In this week 5 match on Sep 2nd, FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard will play a match in Sittard in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Fortuna Sittard sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against SC Heerenveen. Sydney van Hooijdonk scored the first goal for SC Heerenveen in the 22nd minute, then Milan van Ewijk added another in the 44th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while fC Utrecht is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Ajax. Steven Berghuis struck first for Ajax in the 10th minute, then Brian Brobbey added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Utrecht couldn’t manage to score, and Ajax took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
FC Utrecht’s most prolific scorer has been Bas Dost. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Burak Yılmaz has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Sittard in his last five matches with 3 goals.