6
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 3 3 0 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Ajax 3 2 1 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 7
3 FC Utrecht 3 2 1 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 7
4 Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 6
5 SC Heerenveen 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
6 Willem II 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 6
7 NEC 3 2 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 -2 6
8 Fortuna Sittard 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
9 RKC Waalwijk 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 4
10 FC Groningen 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 4
11 AZ Alkmaar 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
12 Go Ahead Eagles 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 SC Cambuur 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
14 Vitesse 3 1 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 5 -7 3
15 FC Twente 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
16 Heracles 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1
18 PEC Zwolle 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 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 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ Alkmaar 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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.