Fortuna Sittard 2-1 Excelsior: result and report

Fortuna Sittard 2-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Friday 20 February 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fortuna Sittard won against Excelsior 2-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 20 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Ihattaren opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fortuna Sittard's goals came from Mohamed Ihattaren (45+6', penalty) and Kaj Sierhuis (58'). Excelsior scored through Noah Naujoks (78').

Discipline: Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fortuna Sittard were 11th on 26 points from 23 and Excelsior 12th on 26 points from 23. Fortuna Sittard went on to finish that season 11th with 39 points, and Excelsior 13th with 38.

Fortuna Sittard lined up in a 5-3-2 and Excelsior in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edouard Michut of Fortuna Sittard (7.7), ahead of Mohamed Ihattaren (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fortuna Sittard win, 1 draw and 1 for Excelsior.

Going into the match Fortuna Sittard's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Excelsior's L-W-D-D-D.