Eredivisie WON 1–0
Sun, Oct 25 · 12:15 · Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Fortuna Sittard Home
VS
Excelsior Away
Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior — Eredivisie
Tipster's pick Fortuna Sittard or Draw
Confidence High
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Fortuna Sittard Set to Stay Unbeaten at Home

Fortuna Sittard stand sixth after nine matches while Excelsior sit tenth with four points fewer. The hosts have two wins and two draws from their last five games. Excelsior have lost three of their previous five and remain without a win in that stretch. Across the last eight head to head meetings Fortuna have four victories and two draws. Fortuna average 1.3 goals scored at home this season and concede 2.3 while Excelsior let in three goals per game overall. Excelsior have also recorded three or more total goals in every league match so far. Their leaky defence away from home could be tested again when they visit the Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
1–0 WON

Our pick “Fortuna Sittard or Draw” at odds 1.40 won — final score 1–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Sven Simons 41'
  3. Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson ↓ Noah Naujoks 45'
  4. Ole Romeny ↓ Sven Simons 45'
  5. Second half
  6. David Garden ↓ Nesto groen 56'
  7. Shiloh 't Zand 58'
  8. Jasper Dahlhaus ↓ Nick de Groot 66'
  9. Daley Sinkgraven ↓ Kristoffer Peterson 66'
  10. Irakli Yegoian 68'
  11. Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↓ Aymen sliti 76'
  12. Simon Janssen ↓ Kasey Bos 76'
  13. Mohammed Ihattaren ↓ Philip Brittijn 82'
  14. Iván Márquez ↓ Edouard Michut 86'
  15. Rodrigo Guth assist Mohammed Ihattaren 90+1'
This season
Fortuna Sittard Excelsior
Over 2.5 goals 67% 100%
Clean sheet 11% 22%
Failed to score 11% 11%
Scored per game 1.8 1.8
Conceded per game 1.9 2.0
Scored home / away 1.3 / 2.2 1.3 / 2.2

Across 9 and 9 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
5 TWE Twente 9 5 2 2 17
6 FOR Fortuna Sittard ▲ 9 4 3 2 15
7 GRO Groningen 9 4 2 3 14
8 HEE Heerenveen 9 3 3 3 12
9 GOA GO Ahead Eagles 9 2 5 2 11
10 EXC Excelsior ▲ 9 3 2 4 11
11 UTR Utrecht 9 3 2 4 11
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Fortuna Sittard LWWDD
L vs Ajax 1–5 Sep 12
W @ Willem II 1–0 Sep 19
W @ Genk 2–1 Oct 3
D vs Twente 1–1 Oct 10
D @ NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Oct 18
Excelsior DLDLL
D @ NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Sep 8
L vs Utrecht 1–2 Sep 13
D @ Ajax 2–2 Sep 19
L vs Groningen 1–5 Oct 11
L @ Heerenveen 0–4 Oct 16
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Fortuna Sittard
Scored 1.4 avg
1 1 2 1 2
Conceded 1.8 avg
5 0 1 1 2
Excelsior
Scored 1.2 avg
2 1 2 1 0
Conceded 3.0 avg
2 2 2 5 4
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Fortuna Sittard
2 Draws
2 Excelsior
Feb 2026 Fortuna Sittard 2–1 Excelsior Fortuna Sittard
Oct 2025 Excelsior 1–0 Fortuna Sittard Excelsior
Mar 2024 Fortuna Sittard 5–2 Excelsior Fortuna Sittard
Aug 2023 Excelsior 2–2 Fortuna Sittard Draw
May 2023 Excelsior 3–0 Fortuna Sittard Excelsior

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 8 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Fortuna Sittard 4-3-3
  • 31 M. Branderhorst G
  • 12 Ivo Pinto D
  • 3 Rodrigo Guth D
  • 28 Justin Quincy Hubner D
  • 15 N. de Groot D
  • 23 P. Brittijn M
  • 6 S. van Ottele M
  • 20 É. Michut M
  • 7 K. Peterson F
  • 14 S. Simons F
  • 22 Shiloh Kiesar ’t Zand F
Bench O. Romeny, S. Wylin, D. Sinkgraven, K. Reitmaier, Y. Oukili, Iván Márquez, Ganni Buyukhan, J. Dahlhaus, M. Ihattaren, L. Koopmans

D. Buijs

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Fortuna Sittard
  • OUT R. Bayram Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Dahlhaus Inactive
  • OUT I. Marquez Injury
  • OUT Y. Oukili Groin Injury
  • DOUBT R. Guth Inactive
  • DOUBT M. Ihattaren Injury
  • DOUBT E. Michut Inactive
  • DOUBT O. Romeny Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT L. Zeefuik Inactive
  • OUT R. Bayram Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Dahlhaus Inactive
  • OUT I. Marquez Injury
  • OUT Y. Oukili Groin Injury
  • DOUBT R. Guth Inactive
  • DOUBT M. Ihattaren Injury
  • DOUBT E. Michut Inactive
  • DOUBT O. Romeny Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT L. Zeefuik Inactive
Excelsior

No reported absences