Eredivisie Knockout phase Sat, Oct 4 · 17:45 Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard
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Our take

Fortuna Sittard were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Fortuna Sittard had 7.9 days of rest, FC Volendam 7 and had to travel 175 km.

Away travel175 kmRest days7.9 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 1
Fortuna Sittard49%
Draw26%
FC Volendam25%
Expected goals 1.65 – 1.11
Fortuna Sittard49%
Draw26%
FC Volendam25%
Expected goals 1.63 – 1.10
Fortuna Sittard50%
Draw26%
FC Volendam25%
Expected goals 1.65 – 1.10
Fortuna Sittard42%
Draw27%
FC Volendam31%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.24
Fortuna Sittard49%
Draw26%
FC Volendam25%
Expected goals 1.63 – 1.10
Over 2.5 52% Both score 55% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Sittard)

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Referee · NetherlandsIngmar Oostrom
  • Cards per match 3.6
  • Penalties per match 0.24
  • Matches 21

Team strength

Fortuna SittardFC Volendam
19 L90 StrengthIn forecast 14
21 Current StrengthIn forecast 14
19 AttackIn forecast 14
19 DefenceIn forecast 19
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Fortuna Sittard

Attack—
Defense risk—

FC Volendam

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Fortuna SittardFC Volendam
1.71 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.29
1.71 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.71
1.04 xGVia Att/Def 0.99
1.63 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.33
+0.67 Goals minus xGContext +0.30
86% Scored inContext 86%
14% Clean sheetsContext 0%
12.14 ShotsContext 11.86
5.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.86
35% On target shareContext 33%
7.71 Shots in the boxContext 7.14
62% Box shareContext 59%
14% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.67
14.29 Shots allowedContext 16.29
5.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.00
4.00 BlocksContext 4.14
3.86 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.57
71% Save rateContext 76%
48% PossessionIn forecast 43%
388 PassesContext 349
302 Accurate passesContext 275
78% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.76 Team ratingContext 6.80
13.00 FoulsContext 10.43
10.14 Fouls sufferedContext 12.29
2.29 Yellow cardsContext 1.43
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
1.30 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.20
1.03 xGVia Att/Def 0.99
1.40 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.33
+0.37 Goals minus xGContext +0.31
80% Scored inContext 90%
30% Clean sheetsContext 0%
11.70 ShotsContext 10.40
4.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.60
33% On target shareContext 35%
7.50 Shots in the boxContext 7.00
63% Box shareContext 64%
12% ConversionContext 13%
1.88 OffsidesContext 1.88
12.90 Shots allowedContext 20.10
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 7.30
3.80 BlocksContext 5.40
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 5.30
76% Save rateContext 73%
47% PossessionIn forecast 39%
377 PassesContext 315
293 Accurate passesContext 238
78% Pass accuracyContext 76%
6.83 Team ratingContext 6.78
12.40 FoulsContext 9.90
11.30 Fouls sufferedContext 10.30
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Fortuna Sittard
Rest7.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km306 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
FC Volendam
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel175 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Fortuna Sittard FC Volendam
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.9Eredivisie 2025-2026, 26 Sep7Eredivisie 2025-2026, 27 Sep
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km175 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways306 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 2 / 41 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one14.814

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Fortuna Sittard Confirmed XI
4-3-3
31M. Branderhorst(G)
8J. Dahlhaus 44Iván Márquez 4S. Adewoye 12Ivo Pinto
23P. Brittijn 80R. Fosso 17J. Lonwijk
7K. Peterson 9K. Sierhuis 18D. Limnios
+5 more reported missing outside this XI
FC Volendam Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1K. van Oevelen(G)
32Y. Leliendal 20N. Verschuren 3M. Amevor 5P. Ugwu
18N. Bukala 8G. Yah
17J. Ideho 40R. van Cruijsen 10B. Kuwas
9H. Veerman
+2 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Fortuna Sittard Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
FC Volendam Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Fortuna Sittard-0.1 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • FC Volendam+0.1 pp

Home / Away this season

Fortuna Sittard · Home 2.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.33
FC Volendam · Away 0.67points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-2-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

2 Fortuna Sittard wins0 draws0 FC Volendam wins
Goals per game2.00 – 0.50 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 0%
  • 28 Jan 2024FC Volendam0–1Fortuna Sittard
  • 16 Sep 2023Fortuna Sittard3–1FC Volendam

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Ingmar Oostrom Netherlands · 21 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.38league 3.54
Red cards0.24league 0.22
Cards 5+38%league 37%
Fouls22.0league 22.5
Penalties0.24league 0.20
Home wins43%league 48%
Fortuna Sittard1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.3.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L29 Mar 25H · Sparta Rotterdam0–33
FC Volendam2 with this referee
Record0-1-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L14 Jan 24H · Almere City FC0–11
  • D23 Sep 23H · Heracles2–21

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Fortuna Sittard7 games · scored 12 · conceded 12
3 0-15
3 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
6 2 76-90
FC Volendam7 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
1 4 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 4 31-45
1 1 46-60
3 1 61-75
1 1 76-90
Fortuna Sittard10 games · scored 14 · conceded 13
3 1 0-15
1 3 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
7 2 76-90
FC Volendam10 games · scored 13 · conceded 22
4 6 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 6 31-45
2 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
1 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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