Fortuna Sittard vs FC Twente - prediction, team news, lineups

It is 4th versus sixth successful circular 8 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie play arsenic FC Twente question to Sittard-Geleen to look Fortuna Sittard connected Saturday.

Both teams entered the planetary interruption disconnected the backmost of victories and volition beryllium looking to prime up wherever they near off.

Match preview

Having endured a 5-0 thrashing against Ajax - their heaviest league decision since September 2024, Fortuna wasted nary clip returning to winning ways, albeit successful unspectacular fashion, arsenic they narrowly edged recently promoted Willem II 1-0.

Danny Buijs’s men person present recorded 4 wins  - implicit a 3rd of their full of 11 past play - from 7 matches, hinting astatine an upward trajectory. Fortuna beryllium sixth successful the table, conscionable 3 points down reigning champions PSV Eindhoven successful third.

The Fortunezen played a affable during the planetary break, claiming a 2-1 triumph implicit Belgian Pro League broadside Genk, a effect they anticipation volition acceptable the code for Saturday’s clash against Twente, who person enjoyed the amended of this fixture successful caller years.

Fortuna mislaid some league encounters with Twente past play and are winless successful 8 clashes since the commencement of the 2022-23 campaign, losing connected 7 occasions.

However, Saturday’s hosts person not mislaid 3 consecutive Eredivisie matches astatine the Fortuna Sittard Stadion since February 2025, and volition anticipation that tally continues erstwhile each is said and done this play aft consecutive location defeats to AZ and Ajax by a combined people of 7-1.

Given their pre-break form, Twente volition anticipation the planetary hiatus does not halt their momentum aft signaling arguably their astir awesome effect truthful far; a comeback 3-2 triumph implicit PSV astatine De Grolsch Veste.

With 13 points from their past 5 gameweeks, John van den Brom’s broadside are firing connected each cylinders, combining a reinvigorated onslaught with a coagulated defence that has conceded conscionable 7 goals, making them the division’s second-meanest backline down AZ.

The Tukkers are presently 3 points disconnected apical spot, but speech of a rubric situation remains premature, with Twente taking it 1 crippled astatine a clip arsenic they hole to footwear disconnected their Conference League campaign, whose added demands could interaction their home form.

Having scored the opening extremity successful each of their past six matches, Saturday’s visitors volition beryllium aiming for different speedy commencement arsenic they look to triumph 5 consecutive games for the archetypal clip since a six-match streak betwixt May and June 2023.

Head manager Van den Brom has had the precocious manus implicit his other fig Buijs, with six wins and a gully from 7 erstwhile meetings.

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Team News

Ivan Marquez is inactive awaiting his archetypal quality of the 2026-27 run arsenic helium continues to retrieve from the wounded that sidelined him astatine the extremity of past season.

Twenty-five-year-old Yassin Oukili is besides ruled retired for the hosts with a groin contented and volition miss a 4th consecutive match.

Mohamed Ihattaren has been straight progressive successful six goals (four goals, 2 assists) successful his past 7 outings and is 1 to watch.

Kristian Hlynsson is disposable for Twente aft marking his instrumentality from a one-month layoff with a extremity successful a affable triumph implicit Werder Bremen.

Stav Lemkin remains the visitors’ lone wounded absentee, truthful Max Bruns is expected to proceed astatine the bosom of defence.

With goals successful 5 of his past six outings, Wout Weghorst is enjoying 1 of the champion spells of his vocation and volition look to proceed his good form.

Fortuna Sittard imaginable starting lineup:

Branderhorst; Pinto, Guth, Hubner, Dahlhaus; Brittijn, Michut, Zand; Ihattaren, Descotte, Romeny

FC Twente imaginable starting lineup:

Unnerstall; Nijstad, Propper, Bruns, Van Rooy; Weidmann, Zerrouki; Orjasaeter, Taha, Thorvaldsen; Weghorst

We say: Fortuna Sittard 1-2 FC Twente

Having won connected each of their past 4 visits to this ground, Twente volition beryllium assured of getting the amended of Fortuna erstwhile again.

While the hosts are expected to enactment up a fight, the visitors are backed to widen their winning tally astatine the Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

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