Excelsior and Fortuna Sittard draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

ROTTERDAM. Excelsior manages to recover against Fortuna Sittard with a goal on the D. Duarte 68' and a goal on the M. Belkheir 78'.

David Brown

August 29, 2023

ROTTERDAM. Excelsior comes back against Fortuna Sittard with a goal on the D. Duarte 68′ and a goal on the M. Belkheir 78′.

The match was played at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium in Rotterdam on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Robin Hensgens with the assistance of Rens Bluemink and Stefan de Groot. The 4th official was Stan Teuben. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.99 degrees Celsius or 66.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.

Match Statistics

Excelsior

2 - 2

Fortuna Sittard

45 Ball Possession 55

Shots

9 Total 13
6 On Target 5
2 Off Target 7
1 Shots blocked 1

106 Attack 122
42 Dangerous attack 69
68 Ball safe 62

0 Penalties 0
0 Corners 6

Fouls

4 Total 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Fortuna Sittard was in firm control of the ball 55% while Excelsior was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Sittard was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Fortuna Sittard to win the match.

Excelsior shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Excelsior received 1 yellow card (Julian Baas). Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (Danny Buijs and Rodrigo Guth).

Match Timeline

30'

54'

Mouhamed Belkheir- sub ->O. Özyakup

Sven Nieuwpoort- sub ->Serano Seymor

54'

64'

Rodrigo Guth- Yellow

68'

Deroy Duarte(goal)

C. Sandra- sub ->Noah Naujoks

70'

Oscar Uddenäs(goal)Richie Omorowa

73'

Richie Omorowa- sub ->Nikolas Agrafiotis

71'

70'

Rémy Vita- sub ->M. Dijks

Oscar Uddenäs- sub ->Lazaros Lamprou

71'

J. Baas- Yellow

76'

78'

Mouhamed Belkheir(goal)

Troy Parrott - sub ->Derensili Sanches Fernandes

86'

88'

Arianit Ferati- sub ->Iñigo Córdoba

88'

K. Sierhuis- sub ->A. Halilović

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After this contest, Excelsior has 5 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard has 5 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Excelsior will host Heracles Almelo on the 12th of May with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Heracles Almelo (4 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will play away agasint Heracles Almelo on the 19th of May with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior

Stijn van Gassel 1.Netherlands

6.3

Siebe Horemans 2.Belgium

8.2

Casper Widell 5.Sweden

6.6

Arthur Zagré 12.France

6.8

Serano Seymor 34.Netherlands

7.0

54'

Redouan El Yaakoubi 4.Netherlands

6.4

Noah Naujoks 15.Netherlands

6.7

70'

K. Tokura 15.Japan

J. Baas 33.Netherlands

7.1

76'

Lazaros Lamprou 7.Greece

6.7

71'

Couhaib Driouech 14.Morocco

Nikolas Agrafiotis 19.Serbia

7.3

71'

30'

Derensili Sanches Fernandes 30.Netherlands

7.0

86'

Substitutes

Norbert Alblas 18.Netherlands

Pascal Kuiper 38.Netherlands

Sven Nieuwpoort 16.Netherlands

6.3

54'

Mimeirhel Benita 22.Netherlands

Ian Smeulers 28.Netherlands

C. Sandra 8.Belgium

6.8

70'

Oscar Uddenäs 11.Sweden

7.1

71'

73'

Troy Parrott 9.Republic of Ireland

86'

Richie Omorowa 17.Sweden

7.0

71'

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

The manager Marinus Dijkhuizen decided to play with the following team: Couhaib Driouech, Ken Tokura, Stijn van Gassel (6.3), Siebe Horemans (8.2), Casper Widell (6.6), Serano Seymor (7.0), Arthur Zagre (6.8), Noah Naujoks (6.7), Redouan El Yaakoubi (6.4), Julian Baas (7.1), Derensili Sanches Fernandes (7.0), Nikolas Agrafiotis (7.3) and Lazaros Lamprou (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Cisse Sandra (6.8), Troy Parrott, Oscar Uddenäs (7.1), Sven Nieuwpoort (6.3), Richie Omorowa (7.0), Norbert Alblas, Mimeirhel Benita, Ian Smeulers and Pascal Kuiper.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: Noah Naujoks for Cisse Sandra (70′), Nikolas Agrafiotis for Richie Omorowa (71′), Lazaros Lamprou for Oscar Uddenäs (71′), Derensili Sanches Fernandes for Troy Parrott (86′) and Serano Seymor for Sven Nieuwpoort (54′).

Best player: Siebe Horemans

The most impressive player for Excelsior was Siebe Horemans.

His rating is (8.2) with 35 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 21. He performed 3 crosses.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Ivor Pandur 31.Croatia

7.0

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.8

Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil

6.6

64'

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

7.7

Mitchell Dijks 35.Netherlands

6.4

70'

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

8.2

68'

Iñigo Córdoba 7.Spain

7.0

88'

Alen Halilovic 10.Croatia

6.4

88'

Oğuzhan Özyakup 15.Turkey

6.7

54'

Loreintz Rosier 32.France

7.3

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

7.0

P. Gladon 11.Netherlands

Substitutes

Luuk Koopmans 1.Netherlands

Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands

N. Markelo 24.Netherlands

Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar

6.6

70'

Stipe Radic 55.Croatia

Sadik Fofana 3.Germany

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

88'

K. Sierhuis 9.Netherlands

88'

Mouhamed Belkheir 20.Algeria

7.5

54'

78'

Milan Robberechts 39.Belgium

Fortuna Sittard started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Danny Buijs played with: P. Gladon, I. Pandur (7.0), Ivo Pinto (6.8), Rodrigo Guth (6.6), D. Siovas (7.7), M. Dijks (6.4), L. Rosier (7.3), Deroy Duarte (8.2), Iñigo Córdoba (7.0), A. Halilović (6.4), O. Özyakup (6.7), T. Noslin (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Vita (6.6), L. Koopmans, S. Fofana, K. Sierhuis, A. Ferati, M. Belkheir (7.5), T. Hendriks, N. Markelo, M. Robberechts and S. Radić.

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of R. Vita (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 4 changes: O. Özyakup for M. Belkheir (54′), M. Dijks for R. Vita (70′), A. Halilović for K. Sierhuis (88′) and Iñigo Córdoba for A. Ferati (88′).