Sunday Oliseh secures 7th consecutive victory with Fortuna Sittard

Sunday Oliseh secures 7th consecutive victory with Fortuna Sittard

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:41 PM

- Sunday Oliseh led Fortuna to a record 7th consecutive victory

- A 2 - 1 win over Jong Ajax means they maintain top spot in the Eerste Divisie

- The win secures Fortuna the 2nd Period title in the second division

Sunday Oliseh's Fortuna Sittard secured a seventh straight win in the Eerste Divisie League thanks to their 2 - 1 victory over Jong Ajax on Friday, January 12.

Djibril Dianessy scored a first half brace to help secure a record breaking victory for Sunday Oliseh’s side as they maintain top spot in the Dutch second division.

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Fortuna now have 44 points from 20 league games while NEC Nijmegen are in second place with 43 points from 19 games.

Sunday Oliseh secures 7th consecutive victory with Fortuna Sittard
Sunday Oliseh is making a name for himself in the Dutch second division.
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Dianessy scored in the 11th and 20th minute to give Fortuna Sittard a two-goal lead into the break before Darren Sidoel scored a late goal for Jong Ajax in the 73rd minute of the encounter that produced six yellow cards.

The win also secured the second period title for Oliseh's side which is also the club's major title in 23 years.

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Fortuna Sittard’s last league defeat was a 1-0 loss to Cambuur on November 17, 2017.

The Limburg side have recorded consecutive league wins over RKC Waalwijk, Den Bosch, Utrecht II, Go Ahead Eagles, Helmond Sport, PSV II and Jong Ajax in their last seven league games.

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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