On Sun Nov 13th, FC Groningen plays host to Fortuna Sittard in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. FC Groningen is fresh off their 1-2 loss against FC Utrecht. Florian Krüger struck first for FC Groningen in the 40th minute on a feed from Ricardo Pepi, but Taylor Booth got the equalizer for FC Utrecht in the 62nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a goal by Sander van de Streek to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 13th placed Fortuna Sittard, recorded a 0-1 loss against FC Emmen. Richairo Zivkovic struck first for FC Emmen in the 58th minute on a feed from Keziah Veendorp, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fortuna Sittard couldn’t muster any offence and FC Emmen ran away with the shutout win. Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Rodrigo Guth and Cole Bassett are the top scorers for Fortuna Sittard in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Neraysho Kasanwirjo and Ricardo Pepi have been the hottest scorers for FC Groningen in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.