SC Heerenveen vs Fortuna Sittard Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of Feyenoord.

Bryan Linssen (48', 58', 91') scored for Feyenoord.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where SC Heerenveen have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that De Superfriezen have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals during that time. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if the trend will be sustained in this upcoming game.

Going into this one, SC Heerenveen are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard will come into the game following a 2-1 Eredivisie win over RKC Waalwijk in their previous outing.

For Fortuna Sittard, goals were scored by Sebastian Polter (45') and Lisandro Semedo (92'). Finn Stokkers (15') scored for RKC Waalwijk.

Fortuna Sittard have been dangerous up front in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 9 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Sittard have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same clashes.

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

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 13/03/2002 shows us that SC Heerenveen have won 4 of them & Fortuna Sittard 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 2 on 19/09/2020 when it ended Fortuna Sittard 1-3 SC Heerenveen.

The match was refereed by Martin Perez.

📋 Team News: SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen manager Johnny Jansen will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all coming into this game with a completely healthy group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from, Fortuna Sittard boss Sjors Ultee does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this game.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Fortuna Sittard should get enough chances to get a goal against this SC Heerenveen outfit, although it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a 2-1 win for SC Heerenveen at the end of this one. It’s a very tough call.

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

Peter Guest, 00:12 06/01/2021