Fortuna Sittard 3-2 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 31 August 2025

Result

Fortuna Sittard 3-2 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 31 August 2025, 10:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

Fortuna Sittard · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Fortuna Sittard 3-2 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Fortuna Sittard defeated NEC Nijmegen 3-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 31 August 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.

Mohamed Ihattaren opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Fortuna Sittard's goals came from Mohamed Ihattaren (4'), Mohamed Ihattaren (35', penalty) and Paul Gladon (90+4'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Bryan Linssen (28') and Sami Ouaissa (67').

Discipline: Fortuna Sittard received 4 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fortuna Sittard were 17th on 1 point from 2 and NEC Nijmegen 1st on 9 points from 3. Fortuna Sittard went on to finish that season 11th with 39 points, and NEC Nijmegen 4th with 59.

Fortuna Sittard lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Ihattaren of Fortuna Sittard (8.0), ahead of Dirk Proper (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fortuna Sittard win, 3 draws and 4 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Mohamed IhattarenFortuna Sittard · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 35'Penalty goal · Mohamed IhattarenFortuna Sittard · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Jasper DahlhausFortuna Sittard
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Tjaronn CheryNEC Nijmegen
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Kristoffer PetersonFortuna Sittard
  • 60'Yellow card · Mattijs BranderhorstFortuna Sittard
  • 67'Goal · Sami OuaissaNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Justin HubnerFortuna Sittard
  • 90+4'Goal · Paul GladonFortuna Sittard · 3-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Fortuna Sittard 1, draws 3, NEC Nijmegen 4.

Team news

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Fortuna Sittard line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Ivo Pinto, Shawn Adewoye, Iván Márquez, Jasper Dahlhaus, Philip Brittijn, Ryan Fosso, Dimitrios Limnios, Justin Lonwijk, Kristoffer Peterson, Mohamed Ihattaren

NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-5-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Kodai Sano, Calvin Verdonk, Sami Ouaissa, Rober González, Dirk Proper, Vito van Crooij, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Bryan Linssen