On the 22nd of January, in this week 17 match, Fortuna Sittard and AZ Alkmaar will play a match in Alkmaar in a Eredivisie match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against SC Heerenveen. Dani De Wit struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 33rd minute, then Tijani Reijnders added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Yukinari Sugawara In the end, SC Heerenveen couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Fortuna Sittard recorded a 2-2 draw against PSV. Íñigo Córdoba scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Xavi Simons tied it up for PSV in the 65th minute . Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season AZ Alkmaar won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Paul Gladon has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Sittard in the last five matches with three goals. Jesper Karlsson has been the most effective weapon for AZ Alkmaar lately. The Swedish attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches
Zinho Vanheusden and Bruno Martins Indi are unavailable to play for AZ Alkmaar, while Fortuna Sittard will be without Dimitrios Siovas, Arianit Ferati and Vasilios Sourlis.