On the 6th of March, Fortuna Sittard will host PEC Zwolle in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Fortuna Sittard is fresh off their 1-2 loss against SC Cambuur. Laros Duarte scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the 20th minute, then Tom Boere tied it up for SC Cambuur in the 35th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 74th minute on a goal by Tom Boere to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed PEC Zwolle is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Heracles. Luca De La Torre struck first for Heracles in the 19th minute, then Sinan Bakış added another in the 55th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed PEC Zwolle couldn’t manage to score, and Heracles took the shutout win. PEC Zwolle is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Fortuna Sittard took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Lonwijk scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the 63rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, PEC Zwolle couldn’t muster any offence and Fortuna Sittard ran away with the shutout win.
For PEC Zwolle, their top scorers are Bram Van Polen and Daishawn Redan, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Fortuna Sittard’s top weapon lately has been Zian Flemming, who has two goals in the last five matches
George Cox, Michael Verrips, Ivo Pinto and Arianit Ferati are unavailable to play for Sjors Ultee’s team, while Dick Schreuder’s squad will be without Sam Kersten, Kenneth Paal, Dean Huiberts, Samir Lagsir and Rav van den Berg.