Fortuna Sittard vs SC Heerenveen Live Stream, Predictions

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Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against AZ.

For Fortuna Sittard, the scorers were Burak Yılmaz (11') and Ximo Navarro (24' Own goal). Dani de Wit (4') and Vangelis Pavlidis (56') scored for AZ.

Fixtures with Fortuna Sittard have tended to be absorbing affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 7 of them accredited to Fortuna Sittard. In any event, we must now wait to see if the trend might continue on in this upcoming game.

Coming into this clash, Fortuna Sittard are without a home win in the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen head into the clash following a 3-1 Eredivisie win vs FC Groningen in their most recent match.

For SC Heerenveen, the scorers were Amin Sarr (5', 82') and Pelle van Amersfoort (81'). Florian Krüger (40') was the scorer for FC Groningen.

A sequence of reliable showings by the SC Heerenveen defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 outings combined. During the same time, their forwards have scored 8.

Heading into this contest, SC Heerenveen are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 02/02/2020, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Fortuna Sittard winning 3 of those games, SC Heerenveen 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Sittard and 8 created by De Superfriezen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 4 on 27/08/2022 when it finished SC Heerenveen 2-1 Fortuna Sittard.

The match was refereed by Dennis Higler.

🗞️ Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Dimitrios Siovas (Neck Injury) and Arianit Ferati (Head Injury) won’t be playing for Fortuna Sittard gaffer Julio Velázquez.

📰 Team News: SC Heerenveen

Out of a mainly available squad, there’s only a single fitness problem for the SC Heerenveen gaffer Kees van Wonderen to contend with. Sven van Beek (Achilles tendon problems) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Fortuna Sittard will manage to put a goal past this SC Heerenveen side, but a single goal probably won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’ve gone for a very close game with a 1-2 victory for SC Heerenveen after the 90. Looking forward to this.

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

Lucas Pereira, 01:25 21/01/2023