In a weekend match in week 34, on Sun May 15th, Fortuna Sittard will travel to Amsterdam to battle NEC in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 8th placed NEC, recorded a 2-3 loss against PSV. Ritsu Doan struck first for PSV in the 26th minute on a feed from Noni Madueke, then Érick Gutiérrez added another in the 36th minute on a feed from Ibrahim Sangaré. NEC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 16th placed Fortuna Sittard is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Vitesse. Paul Gladon scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the 44th minute from the penalty spot, but Million Manhoef got the equalizer for Vitesse in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot But luckily in the 63rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Loïs Openda. Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Oct 2nd, Fortuna Sittard hosted NEC at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion in their last match together. NEC was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Okita scored the first goal for NEC in the 21st minute, then Tavsan added another in the 26th minute.
Zian Flemming has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Fortuna Sittard. NEC hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Ibrahim Cissoko and Okita, and they each have 1 goal
Odenthal, and Pedro Ruiz are unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team, while Charlison Benschop, Dimitrios Siovas, Mickael Tirpan, George Cox, Mats Seuntjens, Ben Rienstra, Michael Verrips and Zian Flemming are unavailable to play for Fortuna Sittard.