SITTARD. Ajax conquered Fortuna Sittard. Ajax was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük who was helped by Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.2 degrees Celsius or 71.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
- 13 Total 18
- 2 On Target 5
- 11 Off Target 13
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 69 Attack 130
- 22 Dangerous attack 80
- 71 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 10
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Ajax had a superior ball possession 71% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Fortuna Sittard shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Ajax shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 3 yellow cards (M. Seuntjens, A. Ferati and P. Gladon). Talking about the opposition, Ajax didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Fortuna Sittard stays with 0 points to occupy the 12th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Ajax has 0 points (3rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away with FC Twente on the 14th of August with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Twente (0 draws).
Ajax will host FC Groningen on the 14th of August with a 26-7 head to head in favor of Ajax (4 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
78'
27'
6'
Fortuna Sittard started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sjors Ultee decided to play with the following team: Yanick van Osch , Mickael Tirpan , Rodrigo Guth , Dimitrios Siovas , George Cox , Doğan Erdoğan , Deroy Duarte , Tijjani Noslin , Arianit Ferati , Mats Seuntjens and Paul Gladon .
The home team had on the bench: Ivo Pinto , Ivor Pandur, Roel Janssen, Vasilios Sourlis, Mike van Beijnen, Iñigo Cordoba , Tom Hendriks, Rémy Vita, Burak Yılmaz and Muhammet Tunahan Tasci.
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 3 changes: T. Noslin for B. Yilmaz (66′), D. Erdogan for I. Cordoba (66′) and R. Guth for I. Pinto (78′).
Best player: Paul Gladon
The most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was Paul Gladon.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (52% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 16.
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Alfred Schreuder played with: Remko Pasveer , Devyne Rensch , Jurriën Timber , Perr Schuurs , Owen Wijndal , Steven Berghuis , Daley Blind , Kenneth Taylor , Antony , Dušan Tadić and Steven Bergwijn .
They had on the bench: Lorenzo Lucca, Francisco Conceição, Youri Regeer, Maarten Stekelenburg, Jay Gorter, Youri Baas, Davy Klaassen , Brian Brobbey , Mohammed Kudus, Sean Klaiber, Kian Fitz-Jim and Lisandro Magallán .
Substitutions
Ajax made 4 changes: P. Schuurs for D. Klaassen (46′), S. Berghuis for B. Brobbey (46′), D. Rensch for L. Magallan (74′) and S. Bergwijn for M. Kudus (90′).
Best player: Brian Brobbey
The most impressive player for Ajax was Brian Brobbey.
His rating is with 1 goal, 6 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- PSV – FC Emmen – 4-1
- Fortuna Sittard – Ajax – 2-3
- RKC Waalwijk – FC Utrecht – 2-2
- SC Cambuur – Excelsior – 0-2
