Football betting preview: Willem II favourites when Fortuna Sittard visits

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Willem II leading Fortuna Sittard by 14 points.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Willem II and Fortuna Sittard.

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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 2 defeats from 9 games.

Willem II drew their last game, also a home match. Fortuna Sittard (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Ahead of that match, Willem II won a home game hosting Sparta Rotterdam (3-0).

The Willem II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Willem II have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Sittard, who have the most conceded goals (30) away in Eredivisie, so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Fortuna Sittard has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Willem II for a Eredivisie game that ended a draw (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against PEC Zwolle in the KNVB Beker.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fortuna Sittard as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Fortuna Sittard defense as they have conceded 30 goals in 9 away games.

Head 2 Head

Willem II and Fortuna Sittard have met before this season: Willem II - Fortuna Sittard 0-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 3 Willem II victories, 3 draws and 2 Fortuna Sittard wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
9 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Diemers
M. Diemers
6 goals
Fortuna SittardA. Ciss
A. Ciss
5 goals

Willem II missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Willem II Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 5 9 18
10 5 3 Won W 0 0 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 4 7 9
27 12 5 Scored S 1 5 23
22 7 2 Conceded C 21 30 42
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 78%
50% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 78% 67%
28% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 67% 61%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 44% 50%
50% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 56%
28% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 56% 33%
 
4.4 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) C F 1.2 3 4.1
4.7 4.4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 10.8 9 7.8
1.7 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
196 113 50 Total Shots T S 22 77 209
73 39 16 Shots on Target S O 4 24 80
37% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 29%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard has the most conceded goals (30) away
  • Fortuna Sittard has the the worst goal difference (-25) away
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Sittard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game away.
  • Willem II has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
  • Willem II have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Sittard have scored away.

  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 17 13 2 2 52 15 8 7 0 1 28 4 9 6 2 1 24 11 37 41
2 AZ Alkmaar 18 13 2 3 39 11 9 7 1 1 21 5 9 6 1 2 18 6 28 41
3 PSV 18 10 4 4 42 23 9 7 1 1 27 10 9 3 3 3 15 13 19 34
4 Willem II 18 10 3 5 27 22 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 5 1 3 15 15 5 33
5 FC Utrecht 17 9 2 6 32 23 8 5 0 3 18 8 9 4 2 3 14 15 9 29
6 SC Heerenveen 18 7 7 4 29 22 10 3 6 1 12 10 8 4 1 3 17 12 7 28
7 Feyenoord 17 7 7 3 30 26 9 5 3 1 19 13 8 2 4 2 11 13 4 28
8 Vitesse 17 8 3 6 29 24 8 4 2 2 14 10 9 4 1 4 15 14 5 27
9 Heracles 18 7 5 6 31 26 9 5 1 3 22 12 9 2 4 3 9 14 5 26
10 Sparta Rotterdam 18 6 5 7 27 30 9 5 2 2 19 10 9 1 3 5 8 20 -3 23
11 FC Groningen 17 6 4 7 19 18 8 4 1 3 12 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 1 22
12 FC Twente 18 5 4 9 26 37 9 3 2 4 17 19 9 2 2 5 9 18 -11 19
13 Fortuna Sittard 18 5 4 9 23 42 9 5 2 2 18 12 9 0 2 7 5 30 -19 19
14 FC Emmen 17 5 3 9 20 32 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 0 1 7 4 22 -12 18
15 PEC Zwolle 18 5 1 12 25 42 8 3 1 4 17 20 10 2 0 8 8 22 -17 16
16 VVV-Venlo 17 5 0 12 17 41 9 4 0 5 11 19 8 1 0 7 6 22 -24 15
17 ADO Den Haag 17 3 4 10 18 31 9 1 4 4 9 14 8 2 0 6 9 17 -13 13
18 RKC Waalwijk 18 3 2 13 22 43 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 1 1 7 12 27 -21 11

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.