Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Betting Tips & Match Predictions

Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Intro

The final weeks of this Eredivisie season find Excelsior desperate to pick up some points. They languish in the bottom quarter of the Eredivisie and, with games running out, will need to pick up wins to ensure their survival. They face Fortuna Sittard at Fortuna Sittard Stadion who themselves are looking to add points to their tally quickly. Kick off for this game is on Sunday March 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM. Entering matchweek 24, Danny Buijs’s Fortuna Sittard side sit in the 12th place on the table with 27 points from 23 games played while Marinus Dijkhuizen’s Excelsior squad are currently on 21 points sitting in the 15th place. As we enter the midway stages of this Eredivisie season, Fortuna Sittard and Excelsior are divided by 6 points and 3 places.

Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Form

Fortuna Sittard now have 7 points from a possible 15 thanks to that win against RKC Waalwijk in the previous round. In the meantime, Excelsior have just one point from their last five matches. The loss against Vitesse in the previous round did not change their points tally at all. Considering home and away form, Fortuna Sittard have been in decent form at their Fortuna Sittard Stadion recently, winning 7 points in their last five matches. Excelsior have only managed to take 1 points from their five games on the road.

Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior H2H

This fixture has regularly been dominated by Excelsior. In fact, in 19 meetings, Fortuna Sittard has only won on 4 occasions, with another 6 games ending up all square. In the last six meetings Fortuna Sittard has won one more than Excelsior and will hope to extend that advantage here.

Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Analysis

Fortuna Sittard won their last game. Danny Buijs’s men were facing RKC Waalwijk. The game ended with a score of 1-0. Now Danny Buijs’s men are fully focusing on facing Excelsior. While facing RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard had 45% of ball possession. Many punters rely on shots on goal data for a given team. In their last game, Fortuna Sittard had 15 shots in attack and 6 shots conceded. Meanwhile, Excelsior lost their last match. Marinus Dijkhuizen’s men were up against Vitesse. At the final wistle, the score board showed 1-2. While facing Vitesse, Excelsior had 46% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Excelsior has those following stats: 11 shots in attack and 12 shots conceded.

Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Fortuna Sittard and Excelsior we see that the bookmakers have Fortuna Sittard as favourites to get the win.