Utrecht vs Fortuna Sittard Prediction & Betting Tips - Eredivisie

Prediction published on 01/03/2023, 17:35  by Kennedy Kechula in Eredivisie Predictions

Utrecht will host Fortuna Sittard at their Galgenwaard Stadium on Friday to kick off round 24 of the Dutch Eredivisie. Utrecht come into this round in seventh place in the standings with 37 points while Fortuna are 12th with 26 points. Michael Silberbauer’s men were dumped out of the Dutch Cup earlier this week by third-division side SV Spakenburg, losing 4-1 at home and will want to get past that humiliating defeat quickly with a win on Friday. Utrecht have struggled in recent weeks and have won just one of their last four matches across all competitions. They beat Sparta Rotterdam 3-0 away from home, a result that highlights how inconsistent they have been this season. On one breath they can hold title-chasing PSV (2-2) and AZ Alkmaar (5-5) and in the other can lose to lowly ranked Vitesse (2-0) then get hammered by a third-division side. The one constant though is that most of their matches have seen over 2.5 goals, four of their last five to be precise, which is a market to look into here.

Fortuna also come into this match needing to get back to winning ways. Julio Velzaquez’s men were beaten 4-2 at home by Feyenoord last time out and have now lost back-to-back matches after falling to RKC Waalwijk 3-1 a week before that. Fortuna had gone four matches without defeat to put more daylight between them and the bottom three before this current slump. They haven’t scored a first-half goal in their last six matches in the league and have trailed at the interval in two of those matches, which both happen to be away matches. A win for the home team here in the first half or an under 1.5 goals market in the opening stanza should be an enticing bet to consider. Their away run also doesn’t have great numbers defensively; Fortuna have managed just one clean sheet in the 11 league matches on the road.