HEERENVEEN. SC Heerenveen defeats Fortuna Sittard 1-0 after H. Veerman scored just 1 goal (5′).
The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Laurens Gerrets with the assistance of and Frans Ozinga. The 4th official was Jesse Rozendal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.3 degrees Celsius or 66.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
SC Heerenveen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1). On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard adopted a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
64'
69'
5'
The manager Johnny Jansen decided to play with the following team: Erwin Mulder , Milan van Ewijk , Sven van Beek , Ibrahim Drešević , Lucas Woudenberg , Nicolas Madsen , Joey Veerman , Benjamin Nygren , Tibor Halilović , Siem de Jong and Henk Veerman .
The home team had on the bench: Stanislav Shopov, Anthony Musaba , Jan Bekkema, Filip Stevanović, Arjen Van Der Heide , Nick Bakker, Rami Hajal , Hamdi Akujobi, Xavier Mous, Djenahro Nunumete, Jan Ras and Syb van Ottele.
Best player: Henk Veerman
The player that probably impressed the most for SC Heerenveen was Henk Veerman.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (42% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 16.
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
On the other side, Sjors Ultee played with: Yanick van Osch , Mickael Tirpan , Martin Angha , Roel Janssen , George Cox , Tesfaldet Tekie , Deroy Duarte , Ben Rienstra , Emil Hansson , Bassala Sambou and Mats Seuntjens .
They had on the bench: Toshio Lake , Nigel Lonwijk, Richie Musaba, Tijjani Noslin , Samy Baghdadi , Yigit Celtik, Stijn Hogervorst, Felix Dornebusch, Ruben van Kouwen and Ronan Plujimen.
Best player: Yanick van Osch
The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was the goalkeeper: Yanick van Osch. His rating is 7.95. He performed 0 saves.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 17 Total 14
- 6 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 10
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 113 Attack 102
- 48 Dangerous attack 42
- 81 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. SC Heerenveen was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Fortuna Sittard that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
SC Heerenveen was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SC Heerenveen won the match.
SC Heerenveen shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (I. Dresevic). On the other side, Fortuna Sittard received 4 yellow cards (B. Sambou, S. Baghdadi, D. Duarte and T. Lake).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, SC Heerenveen will have 10 points like Willem II to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 4 points like FC Twente to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away with Feyenoord on the 22nd of September with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Feyenoord (10 draws).
Fortuna Sittard will host against Ajax on the 21st of September with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (0 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- SC Heerenveen – Fortuna Sittard – 1-0
- Willem II – FC Groningen – 2-1
- Ajax – SC Cambuur – 9-0
- FC Utrecht – RKC Waalwijk – 2-2
