Off the back of a first Eredivisie win of the 2022-23 season, Fortuna Sittard play host to FC Volendam at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the visitors make the journey to Sittard-Geleen aiming to end a dismal run of form which has seen them fail to win any of their last four games.
Match preview
Fortuna Sittard got their league campaign up and running at the seventh time of asking as they narrowly came out on top 1-0 against newly-promoted Excelsior on September 17.
Despite seeing less of the ball on the day, Julio Velazquez's men managed to muster more efforts on target and took the lead in the 87th minute thanks to Remy Vita.
As a result, the Fortunezen have moved up to 16th place in the standings and are now just one point adrift of safety despite losing five straight games to start the season.
Awaiting them next is the task of facing off against an opposing side who have emerged victorious in seven of the last 10 meetings between the teams.
Having picked up a first win in nine matches on home turf last time out, Sunday's hosts now look to make it back to back wins in front of their fans for the first time since April.
FC Volendam ended a run of three defeats on the bounce courtesy of a 1-1 stalemate against Vitesse at the GelreDome two Saturdays ago.
Wim Jonk's men took the lead in the 21st minute through Robert Muhren, but they were pegged back in the early knockings of the second half by Bartosz Bialek.
Het Andere Oranje are currently 15th in the Eredivisie table, one place and one point ahead of this weekend's opponents heading into the clash.
Ahead of a daunting encounter against Ajax six days later, Sunday's visitors go in search of a morale-boosting victory before locking horns with the defending champions.
Team News
Fortuna Sittard's Mats Seuntjens is suspended for this one after he received his marching orders in the victory over Excelsior last time out.
Since arriving as a free agent in the summer, 32-year-old Ximo Navarro has been unavailable as he remains sidelined with a muscle injury.
Calvin Twigt continues to battle with a long-term knee problem which has kept him out of action for Volendam since March, while Francesco Antonucci is yet to recover from an ankle injury.
This weekend's visitors will also have to make do with the absence of Josh Flint after the Englishman suffered a muscle injury in preseason.
Fortuna Sittard possible starting lineup:
Pandur; Noslin, Guth, Siovas, Pinto, Cox; Cordoba, Duarte, Ferati, Janssen; Yilmaz
FC Volendam possible starting lineup:
Stankovic; Murkin, Benamar, Mbuyamba, Plat; Eiting, Oristanio, Mirani; Van Mieghem, Muhren, Ould-Chikh
We say: Fortuna Sittard 1-0 FC Volendam
Buoyed by a much-needed victory last time out, Fortuna will head into this one with the wind in their sails and look to pick up where they left off. We are backing them to come away with all three points in what should be a close contest.
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