FC Groningen 1-2 Fortuna Sittard: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 25 January 2026

Result

FC Groningen 1-2 Fortuna Sittard

Eredivisie · Sunday 25 January 2026, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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FC Groningen 1-2 Fortuna Sittard: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by Fortuna Sittard 1-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 25 January 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Dies Janse opened the scoring in the 6th minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Dies Janse (6'). Fortuna Sittard scored through Kaj Sierhuis (12') and Lance Duijvestijn (32').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards; Fortuna Sittard received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 6th on 31 points from 19 and Fortuna Sittard 12th on 22 points from 19. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Fortuna Sittard 11th with 39.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fortuna Sittard in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dies Janse of FC Groningen (8.1), ahead of Lance Duijvestijn (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Groningen wins, 0 draws and 5 for Fortuna Sittard.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Dies JanseFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Kaj SierhuisFortuna Sittard · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Stije ResinkFC Groningen
  • 32'Goal · Lance DuijvestijnFortuna Sittard · 1-2
  • 35'Yellow card · Mohamed IhattarenFortuna Sittard
  • 43'Yellow card · Philip BrittijnFortuna Sittard
  • 67'Yellow card · Thom van BergenFC Groningen
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Younes TahaFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 5, draws 0, Fortuna Sittard 5.

Team news

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FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Thijmen Blokzijl, Dies Janse, Marvin Peersman, Tygo Land, Stije Resink, David van der Werff, Younes Taha, Jorg Schreuders, Thom van Bergen

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

Mattijs Branderhorst, Shawn Adewoye, Iván Márquez, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Ivo Pinto, Philip Brittijn, Edouard Michut, Justin Hubner, Mohamed Ihattaren, Lance Duijvestijn, Kaj Sierhuis