Willem II vs Fortuna Sittard — Eredivisie: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 2′Fortuna Sittard, VAR review:Penalty cancelled
- 19′Willem II, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 59′Fortuna Sittard, substitution:off
- 64′Willem II, yellow card:Foul
- 70′Willem II, substitution:off
- 71′Willem II, substitution:off
- 72′Willem II, yellow card:Foul
- 79′Fortuna Sittard, goal:0–1
- 82′Willem II, substitution:off
- 82′Willem II, substitution:off
- 83′Fortuna Sittard, substitution:off
- 83′Fortuna Sittard, substitution:off
- 89′Willem II, substitution:off
- 90+3′Fortuna Sittard, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time0 – 1
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Willem II
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Match report
Brittijn's late strike gives Fortuna Sittard win at Willem II
Fortuna Sittard secured a 1-0 win away at Willem II in an Eredivisie round 7 fixture at Koning Willem II Stadion, with the only goal arriving deep into the second half. The result lifted Fortuna to sixth in the table on 13 points from seven games, while Willem II remained stuck in 18th on just two points from the same number of matches.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half produced no goals, with both sides probing but neither able to find a breakthrough before the interval. The deadlock persisted until the 79th minute, when Philip Brittijn struck to put Fortuna Sittard 1-0 ahead, a lead the visitors held onto until the final whistle.
Willem II had the greater share of possession at 54 percent to 46, and edged the shot count 17 to 15, yet could not convert that territorial advantage into a goal. Fortuna were more disciplined defensively, conceding only one yellow card compared to three shown to the home side, and made their single moment of quality in front of goal count for all three points.
Brittijn scored the decisive goal in the 79th minute and finished with the highest rating on the pitch at 8.2, capping a productive afternoon for the Fortuna forward.
Willem II's 54 percent share of possession went unrewarded as they were beaten by Fortuna Sittard's clinical late finish.
Fortuna Sittard won 1–0 away against Willem II (half-time 0–0).
Willem II met Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 19:00 UTC at Koning Willem II Stadion. Referee: Dennis Higler.
Team pages: Willem II · Fortuna Sittard · Eredivisie
Key moments
- 79' Goal: Philip Brittijn — 0–1
Starting line-ups
Willem II (4-2-3-1)
Fortuna Sittard (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Willem II 34%, the draw 25%, Fortuna Sittard 41%. It finished Willem II 0–1 Fortuna Sittard.
Fortuna Sittard's rating edge outweighs Willem II's home ground — Fortuna Sittard are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Fortuna Sittard's 41%. The draw at 25% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Fortuna Sittard at 41%?
Fortuna Sittard sit 162 points higher on our strength rating — 1361 to 1523. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,189 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 34–24–42.
Why only 41%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 41% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Willem II at 34%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 4.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,242. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Fortuna Sittard scored +0.58 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,876 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Fortuna Sittard won 3 of the last 6 meetings with Willem II. The record is 3 wins for Fortuna Sittard, 2 draws and 1 win for Willem II. These were 6 Eredivisie games played at both grounds between 5 December 2020 and 27 April 2025. Latest meeting: 27 April 2025 — Fortuna Sittard 1–0 Willem II. In 5,643 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.1%. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Willem II vs Fortuna Sittard final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Eredivisie fixture.
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