SITTARD. Fortuna Sittard defeats FC Volendam with a 2-0 win with a goal from U. Embalo (33′) and a goal from O. Ozyakup (44′). Fortuna Sittard capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium in Sittard on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler with the assistance of Dave Goossens and Rogier Honig. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 22 Total 8
- 7 On Target 3
- 15 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 91 Attack 97
- 67 Dangerous attack 33
- 104 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Fortuna Sittard had a strong ball possession 57% while FC Volendam was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortuna Sittard was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortuna Sittard won the match.
Fortuna Sittard shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, FC Volendam shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (A. Ferati). Talking about the opposition, FC Volendam didn’t receive any yellow card.
Also, FC Volendam didn’t end the match with 11 players after B. Ould-Chikh (FC Volendam) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (40′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Fortuna Sittard will have 7 points like Go Ahead Eagles and SC Cambuur to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, FC Volendam will stay with 5 points like Vitesse and FC Emmen to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard will play away against FC Groningen on the 13th of November with a 4-2 head to head in favor of FC Groningen (1 draw).
FC Volendam will host FC Utrecht on the 12th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of FC Utrecht (2 draws).
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
81'
44'
69'
Fortuna Sittard adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Julio Velázquez Santiago decided to play with the following team: Ivor Pandur , Ivo Pinto , Ximo Navarro , Rodrigo Guth , George Cox , Deroy Duarte , Arianit Ferati , Úmaro Embaló , Oğuzhan Özyakup , Iñigo Cordoba and Burak Yılmaz .
The home team had on the bench: Tijjani Noslin, Cole Bassett, Paul Gladon, Muhammet Tunahan Tasci , Vasilios Sourlis, Mike van Beijnen, Doğan Erdoğan , Rémy Vita , Roel Janssen, Yanick van Osch, Bryant Nieling and Tom Hendriks.
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: D. Duarte for D. Erdogan (12′), U. Embalo for R. Vita (74′), I. Cordoba for T. Tasci (74′), O. Ozyakup for V. Sourlis (81′) and A. Ferati for C. Bassett (81′).
Best player: George Cox
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was George Cox even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 50 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 12 crosses.
FC Volendam – Formation
FC Volendam
40'
Also FC Volendam adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Wim Jonk played with: Filip Stanković , Brian Plat , Xavier Mbuyamba , Benaissa Benamar , Derry Murkin , Damon Mirani , Carel Eiting , Bilal Ould-Chikh , Gaetano Oristanio , Daryl van Mieghem and Robert Mühren .
These were the players on the bench: Henk Veerman , Kayne van Oevelen, Ibrahim El Kadiri, Walid Ould-Chikh , Barry Lauwers, Achraf Douiri, Imran Nazih, Lequincio Zeefuik and Oskar Buur.
Substitutions
FC Volendam made 3 changes: D. van Mieghem for H. Veerman (46′), B. Benamar for W. Ould Chikh (61′) and R. Muhren for L. Zeefuik (74′).
Best player: Filip Stanković
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Volendam was the goalkeeper: Filip Stanković. His rating is 7.12. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Fortuna Sittard – FC Volendam – 2-0
- FC Emmen – SC Heerenveen – 0-0
- Excelsior – FC Utrecht – 0-1
- RKC Waalwijk – Sparta Rotterdam – 2-2
