Saturday , 14 November 2026

AZ vs Fortuna Sittard, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2024-25
AZ
1 – 0
Full Time
Fortuna Sittard
Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 15:45 UTC AFAS Stadion 17,649 HT 45' · FT 45'
Zico Buurmeester 52' 1–0
Y 45' Rodrigo Guth
Ernest Poku 46' Y
Peer Koopmeiners 63' Y
Y 77' Alessio Da Cruz
Y 90' Ezequiel Bullaude

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs Fortuna Sittard — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee J. van der Laan
  • Assistant 1 Mario Diks
  • Assistant 2 Charles Schaap
7 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 17.1 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

13
1
2
AZ 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals Fortuna Sittard
Last 5 meetings
2025-02-23 AZ 1–0 Fortuna Sittard 2024-10-06 Fortuna Sittard 1–0 AZ 2024-02-17 Fortuna Sittard 1–2 AZ 2023-10-01 AZ 4–0 Fortuna Sittard 2023-04-16 Fortuna Sittard 0–3 AZ

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb Fortuna Sittard H 1–0 W
20 Feb Galatasaray SK A 2–2 D
13 Feb Galatasaray SK H 4–1 W
09 Feb PEC Zwolle H 2–0 W
02 Feb Willem II Tilburg A 2–0 W
30 Jan Ferencvárosi TC A 3–4 L
Fortuna Sittard
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb AZ A 0–1 L
09 Feb AFC Ajax H 0–2 L
01 Feb SC Heerenveen A 2–2 D
26 Jan PEC Zwolle H 1–4 L
19 Jan NEC A 1–4 L
10 Jan Go Ahead Eagles H 0–3 L

Season Stats

AZ Fortuna Sittard
#5 Position #7
23 Points 20
12 Played 12
7 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 2
24 Scored 20
16 Conceded 20
+8 GD +0
1.92 PPG 1.67
58% Win % 42%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season
17% Clean Sheets
Fortuna Sittard this season

AZ are 5th (23 pts). Fortuna Sittard are 7th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
3/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
5/1
76+
7/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Fortuna Sittard
0-15
5/–
16-30
3/3
31-45
2/4
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/3
76+
5/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Mexx Meerdink 6 G 3 A
Ro-Zangelo Daal 5 G 1 A
Ayoub Oufkir 3 G
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A
Fortuna Sittard
Anthony Descotte 5 G
Mohammed Ihattaren 4 G 4 A
Lequincio Zeefuik 3 G 1 A
Philip Brittijn 2 G
Edouard Michut 1 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! AZ welcome Fortuna Sittard for this crunch clash at AFAS Stadion.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rodrigo Guth made 535 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 10' The 22-year-old Rome Owusu-Oduro has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 315 games and scored 593 goals.
  • 30' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
  • 35' Alexandre Penetra is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for AZ so far.
  • 40' The home supporters are growing impatient. AZ must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 45' That is a card for Fortuna Sittard. Rodrigo Guth will be fuming at that decision.
  • 46' Ernest Poku catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 46.
  • 51' The travelling Fortuna Sittard supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 52' What composure from Zico Buurmeester! The Netherlands international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 57' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 62' Fortuna Sittard fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 63' The referee shows AZ player a card on 63.
  • 64' Another change for Fortuna Sittard made on 64 minute. Alen Halilovic leaves to be changed by Edouard Michut.
  • 69' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AZ needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 71' AZ make a change. Jordy Clasie trudges off to be replaced by Kristijan Belic on 71 minutes.
  • 76' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 77' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Alessio Da Cruz.
  • 78' The supporters are chanting for Denso Kasius. He replaces Ernest Poku on 78 minute.
  • 82' Samuel Bastien is replacing Ryan Fosso for the Fortuna Sittard side.
  • 87' A quiet spell here at AFAS Stadion. AZ seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 90' Ezequiel Bullaude was booked on 90.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for AZ and Fortuna Sittard (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

AZ Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maarten Martens

Fortuna Sittard Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Danny Buijs

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Vangelis Pavlidis 4
Teun Koopmeiners 3
Zian Flemming 3
Dani de Wit 3
Oussama Idrissi 3
Burak Yilmaz 2
Myron Boadu 2
Jizz Hornkamp 2

Head to Head

2025-02-23 AZ 1–0 Fortuna Sittard 2024-10-06 Fortuna Sittard 1–0 AZ 2024-02-17 Fortuna Sittard 1–2 AZ 2023-10-01 AZ 4–0 Fortuna Sittard 2023-04-16 Fortuna Sittard 0–3 AZ

AZ Form

2025-02-23 AZ 1–0 Fortuna Sittard W 2025-02-20 Galatasaray SK 2–2 AZ D 2025-02-13 AZ 4–1 Galatasaray SK W 2025-02-09 AZ 2–0 PEC Zwolle W 2025-02-02 Willem II Tilburg 0–2 AZ W 2025-01-30 Ferencvárosi TC 4–3 AZ L

Fortuna Sittard Form

2025-02-23 AZ 1–0 Fortuna Sittard L 2025-02-09 Fortuna Sittard 0–2 AFC Ajax L 2025-02-01 SC Heerenveen 2–2 Fortuna Sittard D 2025-01-26 Fortuna Sittard 1–4 PEC Zwolle L 2025-01-19 NEC 4–1 Fortuna Sittard L 2025-01-10 Fortuna Sittard 0–3 Go Ahead Eagles L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.07 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Fortuna Sittard xG
I would bet for: AZ to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ66% Draw21% Fortuna Sittard13%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.89
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
87%
Draw or Fortuna Sittard
34%
AZ or Fortuna Sittard
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AZ46% Draw42% Fortuna Sittard12%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
11.7%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
10.2%
2 – 1
9.4%
3 – 0
7.9%
0 – 0
7.3%
3 – 1
6.5%
4 – 0
4.1%
2 – 2
3.9%
0 – 1
3.8%
1 – 2
3.7%
4 – 1
3.4%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push Fortuna Sittard covers
-2.5 21% — 79%
-2 21% 20% 59%
-1.5 41% — 59%
-1 41% 24% 35%
-0.5 65% — 35%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 9% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
Fortuna Sittard keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.