RKC Waalwijk prevails over Fortuna Sittard 2-1

WAALWIJK. RKC Waalwijk overcame Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1.

January 24, 2022

WAALWIJK. RKC Waalwijk beat Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1. It was RKC Waalwijk to strike first with an early goal of J. Gaari at the 2′. Then M. Kramer scored again for RKC Waalwijk in the 19′ minute. Eventually, M. Seuntjens reduced the distance for Fortuna Sittard a penalty (64′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Fortuna Sittard was much better in terms of ball possession (66%).

The match was played at the Mandemakers Stadion stadium in Waalwijk on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the assistance of Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Martin Perez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.

Match Statistics

RKC Waalwijk

2 - 1

Fortuna Sittard

! 34 Ball Possession 66

Shots

15 Total 13
6 On Target 6
9 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 4

77 Attack 126
29 Dangerous attack 56
79 Ball safe 97

0 Penalties 1
4 Corners 5
4 Off Sides 2

Fouls

12 Total 11
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Fortuna Sittard had a superior ball possession 66% while RKC Waalwijk was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Sittard was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, RKC Waalwijk found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

RKC Waalwijk shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

RKC Waalwijk received 2 yellow cards (S. Adewoye and M. Kramer). Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 4 yellow cards (R. Janssen, M. Tirpan, I. Pinto and B. Rienstra).

Match Timeline

J. Gaari(goal)

Michiel Kramer (goal)F. Stokkers

19'

23'

45'

46'

Ivo Pinto - sub ->N. Lonwijk

46'

Arianit Ferati- sub ->Andreas Samaris

Shawn Adewoye- Yellow

52'

Michiel Kramer - Yellow

64'

Mats Seuntjens (penalty)

64'

Y. Oukili- sub ->M. Kramer

70'

83'

87'

88'

90'

Ivo Pinto - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After this match, RKC Waalwijk will have 22 points like FC Groningen and Go Ahead Eagles to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 13 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, RKC Waalwijk will play away with Willem II on the 6th of February with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Willem II (3 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will host SC Heerenveen on the 5th of February with a 4-2 head to head in favor of SC Heerenveen (1 draw).

RKC Waalwijk – Formation

RKC Waalwijk

Etienne Vaessen 1.Netherlands

7.4

Dario Van den Buijs 24.Belgium

6.9

Melle Meulensteen 3.Netherlands

7.2

Shawn Adewoye 4.Belgium

6.9

52'

Alexander Büttner 28.Netherlands

7.6

83'

J. Gaari 2.Curaçao

7.6

V. Anita 6.Netherlands

6.1

83'

Ayman Azhil 8.Morocco

7.3

83'

Michiel Kramer 29.Netherlands

7.1

70'

64'

19'

Finn Stokkers 9.Netherlands

6.9

Jens Odgaard 7.Denmark

6.8

87'

Substitutes

Issam El Maach 31.Morocco

Luuk Wouters 34.Netherlands

6.2

83'

Thierry Lutonda 5.Belgium

Lars Nieuwpoort 15.Netherlands

6.5

83'

Y. Oukili 33.Morocco

6.4

70'

Richard van der Venne 10.Netherlands

6.7

83'

Iliass Bel Hassani 11.Morocco

Roy Kuijpers 17.Netherlands

87'

Lennerd Daneels 20.Belgium

RKC Waalwijk started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Joseph Oosting decided to play with the following team: Etienne Vaessen (7.4), Shawn Adewoye (6.9), Melle Meulensteen (7.2), Dario Van Den Buijs (6.9), Jurien Gaari (7.6), Vurnon Anita (6.1), Ayman Azhil (7.3), Alexander Büttner (7.6), Jens Odgaard (6.8), Michiel Kramer (7.1) and Finn Stokkers (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Yassin Oukili (6.4), Luuk Wouters (6.2), Richard van der Venne (6.7), Thierry Lutonda, Roy Kuijpers, Lennerd Daneels, Issam El Maach, Iliass Bel Hassani and Lars Nieuwpoort (6.5).

Substitutions

RKC Waalwijk made 5 changes: M. Kramer for Y. Oukili (70′), A. Azhil for R. van der Venne (83′), V. Anita for L. Nieuwpoort (83′), A. Buttner for L. Wouters (83′) and J. Odgaard for R. Kuijpers (87′).

Best player: Alexander Büttner

The player that probably impressed the most for RKC Waalwijk was Alexander Büttner even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 23 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 4 crosses.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Michael Verrips 34.Netherlands

6.8

R. Janssen 4.Netherlands

6.5

83'

23'

Martin Angha 2.Switzerland

7.2

Mickaël Tirpan 25.Belgium

6.1

88'

45'

George Cox 35.England

7.0

Nigel Lonwijk 18.Netherlands

6.1

46'

Andreas Samaris 22.Greece

6.4

46'

Ben Rienstra 23.Netherlands

7.0

90'

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

6.8

Mats Seuntjens 10.Netherlands

7.5

64'

Zian Flemming 8.Netherlands

6.9

Substitutes

Yanick van Osch 1.Netherlands

Felix Dornebusch 32.Germany

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.6

46'

90'

S. Hogervorst 48.Netherlands

Richie Musaba 29.Netherlands

Yiğit Emre Çeltik 21.Turkey

Ryan Johansson 28.Luxembourg

6.6

83'

T. Tekie 14.Sweden

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

7.0

46'

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

88'

Toshio Lake 39.Netherlands

Emil Hansson 11.Sweden

Fortuna Sittard started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Sjors Ultee played with: Michael Verrips (6.8), Mickael Tirpan (6.1), Martin Angha (7.2), Nigel Cello Lonwijk (6.1), Roel Janssen (6.5), George Cox (7.0), Andreas Samaris (6.4), Deroy Duarte (6.8), Ben Rienstra (7.0), Mats Seuntjens (7.5) and Zian Flemming (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tijjani Noslin, Ivo Pinto (6.6), Richie Musaba, Yiğit Emre Çeltik, Yanick van Osch, Stijn Hogervorst, Ryan Johansson (6.6), Toshio Lake, Tesfaldet Tekie, Emil Hansson, Felix Dornebusch and Arianit Ferati (7.0).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 4 changes: A. Samaris for A. Ferati (46′), N. Lonwijk for I. Pinto (46′), R. Janssen for R. Johansson (83′) and M. Tirpan for T. Noslin (88′).