On Feb 5th, Fortuna Sittard and SC Heerenveen 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 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Fortuna Sittard sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against RKC Waalwijk. Jurien Gaari struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 2nd minute, then Michiel Kramer added another in the 19th minute. Fortuna Sittard looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while sC Heerenveen sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against PEC Zwolle. Bram Van Polen struck first for PEC Zwolle in the 11th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, SC Heerenveen was frustrated by PEC Zwolle’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. PEC Zwolle ended the match with the shutout victory. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
SC Heerenveen and Fortuna Sittard last played eachother at the Abe Lenstra Stadion on the 18th of September. SC Heerenveen was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Henk Veerman struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 5th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fortuna Sittard was frustrated by SC Heerenveen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. SC Heerenveen ended the match with the shutout victory. Zian Flemming and George Cox are the top scorers for Fortuna Sittard in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Sjors Ultee’s Fortuna Sittard squad will be without Samy Baghdadi, while Nicolas Madsen, Arjen Van Der Heide, Hamdi Akujobi and Paweł Bochniewicz are unavailable to play for Johnny Jansen’s team.