SITTARD. NEC overcomes Fortuna Sittard 3-1. NEC got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from J. Okita (21′) and E. Tavsan (26′). Fortuna Sittard tried to recover with a goal from M. Seuntjens (34′). However, the match was closed by a goal (52′) scored by J. Bruijn for NEC. Fortuna Sittard lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jeroen Manschot with the assistance of Richard Brondijk and Marco Ribbink. The 4th official was Martin Perez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 11 Total 10
- 3 On Target 4
- 8 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 156 Attack 75
- 47 Dangerous attack 29
- 71 Ball safe 75
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Fortuna Sittard was in firm control of the ball 59% while NEC was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Fortuna Sittard was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, NEC found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Fortuna Sittard shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, NEC shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (T. Tekie and R. Johansson). On the opposite side, NEC received 2 yellow cards (C. Odenthal and J. Bruijn).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 5 points to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, NEC will have 11 points to stay in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will host SC Cambuur on the 16th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.
NEC will host Vitesse on the 17th of October with a 11-9 head to head record in favor of Vitesse (8 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
46'
37'
34'
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 , Ivo Pinto , Martin Angha , Roel Janssen , Deroy Duarte , Tesfaldet Tekie , Ben Rienstra , George Cox , Richie Musaba , Bassala Sambou and Mats Seuntjens .
The home team had on the bench: Yiğit Emre Çeltik, Toshio Lake , Ryan Johansson , Samy Baghdadi, Tom Hendriks, Felix Dornebusch, Arianit Ferati, Emil Hansson, Tijjani Noslin , Nigel Cello Lonwijk and Stijn Hogervorst.
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 4 changes: R. Musaba for T. Noslin (35′), R. Janssen for N. Lonwijk (46′), T. Tekie for R. Johansson (46′) and M. Angha for T. Lake (72′).
Best player: Mats Seuntjens
The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Mats Seuntjens.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
NEC – Formation
NEC
NEC started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the opposite side, Rogier Meijer played with: Mattijs Branderhorst , Édgar Barreto , Iván Márquez , Cas Odenthal , Bart van Rooij , Lasse Schöne , Jordy Bruijn , Souffian El Karouani , Jonathan Okita , Elayis Tavsan and Magnus Mattsson .
They had on the bench: Ilias Bronkhorst, Javier Vet, Pedro Ruiz, Ole Romeny, Ali Akman, Joep van der Sluijs, Danny Vukovic, Robin Roefs, Thomas Beekman, Rodrigo Guth and Calvin Verdonk.
NEC could not rely on the presence of A. Akman (injured).
Substitutions
NEC made 2 changes: E. Tavsan for A. Akman (87′) and J. Bruijn for J. Vet (90′).
Best player: Jonathan Okita
The player that probably impressed the most for NEC was Jonathan Okita.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- RKC Waalwijk – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-1
- Heracles – Willem II – 3-2
- PEC Zwolle – SC Heerenveen – 0-1
- Fortuna Sittard – NEC – 1-3
