NEC demolishes Fortuna Sittard 4-1 showing huge dominance. HIGHLIGHTS

AMSTERDAM. NEC annihilates Fortuna Sittard 4-1 with goals of

December 16, 2023

AMSTERDAM. NEC destroys Fortuna Sittard 4-1 with goals of Magnus Mattsson (33′), Koki Ogawa (45′), Magnus Mattsson (70′) and Sontje Hansen (75′). Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard scored with Kaj Sierhuis (69′). NEC made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

NEC remained with 10 players after Mees Hoedemakers received a red card in the 50′. Still, NEC still was capable to win this match playing only in 10.

The match was played at the Sportpark De Weeren stadium in Amsterdam on Friday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf assisted by Charl Schaap and Richard Polman. The 4th official was Ingmar Oostrom. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.12 degrees Celsius or 44.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.

Match Statistics

NEC

4 - 1

Fortuna Sittard

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

16 Total 11
7 On Target 4
2 Off Target 5
7 Shots blocked 2

103 Attack 82
66 Dangerous attack 51
74 Ball safe 60

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 7

Fouls

7 Total 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

NEC had a strong ball possession 58% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NEC was putting more pressure with 66 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why NEC won the match.

NEC shot 16 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

NEC received 3 yellow cards (Dirk Proper, Lasse Schöne and Elayis Tavsan ). Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (Ivo Pinto and Rodrigo Guth).

(NEC) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (50′).

Also, Fortuna Sittard didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (24′).

Match Timeline

Dirk Proper- Yellow

16'

24'

33'

42'

Koki Ogawa(goal)

45'

46'

Ragnar Oratmangoen- sub ->Alen Halilovic

Mees Hoedemakers- Red

50'

Mees Hoedemakers(VAR_CARD)

49'

53'

Rodrigo Guth- Yellow

M. Ross- sub ->Philippe Sandler

67'

69'

K. Sierhuis(goal)Arianit Ferati

70'

S. Hansen(goal)

75'

76'

Oğuzhan Özyakup- sub ->Iñigo Córdoba

Lasse Schöne - sub ->Elayis Tavsan

79'

81'

Iman Griffith- sub ->Arianit Ferati

81'

Loreintz Rosier- sub ->Deroy Duarte

83'

Ivo Pinto - Yellow

Rober González- sub ->Koki Ogawa

85'

K. Sano- sub ->Sontje Hansen

85'

Lasse Schöne - Yellow

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After playing this match, NEC has 21 points like Sparta Rotterdam to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard will stays with 19 points like SC Heerenveen to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, NEC will play away against Feyenoord on the 14th of January with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (7 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 13th of January with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Sparta Rotterdam (7 draws).

NEC – Formation

NEC

Jasper Cillessen 1.Netherlands

6.8

Philippe Sandler 3.Netherlands

7.1

67'

Bram Nuytinck 17.Netherlands

7.3

Calvin Verdonk 24.Netherlands

8.1

Bart van Rooij 28.Netherlands

7.1

Mees Hoedemakers 6.Netherlands

6.3

50'

Elayis Tavsan 7.Netherlands

6.4

79'

42'

Magnus Mattsson 8.Denmark

9.4

33', 70'

S. Hansen 10.Netherlands

7.8

85'

75'

Dirk Proper 71.Netherlands

7.5

16'

Koki Ogawa 18.Japan

7.3

85'

45'

Substitutes

R. Roefs 22.Netherlands

R. Janse 31.Netherlands

M. Ross 4.Denmark

6.8

67'

Y. Baas 5.Netherlands

Sai van Wermeskerken 15.Japan

Rober González 11.Spain

6.4

85'

Lasse Schöne 20.Denmark

6.6

79'

86'

K. Sano 23.Japan

6.8

85'

Lars Olden Larsen 14.Norway

NEC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rogier Meijer decided to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (6.8), Bart van Rooij (7.1), Philippe Sandler (7.1), Bram Nuytinck (7.3), Calvin Verdonk (8.1), Mees Hoedemakers (6.3), Dirk Proper (7.5), Elayis Tavsan (6.4), Magnus Mattsson (9.4), Sontje Hansen (7.8) and Koki Ogawa (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mathias Ross (6.8), Youri Baas, Rober González (6.4), Lars Olden Larsen, Sai Van Wermeskerken, Lasse Schöne (6.6), Robin Roefs, Kodai Sano (6.8) and Rijk Janse.

NEC could not rely on the presence of Mathias Ross (injured).

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: Koki Ogawa for Rober González (85′), Sontje Hansen for Kodai Sano (85′), Elayis Tavsan for Lasse Schöne (79′) and Philippe Sandler for Mathias Ross (67′).

Player of the match: Magnus Mattsson

The player that probably impressed the most for NEC was Magnus Mattsson.

His rating is 9.4 with 2 goals, 39 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Ivor Pandur 31.Croatia

6.4

Sadik Fofana 3.Germany

6.3

76'

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.6

83'

Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil

7.0

53'

Mitchell Dijks 35.Netherlands

Siemen Voet 2.Belgium

7.0

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

7.1

81'

Iñigo Córdoba 7.Spain

6.6

76'

Alen Halilovic 10.Croatia

7.0

46'

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

7.3

81'

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

4.3

24'

K. Sierhuis 9.Netherlands

7.9

69'

Substitutes

Luuk Koopmans 1.Netherlands

Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands

N. Markelo 24.Netherlands

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar

Oğuzhan Özyakup 15.Turkey

6.6

76'

Loreintz Rosier 32.France

6.7

81'

M. Lazetić 11.Serbia

Iman Griffith 17.Netherlands

6.7

81'

Mouhamed Belkheir 20.Algeria

Ragnar Oratmangoen 34.Netherlands

6.8

46'

Milan Robberechts 39.Belgium

7.0

76'

Also Fortuna Sittard adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Danny Buijs played with: Mitchell Dijks, Ivor Pandur (6.4), Ivo Pinto (6.6), Sadik Fofana (6.3), Rodrigo Guth (7.0), Siemen Voet (7.0), Deroy Duarte (7.1), Arianit Ferati (7.3), Tijjani Noslin (4.3), Alen Halilovic (7.0) and Iñigo Córdoba (6.6), Kaj Sierhuis (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Luuk Koopmans, Marko Lazetic, Oguzhan Özyakup (6.6), Iman Griffith (6.7), Mouhamed Belkheir, Tom Hendriks, N. Markelo, Loreintz Rosier (6.7), Dimitrios Siovas, Ragnar Oratmangoen (6.8), Milan Robberechts (7.0) and Rémy Vita.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Alen Halilovic for Ragnar Oratmangoen (46′), Sadik Fofana for Milan Robberechts (76′), Iñigo Córdoba for Oguzhan Özyakup (76′), Arianit Ferati for Iman Griffith (81′) and Deroy Duarte for Loreintz Rosier (81′).