Sittard vs. Den Haag – Prediction (Eredivisie – 09.11.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Fortuna Sittard’s leaky defence has conceded 2.67 goals per-match on average so far. Even when ahead, Sittard have been questionable, conceding an equaliser on six of the eight occasions where they have taken a lead this season. Sittard’s Mark Diemers recently scored his fourth goal in his last three appearances, doing so in the second half of their KNVB Cup clash with Den Haag last week. So too are they unreliable when behind in a league game, scoring an equaliser just once after falling behind on eight occasions. Indeed, it often takes little time for the Sittard defence to leak when playing on home turf, with half of their conceded home league goals arriving in the 16th-30th minute period.

Seven of Sittard’s last eight league games have produced over 2.5 goals. Four of Den Haag’s last six away games have seen one or no teams score (in all competitions). Sittard and Den Haag have identical disciplinary records, with 22 yellows and one red each (1.92 cards per-match on average).

Fortuna Sittard boss Sjors Ultee will hope that he can make it two wins out of two ahead of his second H2H with Alfons Groenendijk’s Den Haag. However, Groenendijk has a positive away record vs Sittard (W2, D2, L1) despite losing his last encounter with the team (3-0). Den Haag have scored three goals in the opening ten minutes of play across their last two away league matches. Lex Immers put the Storks 2-0 up after just six minutes last time out. Den Haag are unbeaten in over half (54.55%) of the last 22 Eredivisie games in which they have started as an outsider away from home (W7, D5, L10). Notably, both victories from matches in that category this season have come with a clean sheet when winning the first half.

Match Info and Live Scores.