SITTARD. Fortuna Sittard overcome Almere City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Fortuna Sittard to strike first with a goal of L. Rosier at the 24′. Then scored again for Fortuna Sittard in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, Thomas Robinet reduced the distance for Almere City (33’). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Jannick van der Laan assisted by Joost van Zuilen and Richard Polman. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 24.42 degrees Celsius or 75.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Fortuna Sittard was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Almere City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Sittard was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortuna Sittard won the match​.

Fortuna Sittard shot 21 times, 7 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Almere City shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Sittard received 4 yellow cards (L. Rosier, M. Robberechts, M. Robberechts and K. Sierhuis). Regarding the opposition, Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Sherel Floranus and Peer Koopmeiners).

Standings

After this match, Fortuna Sittard has 4 points to occupy the 8th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Almere City stays with 0 points (17th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away against Heracles Almelo on the 19th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

Almere City will play away agasint FC Volendam on the 14th of January with a 14-7 head to head stats in favor of FC Volendam (12 draws).

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Danny Buijs decided to play with the following team: I. Pandur (7.9), Ivo Pinto (7.3), Rodrigo Guth (6.8), D. Siovas (7.0), R. Vita (6.9), Deroy Duarte (7.6), L. Rosier (8.2), T. Noslin (7.2), A. Halilović (7.0), Iñigo Córdoba (7.8) and P. Gladon (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: L. Koopmans, S. Fofana, K. Sierhuis, O. Özyakup (6.8), A. Ferati, M. Belkheir, T. Hendriks, N. Markelo, M. Dijks, M. Robberechts, S. Radić and Úmaro Embaló.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: A. Halilović for O. Özyakup (71′), P. Gladon for K. Sierhuis (83′), R. Vita for M. Dijks (84′), L. Rosier for A. Ferati (90′) and Iñigo Córdoba for M. Robberechts (90′).

Best player: L. Rosier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was L. Rosier.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 41 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Almere City – Formation

Also Almere City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Alex Pastoor played with: Pascu, Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp, Nordin Bakker (7.1), Hamdi Akujobi (6.8), Joey Jacobs (6.5), Theo Barbet (6.3), Sherel Floranus (6.2), Álvaro Peña (7.3), Peer Koopmeiners (6.7), Rajiv Van La Parra (6.1) and Lance Duijvestijn (7.0), Anthony Limbombe (7.0), Thomas Robinet (7.2).

They had on the bench: Thomas Poll, Manel Royo, Christopher Mamengi, Stijn Keller, Stije Resink, Bradly Van Hoeven, Jeffry Puriel, Marcelencio Esajas and Joël van der Wilt.

Substitutions

Almere City made 2 changes: Anthony Limbombe for Stije Resink (82′) and Peer Koopmeiners for Manel Royo (82′).

Best player: Álvaro Peña​

The most impressive player for Almere City was Álvaro Peña.

His rating is (7.3) with 53 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Go Ahead Eagles – FC Volendam – 4-1
• Excelsior – Ajax – 2-2
• Fortuna Sittard – Almere City – 2-1
• Vitesse – PSV – 1-3