On Sunday Jan 23rd, in week 20, Fortuna Sittard will travel to Waalwijk to battle RKC Waalwijk in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 14th placed RKC Waalwijk, recorded a 4-2 win against ADO Den Haag. Roy Kuijpers scored the first goal for RKC Waalwijk in the 18th minute, but Issam El Maach got the equalizer for ADO Den Haag on an own goal in the 26th minute , but RKC Waalwijk kept scoring and walked away with the win. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Fortuna Sittard, recorded a 1-2 loss against AZ Alkmaar. Sam Beukema struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 14th minute, then Yukinari Sugawara added another in the 61st minute on a feed from Dani De Wit. Fortuna Sittard looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Fortuna Sittard and RKC Waalwijk battled to a 2-2 draw. Samy Baghdadi struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the 23rd minute, then Michiel Kramer tied it up for RKC Waalwijk in the 38th minute .
Fortuna Sittard is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lonwijk and Zian Flemming each only have 1 goal in their last five. Jens Odgaard has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for RKC Waalwijk
Richard van der Venne, Sebbe Augustijns and David Min are unavailable to play for Joseph Oosting’s team, while Samy Baghdadi is unavailable to play for Fortuna Sittard.