LEEUWARDEN. SC Cambuur managed to find the solution against Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1. T. Boere was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Fortuna Sittard to strike first with a goal of D. Duarte at the 20′. Then it was a goal in the 35′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Boere gave the win to SC Cambuur in the 74′ minute scoring a double. SC Cambuur capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Cambuurstadion stadium in Leeuwarden on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jannick van der Laan who had the assistance of Mark Janssen and Martijn Beijer. The 4th official was Alex Bos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.3 degrees Celsius or 36.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SC Cambuur had a strong ball possession 60% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SC Cambuur was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SC Cambuur won the match​.

SC Cambuur shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SC Cambuur didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 3 yellow cards (B. Rienstra, M. Tirpan and P. Gladon).

Standings

After playing this contest, SC Cambuur will have 33 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 19 points to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Cambuur will host Ajax on the 11th of March with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (1 draw).

Fortuna Sittard will host PEC Zwolle on the 6th of March with a 14-5 head to head stats in favor of PEC Zwolle (4 draws).

SC Cambuur – Formation

SC Cambuur started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Henk de Jong decided to play with the following team: Sonny Stevens (6.8), Doke Schmidt (7.6), Calvin Mac-Intosh (6.9), Erik Schouten (6.6), Alex Bangura (7.1), Jamie Jacobs (6.4), Mees Hoedemakers (7.6), Robin Maulun (7.8), Patrick Joosten (7.8), Tom Boere (8.1) and Issa Kallon (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Pieter Bos, Bret Minnema, Maxim Gullit, David Sambissa (6.7), Marco Tol (6.8), Jasper ter Heide, Michael Breij, Mitchell Paulissen (7.4), Sekou Sylla, Nick Doodeman, Tamás Kiss and Jhondly van der Meer.

SC Cambuur could not rely on the presence of M. Tol (injured).

Substitutions

SC Cambuur made 5 changes: E. Schouten for M. Tol (56′), J. Jacobs for M. Paulissen (69′), P. Joosten for D. Sambissa (75′), D. Schmidt for M. Gullit (90′) and T. Boere for J. van der Meer (90′).

Best player: Tom Boere​

The most impressive player for SC Cambuur was Tom Boere.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 14 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Sjors Ultee played with: Yanick van Osch (7.2), Martin Angha (5.9), Andreas Samaris (7.1), Dimitrios Siovas (7.0), Mickael Tirpan (7.2), Deroy Duarte (7.2), Ben Rienstra (6.2), George Cox (6.6), Zian Flemming (6.2), Charlison Benschop (6.5) and Mats Seuntjens (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Felix Dornebusch, Tom Hendriks, Jordan Botaka (6.4), Roel Janssen, Nigel Cello Lonwijk, Ivo Pinto, Richie Musaba, Tesfaldet Tekie, Samy Baghdadi, Paul Gladon (6.5) and Tijjani Noslin.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 2 changes: M. Tirpan for J. Botaka (80′) and B. Rienstra for P. Gladon (80′).

Best player: Yanick van Osch​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was the goalkeeper: Yanick van Osch. His rating is 7.21. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• FC Groningen – Willem II – 1-0
• Heracles Almelo – PEC Zwolle – 2-0
• SC Cambuur – Fortuna Sittard – 2-1