NEC Nijmegen 2-3 Fortuna Sittard: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 February 2026

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-3 Fortuna Sittard

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

NEC Nijmegen · Fortuna Sittard · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 2-3 Fortuna Sittard: match report

NEC Nijmegen were beaten by Fortuna Sittard 2-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tjaronn Chery opened the scoring in the 19th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Tjaronn Chery (19') and Bryan Linssen (90+3'). Fortuna Sittard scored through Iván Márquez (27'), Mohamed Ihattaren (59') and Justin Hubner (65').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 3rd on 43 points from 24 and Fortuna Sittard 11th on 29 points from 24. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Fortuna Sittard 11th with 39.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Fortuna Sittard in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Ihattaren of Fortuna Sittard (9.1), ahead of Iván Márquez (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 NEC Nijmegen wins, 3 draws and 2 for Fortuna Sittard.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Tjaronn CheryNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Ahmetcan KaplanNEC Nijmegen
  • 27'Goal · Iván MárquezFortuna Sittard · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Philip BrittijnFortuna Sittard
  • 59'Goal · Mohamed IhattarenFortuna Sittard · 1-2
  • 65'Goal · Justin HubnerFortuna Sittard · 1-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Edouard MichutFortuna Sittard
  • 90+3'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 2-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 4, draws 3, Fortuna Sittard 2.

Team news

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

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Deveron Fonville, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Darko Nejasmic, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Danilo, Koki Ogawa

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

Luuk Koopmans, Ivo Pinto, Iván Márquez, Justin Hubner, Jasper Dahlhaus, Philip Brittijn, Edouard Michut, Mohamed Ihattaren, Lance Duijvestijn, Dimitrios Limnios, Kaj Sierhuis