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Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Live Stream, Predictions
The Eredivisie meeting at Fortuna Sittard Stadion on Sunday sees home team Fortuna Sittard welcome opponents Excelsior.
View all Fortuna Sittard v Excelsior tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide
Fortuna Sittard
WDDLLW ⚖
Fortuna Sittard, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Eredivisie success against RKC Waalwijk.
In that match, Fortuna Sittard managed 45% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Fortuna Sittard was Kaj Sierhuis (89'). At the other end, RKC Waalwijk had 6 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
In their past 6 fixtures, Danny Buijs's Fortuna Sittard have scored a combined total of 6 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.
Taking a look at their past results, Fortuna Sittard:
- are winless against Excelsior in their last 2 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.
Excelsior
WDLLLL 📉
Following on from being beaten in their last game against Vitesse in Eredivisie action, Excelsior and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Excelsior had 46% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Excelsior was Lance Duijvestijn (46'). For their opponents, Vitesse got 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Paxten Aaronson (53') and Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (86') scored for Vitesse.
The numbers tell their own story, and Excelsior have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 12 goals in all. At the back, Excelsior have seen their frailties exposed.
Leading up to this clash, Excelsior:
- haven't beaten Fortuna Sittard when they've played them away from home in the last 7 matches in the league. Not good at all.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league games. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 07/03/2014 shows us that Fortuna Sittard have won 2 of them and Excelsior 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.
A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from Sittard and 9 being from Roodzwarten. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
The previous league contest between these sides was Eredivisie match day 4 on 26/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Excelsior 2-2 Fortuna Sittard.
The referee was Robin Hensgens.
ℹ️ Team News: Fortuna Sittard
The Fortuna Sittard manager Danny Buijs has no fitness concerns to speak of before this match owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go.
It seems likely that Fortuna Sittard will possibly use the 4-4-2 system for this game featuring Michael Verrips, Ivo Pinto, Rodrigo Guth, Dimitris Siovas, Mitchell Dijks, Justin Lonwijk, Arianit Ferati, Alen Halilovic, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Inigo Cordoba and Kaj Sierhuis.
📰 Team News: Excelsior
Excelsior manager Marinus Dijkhuizen has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kik Pierie (Foot injury), Lennard Hartjes (Knee injury) and Ian Smeulers (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.
There’s a good chance that Roodzwarten might play in a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Casper Widell, Siem de Moes, Arthur Zagre, Couhaib Driouech, Cisse Sandra, Julian Baas, Kenzo Goudmijn, Troy Parrott and Lance Duijvestijn.
🔮 Prediction
Our thinking is that Excelsior might have a difficult job to register a score against this Fortuna Sittard team who we reckon should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore expecting a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Fortuna Sittard at the end of the 90 minutes.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 15:01 03/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Fortuna Sittard
Formed: 1968
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12,500)
Captain: Ivo Pinto
Chairman: Işıtan Gün
Manager: Danny Buijs
Competitions: Eredivisie position 12
⭐ Key Player: Alen Halilović
Generally played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Alen Halilović was born in Zagreb, Croatia. Having made a first senior appearance for Dinamo Zagreb in the 2012 - 2013 season, the gifted Midfielder has struck 4 league goals in this Eredivisie 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 23 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 66 | DWWWD |
2 |
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24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 56 | WWWWD |
3 |
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24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 50 | WWLWW |
4 |
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24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 43 | LDWWD |
5 |
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24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 39 | DLDLW |
6 |
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24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 37 | WDWLW |
7 |
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24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | WLDWW |
8 |
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24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 32 | WWWWL |
9 |
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24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 31 | DWLWW |
10 |
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24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 30 | LLWLD |
11 |
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23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | -16 | 27 | WDLLW |
12 |
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23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 27 | LWDWL |
13 |
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24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 27 | WDLLL |
14 |
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23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -24 | 22 | LLWLL |
15 |
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23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 21 | DLLLL |
16 |
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24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 18 | LWLLL |
17 |
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24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -30 | 16 | LLDWL |
18 |
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24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -37 | 13 | LLDLL |
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FC Zwolle |
Ajax |
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RKC Waalwijk |
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AZ |
FC Utrecht |
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RKC Waalwijk |
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Vitesse |
Sparta Rotterdam |
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FC Twente |
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AZ |
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SC Heerenveen |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
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RKC Waalwijk |
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Vitesse |
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Heracles Almelo |
Sparta Rotterdam |
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Almere City |
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PSV Eindhoven |
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FC Utrecht |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5.1 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.4 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Kaj Sierhuis | 11 |
Alen Halilović | 4 |
Rodrigo Guth | 3 |
Tijjani Noslin | 3 |
Deroy Duarte | 2 |
Troy Parrott | 7 |
Nikolas Agrafiotis | 5 |
Couhaib Driouech | 4 |
Siebe Horemans | 3 |
Lazaros Lamprou | 3 |
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Feyenoord |
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Go Ahead Eagles |
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PSV Eindhoven |
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PSV Eindhoven |
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FC Volendam |
Ajax |
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NEC |
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Heracles Almelo |
Feyenoord |
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