Perhaps a welcome break from league football as NEC & Fortuna Sittard face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
NEC form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.NEC have played 5 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
NEC lost their last game at Sparta Rotterdam after a 0-2 scoreline. Defender van Rooij got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.22/10. Rooij hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Eredivisie home game that ended 1-1 versus Excelsior.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NEC handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for NEC as they have a new game in only four days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. Go Ahead Eagles are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for NEC here at Goffertstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games).
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Fortuna Sittard have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
There were no winners in Fortuna Sittard's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs RKC Waalwijk. Pandur was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.82. The agile goalkeeper Pandur topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Vitesse.We have checked recent matches where Fortuna Sittard have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to Feyenoord.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Fortuna Sittard have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (NEC wins - draws - Fortuna Sittard wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 4 goals |   I. Márquez Álvarez 2 goals |  R. Vita 2 goals |
NEC missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| NEC | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 9 | 31 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 13.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.8 | 16.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | AZ | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | NEC | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
