FC Utrecht - Fortuna Sittard predictions

With bookies pricing a home win at 1.84, it’s clear the match may yet go either way. The hosts have a distinct advantage, of course, but both a draw and an away win are quite possible outcomes.

At 4.70 betting odds, an away win would be a huge surprise and we’re positive Fortuna Sittard are well aware of it themselves.

FC Utrecht were given a price of 1.30 to win their previous Eredivisie home game, marking them as the hard favourites. As such, the final score of $SCORE was quite predictable, and they dominated their opposition throughout the bout’s runtime.

The away team are here on the back of a 3:3 home draw which they had to struggle to earn in the recent showdown against SC Heerenveen. The betting odds were more or less balanced, but Fortuna Sittard played most of that match from behind.

With 5 goals over the previous 3 matches, FC Utrecht attackers are nothing to be scoffed at. If the trend continues, we’ll see some rather impressive records from then by the end of the season.

Fortuna Sittard’s away matches are consistently slow in terms of goals scored. The previous two matches, for instance, featured less than 2.

Fortuna Sittard and FC Utrecht tied several times this season, leaving us with inconclusive head-to-head stats. FC Utrecht are still considered more likely to come out on top this Sunday, though, so the home-field advantage might be enough to finally swing things in their favour.

The hosts may be favourites to win the match, but their lineup is in a somewhat weakened state. Isac Lidberg, Marouan Azarkan, Anthony Descotte are all sidelined due to injury, which makes FC Utrecht’s position as favourites a bit shakier than it might seem.

Though the odds are against the visitors, at least they’ll be in a position to put up as much of a fight as possible. All of their lineup is accounted for in this match, with no issues from suspensions or injuries.

An Under 2.5 Goals bet is an easy tip to offer – it’s a fairly probable outcome with betting odds priced at a comfortable 1.92. More importantly, though, the betting value it offers is surprisingly solid.