Fortuna Sittard vs AZ Live Stream, Predictions

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Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard will be hoping to bounce back here after a 5-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of Ajax.

In that game, Fortuna Sittard managed 34% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, Ajax got 27 attempts on goal with 14 of them on target. Daley Blind (14'), Antony (22'), Devyne Rensch (82') and Sébastien Haller (90', 93') scored for Ajax.

Fortuna Sittard haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their sum of goals equals just 4 versus opponents over the course of their last 6 matches. In those games, Fortuna Sittard have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 16.

Their prior results show that Fortuna Sittard:

• haven't beaten AZ in their last 8 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

AZ

WWWWWW ✅

AZ head into the encounter following a 1-0 Eredivisie win as they beat FC Groningen in their last fixture.

In that match, AZ had 83% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for AZ was Jesper Karlsson (68'). At the other end, FC Groningen got 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Over the course of their last 6 clashes, AZ have bagged the sum of 15 goals. AZ have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 4 goals scored by their opponents. Regardless, time will tell if that pattern shall be replicated in this upcoming match.

Coming into this fixture, AZ are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results stretching back to 07/12/2018 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for Fortuna Sittard. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all whereas AZ have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83 per cent of those matches.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 overall which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 2 on 02/12/2021 and the score finished AZ 2-1 Fortuna Sittard.

That day, AZ managed 57% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Vangelis Pavlidis (41') and Jesper Karlsson (51').

Fortuna Sittard had 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Zian Flemming (9') was the scorer.

The referee was Dennis Higler.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Fortuna Sittard gaffer Sjors Ultee to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Samy Baghdadi (Unknown Injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that Fortuna Sittard look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Yanick van Osch, Mickael Tirpan, Martin Angha, Roel Janssen, George Cox, Ben Rienstra, Tesfaldet Tekie, Tijjani Noslin, Deroy Duarte, Mats Seuntjens and Zian Flemming.

📰 Team News: AZ

AZ manager Pascal Jansen has some current player fitness concerns. Thijs Oosting (Unknown Injury), Jeremy Helmer (Leg Injury), Jelle Duin (Surgery) and Fredrik Midtsjö (Knock) will miss out on this game.

There’s a good chance that AZ appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting Peter Vindahl Jensen, Aslak Fonn Witry, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Jordy Clasie, Dani de Wit, Tijani Reijnders, Yukinari Sugawara, Evangelos Pavlidis and Jesper Karlsson.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Fortuna Sittard should get enough chances to score a goal against this AZ team, although just one goal probably won’t be enough.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 win for AZ when the full-time whistle blows. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:45 12/01/2022