SITTARD. FC Utrecht had a close win over Fortuna Sittard. FC Utrecht made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 8,763 spectators. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the help of Charl Schaap and Rogier Honig. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.3 degrees Celsius or 70.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 16 Total 27
- 7 On Target 11
- 9 Off Target 16
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 94 Attack 115
- 43 Dangerous attack 67
- 84 Ball safe 90
- 1 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 8
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
FC Utrecht was in firm control of the ball 56% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Utrecht had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Utrecht won the match.
Fortuna Sittard shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, FC Utrecht shot 27 times, 11 on target, 16 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (M. Tirpan). Talking about the opposition, FC Utrecht received 2 yellow cards (J. Toornstra and M. Van der Maarel).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 0 points like Go Ahead Eagles to hold in the 18th place. On the opposite side, FC Utrecht will have 5 points like NEC and FC Groningen to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will host Excelsior on the 17th of September with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Excelsior (4 draws).
FC Utrecht will host NEC on the 16th of September with a 10-8 head to head record in favor of FC Utrecht (7 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
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Fortuna Sittard started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Dominik Vergoossen decided to play with the following team: Ivor Pandur , Mickael Tirpan , Rodrigo Guth , Dimitrios Siovas , Tijjani Noslin , Deroy Duarte , Doğan Erdoğan , George Cox , Mats Seuntjens , Burak Yılmaz and Paul Gladon .
The home team had on the bench: Tom Hendriks, Arianit Ferati , Mike van Beijnen, Rémy Vita, Iñigo Cordoba, Vasilios Sourlis, Muhammet Tunahan Tasci, Cole Bassett , Bryant Nieling, Yanick van Osch and Úmaro Embaló.
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 2 changes: D. Erdogan for A. Ferati (46′) and G. Cox for C. Bassett (75′).
Best player: Rodrigo Guth
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was Rodrigo Guth.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.
FC Utrecht – Formation
FC Utrecht
FC Utrecht started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Henk Fraser played with: Vasilis Barkas , Hidde ter Avest , Mark van der Maarel , Nick Viergever , Djevencio van der Kust , Moussa Sylla , Jens Toornstra , Luuk Brouwers , Othman Boussaid , Bas Dost and Daishawn Redan .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Modibo Sagnan, Rocco Robert Shein, Naoki Maeda, Calvin Raatsie, Django Warmerdam , Taylor Booth, Can Bozdoğan, Amin Younes , Ruben Kluivert, Anastasios Douvikas , Sean Klaiber and Thijmen Nijhuis.
Substitutions
FC Utrecht made 4 changes: D. Redan for A. Douvikas (63′), H. ter Avest for S. Klaiber (63′), O. Boussaid for A. Younes (88′) and D. van der Kust for D. Warmerdam (89′).
Best player: Anastasios Douvikas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Utrecht was Anastasios Douvikas.
His rating is with 3 goals, 11 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
