Eredivisie preview and statistics: Willem II - Fortuna Sittard at Koning Willem II Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

15th- against 10th place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Willem II - Fortuna Sittard (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Willem nor Fortuna Sittard as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Relegation threatens Willem who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Fortuna Sittard most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Willem II form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Willem II have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 16 games.

Midfielder Vangelis Pavlidis was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.11 (out of ten) in that game. Pavlidis scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. Willem goalkeeper Arijanet Murić did an outstanding job against ADO Den Haag with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Ahead of that match, Willem lost 0-2 at home to PSV.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Willem's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn two and lost zero.

Willem has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Willem II have conceded 32 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Fortuna Sittard have produced an overall stat of 7-2-7 so far.

Midfield player Zian Flemming was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.1/10. Flemming scored two goals. As you can tell from the result, the match against Vitesse was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Goalkeeper Yanick van Osch made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Vitesse. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

A 0-1 defeat away at AZ before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Fortuna when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning two games.

Fortuna have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. 23 goals have been conceded by Fortuna Sittard in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Fortuna Sittard - Willem 3-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Willem wins - draws - Fortuna Sittard wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WillemV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
11 goals
Fortuna SittardZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
11 goals
Fortuna SittardS. Polter
S. Polter
9 goals

Willem II missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Willem II Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
7 5 2 Won W 4 7 12
7 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
19 9 3 Lost L 0 7 16
38 20 10 Scored S 12 22 49
67 32 10 Conceded C 4 23 56
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 85%
58% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 64%
45% 50% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 42%
24% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
55% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 61%
18% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 12% 12%
33% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.7 11.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 11.1 11.4
3.8 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.4 4.4 4.7
30% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 32%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II 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 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

Table
  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 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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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.