Fortuna Sittard vs PEC Zwolle - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by conscionable 1 constituent and 1 spot successful the Eredivisie table, Fortuna Sittard and PEC Zwolle spell head-to-head astatine the Fortuna Sittard Stadion connected Sunday.

A triumph for either broadside would warrant top-flight safety, though a gully could besides suffice depending connected results elsewhere.

Match preview

Indiscipline and a nonaccomplishment to spot retired a pb summed up Fortuna’s 2-1 decision to Heerenveen a fortnight ago, and a akin communicative unfolded successful Sunday’s 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Feyenoord as Danny Buijs’s men led, had a antheral sent off, and yet came distant empty-handed.

The Fortunezen person present mislaid 4 of their past 5 matches—a stark opposition for a broadside with European ambitions conscionable 2 months ago—and caput into the penultimate matchday with their Eredivisie presumption for 2026-27 inactive not secured.

With much than three-quarters of their 36 points coming astatine home, Sittard person relied heavy connected results successful beforehand of their fans, but they are winless successful their past 4 astatine location and person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful 7 location matches successful 2026 (D2, L4).

After going unbeaten successful 5 consecutive meetings with Zwolle, Fortuna person present mislaid 5 of the past six encounters, including each of the astir caller three, with a 1-0 decision successful December’s reverse fixture astatine the MAC3PARK Stadion.

Having opened the scoring successful 5 of their past six matches, Sunday’s hosts person often failed to capitalise connected beardown starts, thing they volition purpose to code successful their last location outing earlier wrapping up the run distant astatine Utrecht.

Ten days aft suffering their heaviest decision of the play against PSV, Zwolle returned to winning ways with a 1-0 triumph implicit Heracles, ending a three-game winless run.

Since winning promotion successful 2023, Henry van der Vegt’s broadside person comfortably kept their heads supra h2o and adjacent came adjacent to a European decorativeness past season.

While the existent run has seen a downturn, they stay six points wide of the bottommost 3 and are wrong touching region of information erstwhile more.

However, De Blauwvingers volition privation to seal information with a affirmative effect this weekend, particularly with a daunting travel to Feyenoord looming connected the last day.

Having collected conscionable 9 points from a imaginable 48, Zwolle person the fourth-worst distant grounds successful the Eredivisie, but tin instrumentality assurance from a broad 4-1 triumph connected their past sojourn to Sittard successful January 2025.

Zwolle and Fortuna person netted 10 goals apiece successful the opening 15 minutes of matches this term, hinting that a precocious grade of amusement could beryllium connected the cards close from the archetypal whistle.

Fortuna Sittard Eredivisie form:

PEC Zwolle Eredivisie form:

Team News

Philip Brittijn, Ivo Pinto, Jasper Dahlhaus, and Paul Gladon are each suspended and volition play nary portion for Fortuna Sittard.

The hosts are besides without Ramazan Bayram and Daley Sinkgraven (both knee), portion Luka Tunjic and Justin Lonwijk are sidelined with groin and musculus issues respectively.

Nick Marsman, Edouard Michut and Shawn Adewoye circular disconnected a lengthy wounded database for Fortuna.

Shola Shoretire, Jan Faberski, David Woute and Samir Lagsir are each unavailable for Zwolle owed to genu injuries.

Jasper Schendelaar (thigh) is besides sidelined, on with Damian van der Haar, Younes Namli and Jadiel Pereira de Gama.

Sherel Floranus is suspended, paving the mode for Tristan Gooijer to commencement astatine left-back.

Fortuna Sittard imaginable starting lineup:

Koopmans; Kasanwirjo, Marquez Alvarez, Hubner, Van Ottele; Oukili, Duijvestijn; Peterson, Ihattaren, Limnios; Sierhuis

PEC Zwolle imaginable starting lineup:

De Graaff; Gooijer, MacNulty, Aertssen; Buurmeester, Thomas; De Rooij, Oosting, Velanas; Kostons

We say: Fortuna Sittard 2-2 PEC Zwolle

Fortuna and Zwolle are some among the apical 3 for goals conceded successful the division, truthful it is hard to spot Sunday’s clash being a dull affair.

There is small to abstracted the sides, truthful we are tipping a gully with honours adjacent astatine the last whistle.

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