In this week 6 match, on Saturday Sep 10th, NEC and Fortuna Sittard will play a match in Nijmegen in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. NEC is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against SC Heerenveen. Neither SC Heerenveen nor NEC could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. NEC is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Fortuna Sittard, recorded a 3-4 loss against FC Utrecht. Bas Dost struck first for FC Utrecht in the 64th minute, but Rodrigo Guth got the equalizer for Fortuna Sittard in the 67th minute , but luckily for FC Utrecht it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Fortuna Sittard looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Jan 21st, NEC hosted Fortuna Sittard at the Stadion De Goffert in their last match together. NEC won by a score of 3 to 2. Zian Flemming struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the 60th minute, but Rangelo Janga got the equalizer for NEC in the 64th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 97th minute on a penalty goal by Jordy Bruijn.
Fortuna Sittard is glad to have Burak Yılmaz in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Jordy Bruijn and Mikkel Duelund are the top scorers for NEC in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
NEC will be without Philippe Sandler and De Wolf, while Ivo Pinto is unavailable to play for Fortuna Sittard.