In a weekend match in week 8, on Sun Oct 2nd, Fortuna Sittard hosts FC Volendam at Fortuna Sittard Stadion in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Fortuna Sittard sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Excelsior. Vita struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the 87th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Excelsior was frustrated by Fortuna Sittard’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fortuna Sittard ended the match with the shutout victory. Fortuna Sittard looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, FC Volendam recorded a 1-1 draw against Vitesse. Robert Muhren struck first for FC Volendam in the 21st minute, then Bartosz Bialek tied it up for Vitesse in the 48th minute on a feed from Kacper Kozłowski squeezing out at least the one point for Vitesse. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
FC Volendam’s most prolific scorer has been Robert Muhren. The Dutch attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Fortuna Sittard’s most prolific scorer has been Burak Yılmaz. The Turkish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches
Julio Velázquez Santiago’s squad will be without Dogan Erdogan, while Francesco Antonucci and Josh Flint are unavailable to play for Wim Jonk’s team.