Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Fortuna Sittard nor PEC Zwolle 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.
This stadium uses grass, unlike PEC Zwolle's home stadium. The visitors last 32 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 4 draws and 20 losses.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard have not come this way in the KNVB Beker without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating ADO Den Haag. Last season, Fortuna Sittard's KNVB Beker journey ended in the quarter-finals.Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Fortuna Sittard are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). After failing to beat Sparta Rotterdam here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Fortuna Sittard has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Fortuna Sittard's last game was hosting RKC Waalwijk and winning 3-2. A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at PSV.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortuna Sittard as they are travelling to their away game against Willem II in the Eredivisie. That match is four days after this one.
The Fortuna Sittard manager S. Ultee has got the team scoring with 18 from 9 home games in the league. Fortuna Sittard's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HSV Hoek in order to reach 2nd Round of KNVB Beker. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for PEC Zwolle so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-7 (win-draw-lose).
PEC Zwolle play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting VVV-Venlo. A loss against AZ was the result prior to that, in a Eredivisie home game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PEC Zwolle manager J. Stegeman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against PSV.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For PEC Zwolle, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 1 - 8 (Fortuna Sittard wins - draws - PEC Zwolle wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Diemers
6 goals
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R. Ghoochannejhad
6 goals
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A. Ciss
5 goals
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Fortuna Sittard missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 33 | 26 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 58 | 23 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 297 | 202 | Total Shots | T S | 157 | 284 | ||
| 108 | 81 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 108 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 38 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | Willem II | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Heracles | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Feyenoord | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 18 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 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 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 8 |