Fortuna Sittard v Go Ahead Eagles

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Fortuna Sittard will be going in search of a third league win on the trot in the Dutch top flight on Friday night when they play host to Go Ahead at their Fortuna Sittard Stadion as the hosts collected back-to-back wins just before the Christmas break which left the hosts sitting in eighth place in the Eredivisie table.

Go Ahead extended their unbeaten run to three games overall in the Netherlands top flight before the winter break thanks to a 2-1 home win against NAC Breda which also helped maintain the visitors maintain their bid for at least a top eight finish in this season's Eredivisie campaign.

Fortuna Sittard had posted back-to-back wins against RKC Waalwijk 3-2 at home and FC Utrecht 5-2 away from home to head into the Christmas break in confident mood and having suffered just two losses in their previous 11 matches overall in the domestic top flight, the hosts look in good shape to add to their points tally here on Friday night.

Danny Buijs's side have also picked up five important wins within these previous 11 games which have seen the hosts collect vital victories against the likes of AZ, Groningen, Heerenveen, RKC Waalwijk and FC Utrecht, the former four wins all coming on home soil at their Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

Go Ahead occupy seventh place in the Eredivisie standings but are level on 25 points apiece with their upcoming hosts, Fortuna Sittard, prior to this important top eight clash in the Dutch top flight.

The visitors bring a three-match unbeaten sequence into this upcoming Friday night encounter as Paul Simonis's side have registered wins against NEC 5-0 and NAC Breda 2-1 along with a point gained in a high-scoring 3-3 draw away from home at FC Utrecht as well.

However, Go Ahead have managed to pick up just three wins within their last nine games overall in the Dutch top flight which includes an earlier 3-0 home win against Almere City but also includes slipping to three defeats in the process as well.

Defeats at the hands of Feyenoord 5-1, Heerenven 1-0 and Twente 3-2 suggest an away win for the visitors here may be asking a bit too much of Simonis's side but goals look set to feature as no fewer than nine out of Go Ahead's last 10 league matches in Eredivisie have resulted in Over 2.5 goals being scored.

Fortuna Sittard v Go Ahead Verdict

Go Ahead have failed to win any of their last four away games in the domestic top flight which seems to give Fortuna Sittard the upper hand here, while there should be a few goals in this upcoming encounter as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.85

Other side bets worth considering:

Fortuna Sittard win @ 3.00

Fortuna Sittard win & Over 2.5 goals @ 7.00