FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

UTRECHT. FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard draw 1-1. B. Ramselaar scored the first goal (5') for FC Utrecht. Z. Flemming made it even (61').

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April 10, 2022

UTRECHT. FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard draw 1-1. B. Ramselaar scored the first goal (5′) for FC Utrecht. Z. Flemming equalized (61′).

The match was played at the Stadion Galgenwaard stadium in Utrecht on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Sander van der Eijk assisted by Mario Diks and Rogier Honig. The 4th official was Luuk Timmer. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.4 degrees Celsius or 41.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

FC Utrecht

1 - 1

Fortuna Sittard

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

11 Total 13
2 On Target 8
9 Off Target 5
5 Shots blocked 4

124 Attack 91
67 Dangerous attack 54
101 Ball safe 100

0 Penalties 0
10 Corners 6
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 9
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. FC Utrecht was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Fortuna Sittard that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Utrecht had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough FC Utrecht to win the match.

FC Utrecht shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FC Utrecht didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards (D. Duarte and P. Gladon).

Match Timeline

28'

30'

Deroy Duarte- Yellow

61'

62'

69'

73'

P. Gladon- sub ->C. Benschop

81'

87'

Ivo Pinto - sub ->G. Cox

Mark van der Maarel(var)

89'

90'

P. Gladon- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After this encounter, FC Utrecht will have 42 points to soar in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard will have 23 points like Willem II to go up in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht will play away against Feyenoord on the 24th of April with a 22-5 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (10 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 24th of April with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Go Ahead Eagles (4 draws).

FC Utrecht – Formation

FC Utrecht

Fabian de Keijzer 16.Netherlands

7.9

W. Janssen 14.Netherlands

6.7

Mark van der Maarel 2.Netherlands

6.8

Mike van der Hoorn 33.Netherlands

6.9

D. van der Kust 35.Suriname

7.8

A. Maher 6.Netherlands

7.0

Simon Gustafson 10.Sweden

6.8

B. Ramselaar 23.Netherlands

8.1

69'

Quinten Timber 27.Netherlands

7.2

81'

Othmane Boussaid 26.Belgium

6.2

69'

Anastasios Douvikas 9.Greece

6.2

62'

Substitutes

T. Nijhuis 31.Netherlands

Eric Oelschlägel 32.Germany

Arthur Zagré 20.France

Tommy St. Jago 3.Netherlands

Hidde ter Avest 5.Netherlands

J. van Overeem 8.Netherlands

Sander van de Streek 22.Netherlands

6.7

69'

Remco Balk 30.Netherlands

Mimoun Mahi 11.Morocco

6.2

62'

Pontus Almqvist 17.Sweden

5.9

81'

Moussa Sylla 29.France

6.7

69'

FC Utrecht started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Rick Kruijs decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 4 changes: A. Douvikas for M. Mahi (62′), O. Boussaid for M. Sylla (69′), B. Ramselaar for S. van de Streek (69′) and Q. Timber for P. Almqvist (81′).

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Yanick van Osch 1.Netherlands

7.1

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

7.2

Martin Angha 2.Switzerland

7.7

Mickaël Tirpan 25.Belgium

7.3

George Cox 35.England

7.1

87'

Ben Rienstra 23.Netherlands

6.6

28'

Mats Seuntjens 10.Netherlands

7.8

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

7.1

30'

Zian Flemming 8.Netherlands

7.4

61'

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

6.7

69'

Charlison Benschop 9.Curaçao

6.2

73'

Substitutes

Felix Dornebusch 32.Germany

Michael Verrips 34.Netherlands

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.2

87'

Nigel Lonwijk 18.Netherlands

J. Botaka 17.DR Congo

Andreas Samaris 22.Greece

T. Tekie 14.Sweden

7.3

28'

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

Richie Musaba 29.Netherlands

Lisandro Semedo 7.Cape Verde

6.8

69'

P. Gladon 11.Netherlands

6.2

73'

90'

Samy Baghdadi 24.France

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

Sjors Ultee played with: .

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of T. Tekie (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 4 changes: B. Rienstra for T. Tekie (28′), T. Noslin for L. Semedo (69′), C. Benschop for P. Gladon (73′) and G. Cox for I. Pinto (87′).