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Fortuna Sittard

WLLLLD

Fortuna Sittard will play in this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Eredivisie stalemate versus Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard had 40% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Fortuna Sittard was Ezequiel Bullaude (31'). Sparta Rotterdam had 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Teo Quintero (3') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Fortuna Sittard have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Fortuna Sittard have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 13 goals along the way.

A look at their previous results shows us that Fortuna Sittard:

• haven't beaten AZ in their last 13 league games. A shocking run, it really is.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

AZ

WWWWLL

After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Athletic Bilbao in Europa League competition, AZ will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, AZ had 44% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Athletic Bilbao got 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Iñaki Williams (72') and Oihan Sancet (85') scored for Athletic Bilbao.

The attack-minded AZ have managed to bag a surfeit of goals over their previous 6 encounters (18 in all). That’s given them an outstanding mean average of 3 goals scored per match over this period. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether such a trend will persist in this next match.

Ahead of this clash, AZ are undefeated in their previous 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 02/12/2021 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Fortuna Sittard. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all while AZ have been superior, winning in 100 per cent of those matches played.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 from Sittard and 16 created by AZ. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 33 on 17/02/2024 when the final score was Fortuna Sittard 1-2 AZ.

That time, Fortuna Sittard had 30% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Iñigo Córdoba (18').

AZ had 20 shots at goal with 5 on target. Vangelis Pavlidis (63') and Dani de Wit (90') scored.

The referee was Richard Martens.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Onur Demir (Fitness), Alessio da Cruz (Foot surgery) and Kaj Sierhuis (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Fortuna Sittard gaffer Danny Buijs.

In our view, Fortuna Sittard may well kick off with a 4-3-3 formation for this game, handing starts to Mattijs Branderhorst, Ivo Pinto, Rodrigo Guth, Shawn Adewoye, Jasper Dahlhaus, Samuel Bastien, Ryan Fosso, Loreintz Rosier, Alen Halilovic, Makan Aiko and Ezequiel Bullaude.

ℹ️ Team News: AZ

AZ boss Maarten Martens has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ibrahim Sadiq (unknown injury), Sem Westerveld (Meniscus injury) and Lewis Schouten (unknown injury) can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that AZ could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Rome Owusu-Oduro, Seiya Maikuma, Alexandre Penetra, Bruno Martins Indi, David Moeller Wolfe, Peer Koopmeiners, Jordy Clasie, Jayden Addai, Sven Mijnans, Ruben van Bommel and Troy Parrott.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Fortuna Sittard should get enough chances to get a goal against this AZ lineup, but a single goal isn’t likely to prevent defeat.

Therefore, we’re predicting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning score for AZ at full-time. Could easily go either way, this.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:01 06/10/2024