SITTARD. Fortuna Sittard defeats SC Heerenveen 2-0 after Z. Flemming scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Joey Kooij with the collaboration of Erik Koopman and Rob van de Ven. The 4th official was Michael Eijgelsheim. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 6 Total 13
- 3 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 9
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 89 Attack 136
- 31 Dangerous attack 57
- 87 Ball safe 108
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SC Heerenveen had a superior ball possession 63% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SC Heerenveen was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Fortuna Sittard was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Fortuna Sittard shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, SC Heerenveen shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (B. Rienstra and M. Angha). On the other side, SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (T. Haye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Fortuna Sittard will have 16 points to remain in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, SC Heerenveen will stay with 25 points like FC Groningen to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away against FC Groningen on the 12th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of FC Groningen (1 draw).
SC Heerenveen will host NEC on the 13th of February with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of SC Heerenveen (8 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
73'
86'
14', 70'
Fortuna Sittard started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Sjors Ultee decided to play with the following team: Yanick van Osch , Martin Angha , Andreas Samaris , Dimitrios Siovas , Mickael Tirpan , Deroy Duarte , Ben Rienstra , George Cox , Tesfaldet Tekie , Zian Flemming and Mats Seuntjens .
The home team had on the bench: Charlison Benschop , R. Johansson, T. Hendriks, T. Noslin, R. Musaba, J. Botaka, A. Ferati, F. Dornebusch, Nigel Cello Lonwijk , R. Janssen, P. Gladon and Lisandro Semedo.
Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of N. Lonwijk (injured) and J. Botaka (injured).
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 3 changes: T. Tekie for C. Benschop (68′), D. Siovas for N. Lonwijk (73′) and M. Tirpan for J. Botaka (90′).
Best player: Zian Flemming
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was Zian Flemming.
His rating is with 2 goals, 15 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12.
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
SC Heerenveen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Johnny Jansen played with: Xavier Mous , Milan van Ewijk , Ibrahim Drešević , Lucas Woudenberg , Rami Kaib , Nicolas Madsen , Rami Al Hajj , Thom Haye , Anthony Musaba , Siem de Jong and Filip Stevanović .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Trustin van ‘t Loo , J. Bekkema, Anas Tahiri , A. van der Heide, Djenahro Nunumete , E. Mulder, T. Zaal, Hamdi Akujobi , Amin Sarr , S. Shopov and J. Ras.
Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 5 changes: F. Stevanovic for A. Sarr (62′), R. Kaib for D. Nunumete (67′), A. Musaba for Trustin van ‘t Loo (67′), R. Al Hajj for A. Tahiri (82′) and M. van Ewijk for H. Akujobi (82’).
Best player: Siem de Jong
The most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Siem de Jong.
His rating is with 34 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- FC Utrecht – SC Cambuur – 3-2
- Fortuna Sittard – SC Heerenveen – 2-0
- PEC Zwolle – NEC – 1-1
- PSV – AZ – 1-2
- FC Twente – Vitesse – 3-0
