Fortuna Sittard vs. AZ Alkmaar - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides with unbeaten starts to the Eredivisie play volition look disconnected astatine Fortuna Sittard Stadion connected Saturday, erstwhile Fortuna Sittard big table-topping AZ Alkmaar successful gameweek three.

The free-scoring hosts person hitherto held defending champions PSV Eindhoven to a gully and beaten promoted Cambuur, and present question different scalp implicit AZ, having defeated the Alkmaar giants 4-3 successful past season’s corresponding fixture.

Match preview

Fortuna were winless against AZ successful 23 years until Danny Buijs snapped FSC’s 14-match series without triumph successful October 2024.

While the precise adjacent fixture successful Alkmaar ended successful defeat, the Dutchman past guided his broadside to different constrictive triumph implicit the Cheese Farmers, lone that this 1 was importantly much entertaining: a wildly breathtaking 4-3 occurrence implicit AZ successful December 2025.

Those 2 wins person fixed Fortunezen their lone triumphs successful a fixture that has seldom produced draws — the past 11 meetings person had a victor — and the location squad caput into Saturday’s fixture looking to assertion their 3rd consecutive occurrence implicit this weekend’s visitors successful beforehand of their fans.

Indeed, FSC person crushed to beryllium optimistic, fixed their commencement to the season, which has witnessed their battling qualities and attacking proficiency against PSV and Cambuur respectively.

After making the astir of small against the defending champions successful the opening gameweek, they overcame promoted Cambuur successful an end-to-end match, aided by immoderate outstanding goalkeeping by Mattijs Branderhorst, who made nary less than six saves successful the 3-1 win.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot which mentation of Fortuna emerges this weekend, arsenic AZ marque the travel to Sittard, wherever they person mislaid connected consecutive visits.

Matchday three’s brushwood makes for compelling viewing, fixed that the Cheese Farmers are unbeaten crossed each competitions since April, erstwhile they mislaid 3-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk successful the Conference League quarter-final archetypal leg.

Since that defeat, De Kaasboeren person navigated 15 matches without losing, winning 8 during that period, 5 of which person travel successful consecutive games heading into this weekend.

AZ defeated promoted ADO Den Haag connected matchday one, earlier pursuing that up with a 4-1 triumph against FC Utrecht past clip out, leaving Leeroy Echteld’s broadside apical of the embryonic Eredivisie array aft 2 rounds.

Now, the Cheese Farmers look to support their presumption — and perchance amended it if the so-far unblemished Groningen driblet points — by ending their losing tally successful Sittard.

Those prospects are enhanced owed to their ongoing antiaircraft stinginess, with 3 cleanable sheets secured successful their past 4 and Utrecht lone scoring aft AZ had gone 3-0 up, giving the travelling fans immoderate encouragement up of Saturday’s encounter.

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Team News

Sven Simons’s hamstring occupation is anticipated to support the midfielder retired of Saturday’s game, portion Ivan Marquez and Kristoffer Peterson’s injuries volition beryllium assessed.

The hosts person truthful acold dispersed the goals astir this term, with Shiloh ’t Zand, Ole Romeny, Edouard Michut, Lequincio Zeefuik and Philip Brittijn each uncovering the backmost of the net.

AZ person besides had six antithetic goalscorers: Ro-Zangelo Daal, Peer Koopmeiners, Weslley Patati, Ayoub Oufkir, Mexx Meerdink and Calvin Stengs person each netted.

Notably, though, Kees Smit and Mateo Chavez person assisted 2 each aft arsenic galore matches, and some purpose to proviso much goals connected Saturday.

Echteld’s squad besides person importantly much wounded trouble: Jordy Clasie, Jizz Hornkamp (ankle), Troy Parrott, Denso Kasius (groin) and Stije Resink (knee) are each missing.

Fortuna Sittard imaginable starting lineup:

Branderhorst; Pinto, Van Ottele, Hubner; Wylin, Brittijn, Oukili, Dahlhaus; Ihattaren, Romeny; Zeefuik

AZ Alkmaar imaginable starting lineup:

De Busser; Dijkstra, Goes, Schouten, Chavez; Kwakman, Koopmeiners; Patati, Smit, Daal; Meerdink

We say: Fortuna Sittard 1-2 AZ Alkmaar

Although Fortuna person proved a tricky duty astatine location and stay afloat of assurance aft taking 4 points from 2 games, AZ Alkmaar’s rampant 15-match unbeaten series underlines their ruthless form.

With Smit pulling the strings successful midfield and the Cheese Farmers firing connected each cylinders, Leeroy Echteld’s broadside should conscionable astir person the prime to extremity their caller Sittard hoodoo.

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