📏 Form Guide

Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard head into this game after a 1-1 Eredivisie drawn result versus Almere City.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard had 48% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Fortuna Sittard was Bojan Radulović (79'). Almere City had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Junior Kadile (14') scored for Almere City.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Fortuna Sittard have taken part. With regard to the goal distribution during that period, their opponents scored a total of 8 while Fortuna Sittard managed the sum of 5.

Coming into this meeting, Fortuna Sittard are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

FC Utrecht

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In their previous game, FC Utrecht drew 1-1 in the Eredivisie match with Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, FC Utrecht had 46% possession and 32 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Utrecht was Paxten Aaronson (36'). On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Tobias Lauritsen (12') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

Proving their bias toward fruitful encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the previous six games in which FC Utrecht have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals per meeting. Opposing teams have got 6 of this grand total. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be sustained here.

Heading into this contest, FC Utrecht haven't been beaten by Fortuna Sittard when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 09/04/2022, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Fortuna Sittard winning 2 of those games, FC Utrecht 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league clash featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 17 on 22/12/2024 and the score finished FC Utrecht 2-5 Fortuna Sittard.

That day, FC Utrecht managed 58% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Nick Viergever (6') and Yoann Cathline (57').

On the other side, Fortuna Sittard got 12 shots at goal with 6 on target. Luka Tunjić (56'), Jasper Dahlhaus (75'), Ezequiel Bullaude (78'), Alessio Da Cruz (85') and Édouard Michut (96') scored.

The referee was Alex Bos.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Daley Sinkgraven (Knee injury) and Alen Halilovic (Injury to the ankle) are unavailable for Fortuna Sittard gaffer Danny Buijs.

It seems likely that Fortuna Sittard may well use a 3-4-3 formation for the game, handing starts to Mattijs Branderhorst, Syb van Ottele, Rodrigo Guth, Mitchell Dijks, Josip Mitrovic, Loreintz Rosier, Ryan Fosso, Jasper Dahlhaus, Bojan Radulovic, Ezequiel Bullaude and Luka Tunjic.

📋 Team News: FC Utrecht

It’s our belief that Utreg will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Vasilios Barkas, Niklas Vesterlund, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Alonzo Engwanda, Paxten Aaronson, Miguel Rodriguez, Oscar Fraulo, Yoann Cathline and Sebastien Haller.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard may both find scoring difficult here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 0-0 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 12:03 18/05/2025