📊 Form Guide

Almere City

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Almere City will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-3 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, Almere City had 52% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam had 15 shots at goal with 9 on target. Mitchell van Bergen (57'), Mike Eerdhuijzen (68') and Kristian Nökkvi Hlynsson (89') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

In their prior 6 games, Jeroen Rijsdijk's Almere City have found the net 5 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 0.83.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Almere City:

• haven't won against Fortuna Sittard in their last 5 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 7 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard will come into the clash following a 1-0 Eredivisie win in the defeat of NAC Breda in their previous game.

In that game, Fortuna Sittard had 39% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Fortuna Sittard was Kaj Sierhuis (30'). For their opponents, NAC Breda got 6 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The attacking players from Fortuna Sittard have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous six clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, Sittard have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 10. That pattern might not be continued here, though.

Their prior results show that Fortuna Sittard:

• have not been beaten by Almere City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head results going back to 01/09/2017 shows that these fixtures have not been good ones for Almere City. They’ve not managed to register any victories at all while Fortuna Sittard have just been stronger than them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those matches played.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 for De Zwarte Schapen and 13 belonging to Sittard. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 2 on 16/08/2024 when it ended Fortuna Sittard 3-0 Almere City.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard managed 52% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The scorers were Alen Halilović (24'), Kristoffer Peterson (68') and Josip Mitrović (73').

At the other end, Almere City got 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Joey Kooij.

🗞️ Team News: Almere City

Àlex Carbonell (Hamstring injury) and Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (minor knock) aren’t available for Almere City manager Jeroen Rijsdijk.

We think that De Zwarte Schapen will possibly make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Nordin Bakker, Marvin Martins, Joey Jacobs, James Lawrence, Vasilios Zagaritis, Thom Haye, Anas Tahiri, Junior Kadile, Thomas Robinet, Ali Jasim and Charles-Andreas Brym.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard boss Danny Buijs has a number of players out of action. Daley Sinkgraven (Knee injury), Onur Demir (Fitness) and Alen Halilovic (Injury to the ankle) are those who can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Fortuna Sittard will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Mattijs Branderhorst, Ivo Pinto, Rodrigo Guth, Syb van Ottele, Mitchell Dijks, Edouard Michut, Ryan Fosso, Kaj Sierhuis, Ezequiel Bullaude, Kristoffer Peterson and Bojan Radulovic.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Fortuna Sittard should be able to score a goal against this Almere City lineup, but that might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Almere City when all is said and done. It’s a very tough call.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 14/05/2025