Fortuna Sittard vs NEC betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eredivisie match on August 31st, 2024

Fortuna Sittard and NEC will play on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 16:45h (UTC), in a Eredivisie game to be held in Netherlands, check the Fortuna Sittard vs NEC betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Fortuna Sittard vs NEC will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Fortuna Sittard Stadion stadium, in the city of Sittard, with a capacity for 12500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Fortuna Sittard vs NEC betting tip 2024/2025

In the last match played, Fortuna Sittard met Almere City, in a match valid for the Eredivisie. The match ended in a win by 3-0. The coach A. Poldervaart's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.70.

It can be said that the 1 goal scored by Josip Mitrović in the match were crucial to the victory of Fortuna Sittard. Thanks to his goals, the team managed to guarantee a positive result and fulfill the match's objective.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eredivisie, NEC, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the PEC Zwolle team with a final score of 1-0.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.62.

Fortuna Sittard was in 10th place in the Eredivisie while NEC was in 6th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Fortuna Sittard team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic NEC used in the match.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The last time these teams met was for a Eredivisie match, on 02-04-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

In this game, C. Schaap and M. Janssen will support J. Manschot who will be in charge of the game on the football field.

Fortuna Sittard

Current leaderboard

Up until 4th round, Fortuna Sittard are currently ranked 5th place in the table, on 6 points.

Fortuna Sittard analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Fortuna Sittard is positive: after 3 rounds the team has scored 5 goals, conceding only 0.

Although Fortuna Sittard average number of shots towards the opponent's goal is not the best, but the accuracy, on the other hand, is excellent. With only 4 shots per game, the team averages 2.5 goals. In other words, over 40% of the shots on goal end up in the net.

Over the course of the tournament, Fortuna Sittard recorded an average ball possession of 44%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Fortuna Sittard will play against NEC, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

The team's newest goalkeeper, Mattijs Branderhorst, proved to be a vital player in securing Fortuna Sittard latest victory. Making a total of 4 saves during the match against Almere City, he demonstrated his worth and cemented his position as the team's go-to goalkeeper.

NEC

Current leaderboard

11th place in the league after the 4th round, winning 3 points, from their matches so far this season is NEC.

NEC analysis

NEC, with 2 goals scored and 3 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 3 rounds.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Rober González, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against PEC Zwolle, being a key piece for NEC.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 6.16 per game.

NEC is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.33 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of NEC in this match.

Goals Top Betting Tips

The number of goals scored and let in at the start of the championship round by both teams can be a good betting parameter. Fortuna Sittard didn't score any goal in the last round of the competition and conceded in 0 opportunities, while NEC scored 2 times and didn't concede any goal as well.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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