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Fortuna Sittard
Eredivisie | Gameweek 4
Aug 31, 2024 at 5.45pm UK
Fortuna Sittard Stadion
NEC

Sittard
0 - 3
Nijmegen


Aiko (69')
FT(HT: 0-2)
Ogawa (35'), Rober (40'), Ouaissa (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Eredivisie clash between Fortuna Sittard and NEC, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Nijmegen 1-0 PEC Zwolle
Saturday, August 24 at 5.45pm in Eredivisie

We said: Fortuna Sittard 1-0 NEC

Fortuna Sittard have the momentum heading into this one, and the added advantage of playing in front of their fans makes them huge favourites. While we expect NEC to put up a good fight, we can see Fortuna just about doing enough to carry the day. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Fortuna Sittard win with a probability of 46.04%. A win for NEC had a probability of 30.17% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Fortuna Sittard win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.27%) and 2-0 (6.99%). The likeliest NEC win was 1-2 (7.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.97%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 1.9% likelihood.

Result
Fortuna SittardDrawNEC
46.04% (-0.059000000000005 -0.06) 23.79% (0.039999999999999 0.04) 30.17% (0.022000000000002 0.02)
Both teams to score 59.92% (-0.131 -0.13)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
58.07% (-0.175 -0.17)41.93% (0.18 0.18)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
35.66% (-0.177 -0.18)64.33% (0.182 0.18)
Fortuna Sittard Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
81.56% (-0.092999999999989 -0.09)18.44% (0.097000000000001 0.1)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
50.38% (-0.159 -0.16)49.62% (0.163 0.16)
NEC Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
73.47% (-0.073000000000008 -0.07)26.53% (0.077999999999999 0.08)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
38.26% (-0.096999999999994 -0.1)61.73% (0.101 0.1)
Score Analysis
    Fortuna Sittard 46.04%
    NEC 30.17%
    Draw 23.79%
Fortuna SittardDrawNEC
2-1 @ 9.28% (-0.0020000000000007 -0)
1-0 @ 8.27% (0.041 0.04)
2-0 @ 6.99% (0.014 0.01)
3-1 @ 5.23% (-0.017 -0.02)
3-0 @ 3.94% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
3-2 @ 3.47% (-0.019 -0.02)
4-1 @ 2.21% (-0.015 -0.02)
4-0 @ 1.67% (-0.0069999999999999 -0.01)
4-2 @ 1.47% (-0.012 -0.01)
Other @ 3.52%
Total : 46.04%
1-1 @ 10.97% (0.030000000000001 0.03)
2-2 @ 6.16% (-0.013999999999999 -0.01)
0-0 @ 4.89% (0.04 0.04)
3-3 @ 1.53% (-0.012 -0.01)
Other @ 0.24%
Total : 23.79%
1-2 @ 7.28% (0.0049999999999999 0)
0-1 @ 6.49% (0.038 0.04)
0-2 @ 4.31% (0.016 0.02)
1-3 @ 3.22% (-0.0049999999999999 -0)
2-3 @ 2.72% (-0.012 -0.01)
0-3 @ 1.91% (0.0030000000000001 0)
1-4 @ 1.07% (-0.004 -0)
2-4 @ 0.9% (-0.006 -0.01)
Other @ 2.27%
Total : 30.17%

How you voted: Sittard vs Nijmegen

Fortuna Sittard
81.3%
Draw
12.5%
NEC
6.3%
16
Head to Head
Apr 2, 2024 8pm
Gameweek 28
Sittard
1-1
Nijmegen
Sierhuis (75')
Ozyakup (37'), Siovas (90')
Rober (59')
Verdonk (87')
Dec 15, 2023 7pm
Gameweek 16
Nijmegen
4-1
Sittard
Mattsson (33', 70'), Ogawa (45+2'), Hansen (75')
Proper (16'), Tavsan (42'), Schone (86')
Hoedemakers (49')
Sierhuis (69')
Guth (53'), Pinto (83')
Noslin (24')
May 28, 2023 1.30pm
Gameweek 34
Sittard
1-1
Nijmegen
Gladon (90+4' pen.)
Embalo (41')
Dimata (65' pen.)
Sep 10, 2022 3.30pm
Gameweek 6
Nijmegen
1-1
Sittard
Marques (90+4')
Ozyakup (71')
May 15, 2022 1.30pm
Gameweek 31
Nijmegen
0-1
Sittard

Schone (29')
Flemming (13')
Baghdadi (35'), Semedo (72'), Siovas (90'), van Osch (90+1')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV16140256134342
2Ajax16113235161936
3FC UtrechtUtrecht1611323223936
4Feyenoord16105140182235
5FC Twente1694332201231
6AZ AlkmaarAZ1692530171329
7Go Ahead Eagles166462826222
8Fortuna SittardSittard166462023-322
9NAC BredaNAC Breda167181825-722
10Heerenveen166371728-1121
11Willem II165471718-119
12NECNijmegen165292220217
13PEC Zwolle164481525-1016
14Groningen164481426-1216
15Heracles163581833-1514
16Sparta RotterdamSparta162681424-1012
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk1613121740-236
18Almere CityAlmere City161312737-306


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