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Groningen and Fortuna Sittard bring a closely balanced Eredivisie matchup in which neither side has made the other venue irrelevant. Fortuna won 3–2 at Groningen on 28 August 2026 and 2–1 there on 25 January 2026, while Groningen won 2–1 away on 25 October 2025 and 1–0 at home on 16 March 2025. Those contrasting results leave the wider balance open to another shift.
Past matches, Groningen vs Fortuna Sittard
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Groningen
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13G
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73G
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12
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42D
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15D
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11F
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44M
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16M
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7M
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53M
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19F
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20F
Fortuna Sittard Substitutes
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G
33
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G
1
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D
6
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D
15
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M
5
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D
36
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M
38
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M
39
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F
44
Match events
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4'Rodrigo Guth Yellow Card
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12'⚽M. Ihattaren Normal Goal (Asst: L. Zeefuik)
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19'⚽D. van der Werff Normal Goal (Asst: J. Schreuders)
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28'⚽L. Zeefuik Normal Goal (Asst: E. Michut)
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64'J. Ondrejka T. Land
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64'O. Zawada B. Willumsson
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65'Jacob Ondrejka Yellow Card
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68'N. de Groot M. Ihattaren
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69'Justin Hubner Yellow Card
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72'⚽A. Descotte Normal Goal (Asst: E. Michut)
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80'Y. Oukili S. Zand
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81'T. Hernes W. Prins
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81'S. van Ottele R. Guth
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82'A. Nordin D. van der Werff
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82'N. Eggens M. Csinger
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84'Jacob Ondrejka Penalty cancelled
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87'⚽J. Hubner Own Goal
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88'Etienne Vaessen Yellow Card
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88'Lequincio Zeefuik Yellow Card
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90' +7Travis Hernes Yellow Card
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90' +1Édouard Michut Yellow Card
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90' +4M. Gbemou A. Descotte
Stats for this game
Matchup Groningen VS Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna hold a narrow edge
Fortuna Sittard have the slightly stronger overall position, but the results do not establish a one-sided meeting. Fortuna won 3–2 at Groningen on 28 August 2026 and 2–1 at the same venue on 25 January 2026. Those victories give Fortuna useful weight, yet they do not erase Groningen’s ability to respond when the teams change grounds. Neither club can rely on venue alone to settle the balance.
Groningen answer across both grounds
Groningen won 2–1 at Fortuna Sittard on 25 October 2025 and 1–0 at home on 16 March 2025, producing counterpoints in both settings. The sequence of wins in opposite directions makes the pairing difficult to reduce to a simple hierarchy. Fortuna carry the broader edge, while Groningen have already shown they can reverse the venue equation. Future meetings will ask whether Fortuna can protect their narrow advantage or Groningen can create another change in direction.