Willem II favourites for feisty fight facing Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Willem II are ready for Fortuna Sittard with faith in winning all three points. Will they? Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game away.

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!

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Willem II form and stats

All-inclusive Eredivisie stats playing at home this season for Willem II are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Koning Willem Stadion after three straight home wins.

The home team returns to Koning Willem II Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with FC Twente (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 1-1. Midfielder Max Svensson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.1 (out of ten) in that game. Svensson hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Heracles Almelo.

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

Willem are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Willem defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for Fortuna Sittard with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

George Cox scored in Fortuna Sittard's previous match, the home game against SC Cambuur that ended 1-0. Defender George Cox was the best team player with a rating of 7.91. Cox scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting NEC before that.

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

The attacking power of Fortuna when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. In the opposite end, Fortuna Sittard have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Willem four wins, three draws and Fortuna Sittard three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
5 goals
Willem IIC. Nunnely
C. Nunnely
3 goals
Willem IIK. Wriedt
K. Wriedt
3 goals

Willem II missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Willem II Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
5 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
13 5 3 Scored S 1 2 8
11 6 1 Conceded C 1 5 16
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
67% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 62%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 50%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
3.7 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.7 4.1
4.8 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 4.8
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 6.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.7 8
3.2 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.9
45% 42% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 35%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Sittard have scored 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 9 7 1 1 32 2 5 4 0 1 22 1 4 3 1 0 10 1 30 22
2 PSV 9 7 0 2 22 12 5 4 0 1 14 9 4 3 0 1 8 3 10 21
3 FC Utrecht 9 5 2 2 19 10 4 3 1 0 14 4 5 2 1 2 5 6 9 17
4 Willem II 9 5 2 2 13 11 4 3 0 1 5 6 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 17
5 Feyenoord 8 5 1 2 22 11 4 3 1 0 12 6 4 2 0 2 10 5 11 16
6 Vitesse 9 5 1 3 9 15 4 1 1 2 4 9 5 4 0 1 5 6 -6 16
7 FC Twente 9 4 3 2 15 11 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 9 8 4 15
8 SC Heerenveen 9 4 1 4 11 14 5 2 0 3 7 10 4 2 1 1 4 4 -3 13
9 AZ 8 4 0 4 19 13 3 2 0 1 10 4 5 2 0 3 9 9 6 12
10 SC Cambuur 9 4 0 5 16 22 5 3 0 2 11 8 4 1 0 3 5 14 -6 12
11 NEC 9 3 2 4 10 16 4 1 1 2 2 4 5 2 1 2 8 12 -6 11
12 Heracles Almelo 8 3 1 4 11 14 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 10
13 Go Ahead Eagles 9 3 1 5 11 18 5 3 0 2 8 5 4 0 1 3 3 13 -7 10
14 Fortuna Sittard 8 2 2 4 8 16 5 2 1 2 6 11 3 0 1 2 2 5 -8 8
15 RKC Waalwijk 9 1 4 4 12 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 0 3 2 8 10 -3 7
16 FC Groningen 9 1 4 4 8 15 4 0 3 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 6 12 -7 7
17 Sparta Rotterdam 9 1 4 4 8 17 5 1 3 1 6 8 4 0 1 3 2 9 -9 7
18 PEC Zwolle 9 0 1 8 3 17 4 0 1 3 1 5 5 0 0 5 2 12 -14 1

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.