Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 25th, where SC Heerenveen and Fortuna Sittard will play a match in Sittard in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Fortuna Sittard recorded a 2-2 draw against PSV. Íñigo Córdoba struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Xavi Simons tied it up for PSV in the 65th minute on a feed from Jordan Teze . Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while sC Heerenveen is fresh off their 0-2 loss against AZ Alkmaar. Dani De Wit struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 33rd minute, then Tijani Reijnders added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Yukinari Sugawara In the end, SC Heerenveen couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Fortuna Sittard and SC Heerenveen last played eachother at the Abe Lenstra Stadion on the 27th of August. SC Heerenveen was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 18000 jubilant fans. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 22nd minute on a feed from A. Sarr, then Milan van Ewijk added another in the 44th minute.
Anas Tahiri and A. Sarr are the top scorers for SC Heerenveen in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Paul Gladon has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Sittard in the last five matches with 3 goals
Dimitrios Siovas, Arianit Ferati and Vasilios Sourlis are unavailable to play for Julio Velázquez Santiago’s team, while SC Heerenveen will be without Sven van Beek.