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 haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus SC Cambuur, was also a home game here at Goffertstadion. The away team is better rested.
NEC form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 1st round.Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for NEC are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for NEC, who played 0-0 against SC Cambuur. That match was also played at this venue (Goffertstadion). Previous to that game, a Eerste Divisie home match hosting Excelsior in a game that was won 3-2.
The manager R. Meijer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Eindhoven in only four days.
A decent goal production from NEC in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, Fortuna Sittard have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Fortuna, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Fortuna, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie last time out. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sparta Rotterdam.
A new game in only three days for Fortuna Sittard, the Eredivisie home match versus Ajax. Busy days.
Fortuna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Fortuna Sittard have conceded 16 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): NEC won four games, one match ended with a draw and Fortuna Sittard has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / oneTop Goalscorers
  J. Bruijn 7 goals |   S. Polter 6 goals |  Z. Flemming 6 goals |
NEC missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| NEC | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 40 | 47 |
| 2 | Almere City | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | NEC | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 8 | Telstar | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 25 |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -25 | 16 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 15 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -33 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 33 | -28 | 11 |
| 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 | 58 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 41 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | AZ Alkmaar | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 16 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Willem II | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 5 |