HEERENVEEN. SC Heerenveen was after all too good for Fortuna Sittard with the goal of Thom Haye (45′ pen), Thom Haye (62′ pen) and Ion Nicolaescu (88′). SC Heerenveen capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 21,000 spectators. The referee was Jeroen Manschot with the support of Maarten Ketting and Michael Osseweijer. The 4th official was Luuk Timmer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 16 Total 10
- 5 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 6
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 116 Attack 115
- 42 Dangerous attack 44
- 112 Ball safe 97
- 2 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 7
Fouls
- 6 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SC Heerenveen had a strong ball possession 59% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortuna Sittard was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, SC Heerenveen succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
SC Heerenveen shot 16 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (Pelle van Amersfoort ). Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (Iñigo Córdoba and Rodrigo Guth).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, SC Heerenveen will have 16 points to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 13 points like Almere City to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away against Sparta Rotterdam on the 19th of May with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).
Fortuna Sittard will play away agasint Heracles Almelo on the 19th of May with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Kees van Wonderen decided to play with the following team: Márcio Azevedo, Andries Noppert
, Oliver Braude , Sven van Beek , Syb van Ottele , Mats Köhlert , Thom Haye , Simon Olsson , Ché Nunnely , Luuk Brouwers , Osame Sahraoui and Pelle van Amersfoort .The home team had on the bench: Hussein Ali, Anas Tahiri
, Denzel Hall, Mickey van der Hart, Charlie Webster, Ion Nicolaescu , Djenahro Nunumete, Bernt Klaverboer, Patrik Wålemark and Espen van Ee.Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 4 changes: Syb van Ottele for Djenahro Nunumete (90′), Pelle van Amersfoort for Ion Nicolaescu (72′), Ché Nunnely for Patrik Wålemark (73′) and Osame Sahraoui for Anas Tahiri (73′).
Player of the match: Thom Haye
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Thom Haye.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 87 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Danny Buijs played with: Arianit Ferati, Ivor Pandur
, Rodrigo Guth , Dimitrios Siovas , Mitchell Dijks , Ivo Pinto , Alen Halilovic , Loreintz Rosier , Iñigo Córdoba , Milan Robberechts , Tijjani Noslin and Kaj Sierhuis .They had on the bench: Sadik Fofana, Deroy Duarte
, Iman Griffith , Ragnar Oratmangoen , Rémy Vita, Luuk Koopmans, Siemen Voet, Marko Lazetic , Mouhamed Belkheir , Tom Hendriks and N. Markelo.Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of Marko Lazetic (injured) and Ragnar Oratmangoen (injured).
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Dimitrios Siovas for Marko Lazetic (78′), Kaj Sierhuis for Ragnar Oratmangoen (78′), Tijjani Noslin for Mouhamed Belkheir (68′), Milan Robberechts for Deroy Duarte (46′) and Loreintz Rosier for Iman Griffith (78′).
Player of the match: Alen Halilovic
The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Alen Halilovic.
His rating is
with 49 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 10 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- SC Heerenveen – Fortuna Sittard – 3-0
- FC Twente – PSV – 0-3
- Ajax – Vitesse – 5-0
- PEC Zwolle – RKC Waalwijk – 1-2
- Excelsior – Feyenoord – 2-4