On Jan 16th, Fortuna Sittard plays host to AZ Alkmaar in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Fortuna Sittard sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Ajax. Daley Blind scored the first goal for Ajax in the 14th minute, then Lucas Fasson dos Santos added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Ryan Gravenberch At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fortuna Sittard couldn’t manage to score, and Ajax took the shutout win. Fortuna Sittard looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, AZ Alkmaar recorded a 1-0 shutout win against FC Groningen. Jesper Karlsson struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 68th minute on a feed from Owen Wijndal, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, FC Groningen couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 2nd of December, AZ Alkmaar hosted Fortuna Sittard at the Afas Stadion in their last match together. AZ Alkmaar was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Zian Flemming struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the 9th minute, then in the 41st minute, Dani De Wit sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Vangelis Pavlidis Finally they completed the comback in the 51st minute on a goal by Jesper Karlsson to cap off a wild match.
AZ Alkmaar is fortunate enough to have Jesper Karlsson in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Fortuna Sittard hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Lonwijk and Zian Flemming, and they each have 1 goal
Samy Baghdadi is unavailable to play for Fortuna Sittard, while Pascal Jansen’s AZ Alkmaar squad will be without Fredrik Midtsjø.