Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - August 24, 2023

Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard
Dutch Eredivisie
Date: 26 August 2023, Saturday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (Rotterdam).

Excelsior and Fortuna Sittard will lock horns in a very exciting third round matchup on Saturday evening at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in Rotterdam.

Both teams enter the tie unbeaten after the opening two outings despite they’ve faced the likes of Feyenoord and Ajax in the process respectively.

The hosts earned a huge point seven days ago by holding Amsterdam heavyweights Ajax to a 2-2 stalemate on the home patch.

The fact they’ve fired 12 shots towards Ajax’s goal says enough about their strength, especially if we know that this display came after a huge 3-4 victory away at NEC Nijmegen on the opening day.

There are goals in this Excelsior team and it will be very interesting to see whether Marinus Dijkhuizen’s men will be able to prolong such a wonderful spell of form this weekend against another in-form side in the form of Fortuna.

Sittard, on the other side, held the reigning champions Feyenoord to a goalless draw on the opening day away in Rotterdam.

They backed up such a result with a brilliant attacking showing in the 2-1 victory over Almere City in a match in which Fortuna also missed numerous chances to increase the lead.

Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard Head-to-head

• Fortuna Sittard have a disastrous record in the away clashes against Excelsior, losing seven times and drawing twice in the previous nine visits to Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
• These two teams exchanged home wins when they met each other in the previous term of Eredivisie.
• Neither of the last season’s H2H encounters between them provided goals at both ends.

Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard Prediction

Excelsior are thriving offensively at the start of the season. Fortuna’s attacking line also looked great last weekend against Almere City. We will take the Over 2.5 goals FT & Both Teams To Score pick as the main betting option at the 1.80 odds.

Since Excelsior have seven wins and two draws in the last nine home meetings with Sittard, the home victory is another well-worth-backing pick at the 2.20 odds.

Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard Betting Tips

• Over 2.5 goals FT & Both Teams To Score @ 1.80 (4/5)

• Excelsior to win @ 2.20 (6/5) odd.

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