FC Twente beats Fortuna Sittard 3-0

SITTARD. FC Twente was after all too good for Fortuna Sittard.

FC Twente beats Fortuna Sittard 3-0

SITTARD. FC Twente was in the end too much to handle for Fortuna Sittard with the goal of Vaclav Cerny (67′), M. Ugalde (71′) and M. Ugalde (77′). FC Twente was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Rob Dieperink with the assistance of Rob van de Ven and Nils van Kampen. The 4th official was Stan Teuben. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 10 Total 17
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 2 Off Target 8
  • 5 Shots blocked 4
  • 85 Attack 144
  • 40 Dangerous attack 82
  • 76 Ball safe 106
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 14 Total 8
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

FC Twente had a strong ball possession 67% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente was more aggressive with 82 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the match.​

Fortuna Sittard shot 10 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Twente shot 17 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Sittard received 3 yellow cards (Arianit Ferati, Tijjani Noslin and Mike van Beijnen). Talking about the opposition, FC Twente received 2 yellow cards (M. Hilgers and Michel Vlap).

Match Timeline

Arianit Ferati- Yellow
33'
40'
46'
Ricky van Wolfswinkel- sub ->Sem Steijn
54'
Mees Hilgers- Yellow
62'
Joshua Brenet- sub ->Alfons Sampsted
P. Gladon- sub ->Arianit Ferati
62'
Rémy Vita- sub ->Úmaro Embaló
62'
67'
71'
77'
81'
82'
85'
82'
86'
89'
Michel Vlap- Yellow

Standings

After playing this encounter, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 29 points to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, FC Twente will have 44 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will host FC Groningen on the 2nd of April with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Groningen (1 draw).

FC Twente will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 22nd of April with a 14-7 head to head in favor of FC Twente (4 draws).

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard
G
Ivor Pandur 31.Croatia
5.9
D
Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece
6.3
D
Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal
5.9
D
George Cox 5.England
6.0
82'
D
Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil
6.4
M
Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo
6.4
62' 33'
M
6.6
M
Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde
6.4
F
Thomas Buitink  29.Netherlands
7.0
85'
F
Úmaro Embaló 85.Portugal
6.9
62'
F
Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands
6.6
82' 40'
Substitutes
G
Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands
G
Yanick van Osch 1.Netherlands
D
Stipe Radic 55.Croatia
D
R. Janssen 4.Netherlands
D
Mike van Beijnen 18.Netherlands
6.4
82' 86'
D
Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar
6.2
62'
D
Ximo Navarro 2.Spain
M
Tunahan Tasci 34.Turkey
82'
F
6.7
85'
F
P. Gladon 11.Netherlands
6.6
62'

Fortuna Sittard started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Julio Velázquez Santiago decided to play with the following team: Ivor Pandur (5.9), Ivo Pinto (5.9), Rodrigo Guth (6.4), Dimitrios Siovas (6.3), George Cox (6.0), Kristijan Bistrović (6.6), Arianit Ferati (6.4), Deroy Duarte (6.4), Tijjani Noslin (6.6), Thomas Buitink (7.0) and Úmaro Embaló (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Stipe Radić, Tom Hendriks, Roel Janssen, Gianmarco Cangiano (6.7), Ferhat Cakir, Muhammet Tunahan Tasci, Paul Gladon (6.6), Mike van Beijnen (6.4), Yanick van Osch, Rémy Vita (6.2) and Ximo Navarro.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Arianit Ferati for Paul Gladon (62′), Úmaro Embaló for Remi Vita (62′), George Cox for Mike van Beijnen (82′), Thomas Buitink for Gianmarco Cangiano (85′) and Tijjani Noslin for Muhammet Taşçı (82′).

Best player: Thomas Buitink​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Thomas Buitink.

His rating is (7.0) with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente
G
Lars Unnerstall 1.Germany
7.3
D
Robin Pröpper  3.Netherlands
6.2
D
Alfons Sampsted 12.Iceland
7.1
62'
D
Gijs Smal 5.Netherlands
7.5
D
Mees Hilgers 2.Netherlands
6.8
81' 54'
M
Anass Salah-Eddine 17.Netherlands
7.4
M
Michel Vlap 18.Netherlands
7.4
89'
M
Sem Steijn 14.Netherlands
7.1
46'
M
Ramiz Zerrouki 8.Algeria
8.0
M
Vaclav Cerny 7.Czech Republic
8.4
90' Goals67'
F
Manfred Ugalde 27.Costa Rica
8.8
Goals71', 77'
Substitutes
G
Issam El Maach 16.Morocco
G
Przemyslaw Tyton 22.Poland
D
81'
D
Joshua Brenet 20.Netherlands
6.2
62'
M
Max Bruns 38.Netherlands
M
Gijs Besselink 41.Netherlands
M
Irakli Yegoian 15.Georgia
F
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 9.Netherlands
7.3
46'

FC Twente started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Ron Jans played with: Lars Unnerstall (7.3), Alfons Sampsted (7.1), Mees Hilgers (6.8), Robin Pröpper (6.2), Gijs Smal (7.5), Ramiz Zerrouki (8.0), Václav Černý (8.4), Sem Steijn (7.1), Michel Vlap (7.4), Anass Salah-Eddine (7.4) and Manfred Ugalde (8.8).

They had on the bench: Max Bruns, Issam El Maach, Julio Pleguezuelo, Gijs Besselink, Joshua Brenet (6.2), Sander Sybrandy, Ricky van Wolfswinkel (7.3), Irakli Yegoian and Przemysław Tytoń.

Substitutions

FC Twente made 3 changes: Sem Steijn for Ricky van Wolfswinkel (46′), Alfons Sampsted for Joshua Brenet (62′) and M. Hilgers for Julio Pleguezuelo (81′).

Best player: Manfred Ugalde​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Twente was Manfred Ugalde.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 13 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​