SITTARD. NEC and Fortuna Sittard draw 1-1. R. González scored the first goal (59′) for NEC. K. Sierhuis made it even (75′). NEC was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 9,304 spectators.​ The referee was Richard Martens who had the assistance of Sjoerd Nanninga and Joris Westhof. The 4th official was Martin Perez. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.75 degrees Celsius or 49.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NEC had a strong ball possession 56% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Sittard was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Fortuna Sittard to win the match​.

Fortuna Sittard shot 30 times, 8 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, NEC shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (Oğuzhan Özyakup and Dimitrios Siovas). Regarding the opposition, NEC received 1 yellow card (Calvin Verdonk).

Standings

After playing this match, Fortuna Sittard has 35 points to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, NEC will has 43 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away against FC Twente on the 7th of April with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of FC Twente (0 draws).

NEC will play away against Vitesse on the 7th of April with a 14-8 head to head in favor of Vitesse (7 draws).

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

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: Justin Lonwijk, Michael Verrips (6.3), Ivo Pinto  (7.5), Rodrigo Guth (7.3), Dimitrios Siovas (7.0), Mitchell Dijks (6.7), Deroy Duarte (7.3), Oğuzhan Özyakup (7.9), Ragnar Oratmangoen (7.1), Alen Halilovic (7.3), Iñigo Córdoba (7.3) and K. Sierhuis (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Luuk Koopmans, Siemen Voet, Sadik Fofana, Kristoffer Peterson (7.0), Iman Griffith, Mouhamed Belkheir, Tom Hendriks, Alessio da Cruz (7.3), N. Markelo, Jayden Braaf, Loreintz Rosier (6.8) and Rémy Vita.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Iñigo Córdoba for Siemen Voet (88′), Alen Halilovic for Kristoffer Peterson (71′), Ragnar Oratmangoen for Alessio da Cruz (71′), Oğuzhan Özyakup for Loreintz Rosier (81′) and K. Sierhuis for Jayden Braaf (88′).

Player of the match: K. Sierhuis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was K. Sierhuis.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.

NEC – Formation

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

Rogier Meijer played with: Lasse Schöne  , Bart van Rooij, Jasper Cillessen (8.2), B. Pereira (6.8), Philippe Sandler (7.3), Bram Nuytinck (7.7), Calvin Verdonk (6.6), Mees Hoedemakers (7.8), K. Sano (7.3), Rober González (6.7), Tjaronn Chery (6.8) and Y. Baas (7.0), Koki Ogawa (6.8).

They had on the bench: S. Hansen (6.4), Sylla Sow (6.8), M. Ross, Lars Olden Larsen (6.8), R. Roefs, Yvandro Borges Sanches (7.0), R. Janse and Nils Rossen  (6.4).

NEC could not rely on the presence of Nils Rossen  (injured).

Substitutions

NEC made 5 changes: B. Pereira for S. Hansen (46′), Tjaronn Chery for Yvandro Borges Sanches (46′), S. Hansen for Lars Olden Larsen (76′), Koki Ogawa for Sylla Sow (76′) and Yvandro Borges Sanches for Nils Rossen  (83′).

Player of the match: Jasper Cillessen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was the goalkeeper: Jasper Cillessen. His rating is 8.16. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Fortuna Sittard – NEC – 1-1
• Vitesse – Sparta Rotterdam – 1-4
• Excelsior – PSV – 0-2