Week 24 brings us a match on Mar 3rd, where FC Utrecht hosts Fortuna Sittard at Stadion Galgenwaard in a clash of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 7th placed FC Utrecht, recorded a 1-4 loss against Spakenburg. Vink struck first for Spakenburg in the 12th minute on a feed from Luuk Admiraal, then Admiraal added another in the 59th minute on a feed from van der Linden. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while fortuna Sittard is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Feyenoord. Ximo Navarro scored the first goal for Feyenoord on an own goal in the 10th minute, then Mats Wieffer added another in the 16th minute on a feed from Javairô Dilrosun. Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sep 2nd, FC Utrecht took the match by a score of 4 to 3 in front of almost nine thousand spectators. Bas Dost struck first for FC Utrecht in the 64th minute on a feed from Moussa Sylla, then in the 67th minute, Mats Seuntjens sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Rodrigo Guth , but FC Utrecht kept scoring and walked away with the win.
Fortuna Sittard’s most prolific scorer has been Burak Yılmaz. The Turkish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Othman Boussaid has been the most prolific scorer on FC Utrecht in his last 5 matches with two goals
Jens Toornstra, Bart Ramselaar, Nick Viergever, Amin Younes, Bas Dost, Django Warmerdam, Can Bozdogan and Ramon Hendriks are unavailable to play for FC Utrecht, while Julio Velázquez Santiago’s squad will be without Ivo Pinto.