SITTARD. Fortuna Sittard and SC Heerenveen played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. SC Heerenveen was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)
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 Jannick van der Laan who was helped by Dyon Fikkert and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.99 degrees Celsius or 49.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 3 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 98 Attack 112
- 60 Dangerous attack 32
- 75 Ball safe 102
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 0
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SC Heerenveen was in firm control of the ball 59% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortuna Sittard was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Fortuna Sittard to win the match.
Fortuna Sittard shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, SC Heerenveen shot 10 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (Ivo Pinto). On the opposite side, SC Heerenveen received 2 yellow cards (Luuk Brouwers and Simon Olsson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fortuna Sittard has 24 points to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, SC Heerenveen will has 22 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away against FC Utrecht on the 11th of February with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of FC Utrecht (5 draws).
SC Heerenveen will host Ajax on the 11th of February with a 35-5 head to head record in favor of Ajax (5 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
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Fortuna Sittard adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Danny Buijs decided to play with the following team: Michael Verrips , Ivo Pinto , Rodrigo Guth , Dimitrios Siovas , Mitchell Dijks , Alen Halilovic , Loreintz Rosier , Justin Lonwijk , Iñigo Córdoba , Kaj Sierhuis and Kristoffer Peterson .
The home team had on the bench: Arianit Ferati , Luuk Koopmans, Siemen Voet , Sadik Fofana, Oguzhan Özyakup, Iman Griffith, Mouhamed Belkheir, Tom Hendriks, Alessio Da Cruz , N. Markelo, Jayden Braaf and Ragnar Oratmangoen .
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Loreintz Rosier for Arianit Ferati (46′), Kristoffer Peterson for Ragnar Oratmangoen (46′), Kaj Sierhuis for Siemen Voet (87′), Alen Halilovic for Alessio Da Cruz (82′) and Justin Lonwijk for Jayden Braaf (83′).
Player of the match: Alen Halilovic
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was Alen Halilovic.
His rating is with 2 goals, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
Also SC Heerenveen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kees van Wonderen played with: Denzel Hall, Mickey van der Hart , Oliver Braude , Sven van Beek , Pawel Bochniewicz , Mats Köhlert , Simon Olsson , Syb van Ottele , Patrik Wålemark , Luuk Brouwers and Osame Sahraoui , Pelle van Amersfoort .
These were the players on the bench: Andries Noppert, Loizos Loizou, Charlie Webster, Hussein Ali, Ché Nunnely , Djenahro Nunumete, Jan Bekkema, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Anas Tahiri , Thom Haye , Espen van Ee, Amir Ismaïl and Amir Ismaïl.
Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 4 changes: Simon Olsson for Thom Haye (64′), Patrik Wålemark for Ché Nunnely (64′), Syb van Ottele for Anas Tahiri (78′) and Oliver Braude for Hussein Ali (90′).
Player of the match: Luuk Brouwers
The player that probably impressed the most for SC Heerenveen was Luuk Brouwers.
His rating is with 2 goals, 29 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – Heracles Almelo – 3-1
- Fortuna Sittard – SC Heerenveen – 3-3
- FC Twente – RKC Waalwijk – 3-0
- Ajax – PSV – 1-1
