FC Twente conquers Fortuna Sittard 2-0 on Saturday

ENSCHEDE. FC Twente defeats Fortuna Sittard with a 2-0 win with an own goal from S. Fofana (52') and a goal from R. van (86').

John Ross

April 7, 2024

ENSCHEDE. FC Twente beats Fortuna Sittard with a 2-0 win with an own goal from S. Fofana (52′) and a goal from R. van (86′). FC Twente was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 30,000 spectators. The referee was Rob Dieperink with the help of Rob van de Ven and Michael Osseweijer. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.38 degrees Celsius or 70.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.

Match Statistics

FC Twente

2 - 0

Fortuna Sittard

! 71 Ball Possession 29

Shots

26 Total 4
8 On Target 2
6 Off Target 1
12 Shots blocked 1

180 Attack 65
119 Dangerous attack 12
72 Ball safe 76

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

9 Total 10
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

FC Twente had a superior ball possession 71% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente was more pushing with 119 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the match.

FC Twente shot 26 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

FC Twente didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard received 3 yellow cards (K. Sierhuis, Rodrigo Guth and Rodrigo Guth).

Match Timeline

14'

Rodrigo Guth- Yellow

35'

Rodrigo Guth(yellowredcard)

38'

Sadik Fofana- sub ->Alen Halilovic

Y. Regeer- sub ->Alfons Sampsted

46'

Naci Ünüvar- sub ->Gijs Smal

46'

52'

Sadik Fofana(own-goal)

57'

Rodrigo Guth- Yellow

63'

Alessio da Cruz- sub ->K. Sierhuis

63'

Justin Lonwijk- sub ->Ragnar Oratmangoen

67'

K. Sierhuis- Yellow

M. Bruns- sub ->M. Hilgers

69'

Anass Salah-Eddine- sub ->Sem Steijn

75'

79'

Kristoffer Peterson- sub ->Oğuzhan Özyakup

Carel Eiting- sub ->Mathias Kjølø

79'

Loreintz Rosier- sub ->Mitchell Dijks

Ricky van Wolfswinkel(goal)Carel Eiting

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After playing this contest, FC Twente has 60 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard will stays with 35 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Twente will play away against Ajax on the 14th of April with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (13 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will host Feyenoord on the 14th of April with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (3 draws).

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente

Lars Unnerstall 1.Germany

7.1

M. Hilgers 2.Netherlands

7.1

69'

Robin Pröpper 3.Netherlands

7.5

Gijs Smal 5.Netherlands

7.1

46'

Alfons Sampsted 12.Iceland

7.0

46'

Mathias Kjølø 4.Norway

8.2

79'

D. Rots 11.Netherlands

8.5

Sem Steijn 14.Netherlands

7.3

75'

Michel Vlap 18.Netherlands

7.5

Michal Sadílek 23.Czech Republic

8.1

Ricky van Wolfswinkel 9.Netherlands

8.4

86'

Substitutes

Issam El Maach 16.Morocco

Przemyslaw Tyton 22.Poland

Alec Van Hoorenbeeck 17.Belgium

Anass Salah-Eddine 34.Netherlands

7.0

75'

Carel Eiting 6.Netherlands

7.3

79'

Y. Regeer 8.Netherlands

7.5

46'

M. Bruns 38.Netherlands

6.7

69'

Gijs Besselink 41.Netherlands

Mitchell van Bergen 7.Netherlands

Naci Ünüvar 10.Netherlands

7.0

46'

Y. Taha 19.Morocco

Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink 25.

FC Twente adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joseph Oosting decided to play with the following team: Lars Unnerstall (7.1), Alfons Sampsted (7.0), M. Hilgers (7.1), Robin Pröpper (7.5), Gijs Smal (7.1), Mathias Kjølø (8.2), Michal Sadílek (8.1), D. Rots (8.5), Sem Steijn (7.3), Michel Vlap (7.5) and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Carel Eiting (7.3), Mitchell van Bergen, Y. Regeer (7.5), Naci Ünüvar (7.0), Issam El Maach, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Y. Taha, Przemyslaw Tyton, Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink, Anass Salah-Eddine (7.0), M. Bruns (6.7) and Gijs Besselink.

Substitutions

FC Twente made 5 changes: Alfons Sampsted for Y. Regeer (46′), Gijs Smal for Naci Ünüvar (46′), Mathias Kjølø for Carel Eiting (79′), Sem Steijn for Anass Salah-Eddine (75′) and M. Hilgers for M. Bruns (69′).

Player of the match: D. Rots

The most impressive player for FC Twente was D. Rots even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 69 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Michael Verrips 99.Netherlands

8.1

Siemen Voet 2.Belgium

7.3

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.3

Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil

5.4

57'

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

Mitchell Dijks 35.Netherlands

7.3

79'

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

6.3

Iñigo Córdoba 7.Spain

7.3

Alen Halilovic 10.Croatia

6.8

38'

Oğuzhan Özyakup 15.Turkey

7.1

79'

Ragnar Oratmangoen 34.Netherlands

6.6

63'

K. Sierhuis 9.Netherlands

7.0

63'

67'

Substitutes

Luuk Koopmans 1.Netherlands

Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands

N. Markelo 24.Netherlands

Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar

Justin Lonwijk 21.Netherlands

6.3

63'

Sadik Fofana 3.Germany

6.6

38'

Loreintz Rosier 32.France

6.8

79'

Kristoffer Peterson 8.Sweden

6.4

79'

Iman Griffith 17.Netherlands

Alessio da Cruz 23.Cape Verde

6.4

63'

Jayden Braaf 27.Netherlands

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

Danny Buijs played with: Dimitrios Siovas, Michael Verrips (8.1), Ivo Pinto (6.3), Rodrigo Guth (5.4), Siemen Voet (7.3), Mitchell Dijks (7.3), Deroy Duarte (6.3), Oğuzhan Özyakup (7.1), Alen Halilovic (6.8), Ragnar Oratmangoen (6.6) and Iñigo Córdoba (7.3), K. Sierhuis (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Sadik Fofana (6.6), Luuk Koopmans, Kristoffer Peterson (6.4), Iman Griffith, Justin Lonwijk (6.3), Tom Hendriks, Alessio da Cruz (6.4), N. Markelo, Jayden Braaf, Loreintz Rosier (6.8) and Rémy Vita.

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of Kristoffer Peterson (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Alen Halilovic for Sadik Fofana (38′), K. Sierhuis for Alessio da Cruz (63′), Ragnar Oratmangoen for Justin Lonwijk (63′), Oğuzhan Özyakup for Kristoffer Peterson (79′) and Mitchell Dijks for Loreintz Rosier (79′).