Fortuna Sittard vs NEC Nijmegen prediction and preview

Eredivisie · Saturday 6 March 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Fortuna Sittard vs NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 6 March 2027, 00:00 UTC · Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard

Fortuna Sittard · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Fortuna Sittard vs NEC Nijmegen preview

The Eredivisie fixture between Fortuna Sittard and NEC Nijmegen is scheduled for Saturday 6 March 2027 at 00:00 UTC at Fortuna Sittard Stadion. Fortuna Sittard are 6th in the table with 19 points from 11, while NEC Nijmegen go into the round 13th, on 11 points from 11 games.

Recent form: Fortuna Sittard D-W-D-D-W, NEC Nijmegen W-L-D-W-D (most recent first). Over their last 6, Fortuna Sittard have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 2 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. NEC Nijmegen average 2.0 scored and 1.5 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Fortuna Sittard won 3, 4 games were drawn and NEC Nijmegen won 3. Those games averaged 3.4 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 8. The most recent meeting, on 18 Oct 2026, ended NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Fortuna Sittard.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
6Fortuna Sittard115421818019WDDWD
13NEC Nijmegen112541719-211DDDDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fortuna Sittard 3, draws 4, NEC Nijmegen 3.

Team news

Fortuna Sittard expected line-up (5-4-1)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Justin Hubner, Ivo Pinto, Rodrigo Guth, Syb van Ottele, Philip Brittijn, Shiloh 't Zand, Edouard Michut, Anthony Descotte, Mohamed Ihattaren, Lequincio Zeefuik

NEC Nijmegen expected line-up (3-1-4-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Perr Schuurs, Tobias Storm, Darko Nejasmic, Clement Mutahi Bischoff, Noé Lebreton, Jamiro Monteiro, Bryan Linssen, Tjaronn Chery

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