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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')
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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV88002752224
2FC UtrechtUtrecht7610148619
3AZ AlkmaarAZ85121751216
4FC Twente8422147714
5Ajax6411134913
6Feyenoord7340147713
7Go Ahead Eagles84131010013
8Willem II8323119211
9Sparta RotterdamSparta824299010
10Fortuna SittardSittard8314813-510
11Groningen8233111109
12Heracles8233713-69
13NAC BredaNAC Breda8305614-89
14PEC Zwolle8224811-38
15Heerenveen82241017-78
16NECNijmegen821579-27
17Almere CityAlmere City8026219-172
18RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk8008522-170


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