Fortuna Sittard v Ajax: in-form hosts meet possession-heavy visitors | OneFootball

Fortuna Sittard host Ajax in the Eredivisie on Saturday, 12 September 2026 at Fortuna Sittard Stadion, with the hosts pushing to cement a European play-off place and the visitors seeking a response after losing to PSV.

The head-to-head has favoured Ajax, who won 4-1 in February and 3-1 in Sittard last December, with draws in 2024 offering the closest recent meetings.

Form points to a live contest. Fortuna Sittard have taken 10 points from five games, including back-to-back 3-2 away wins at Groningen and ADO Den Haag after opening with a draw at PSV. Ajax have scored nine times in four league outings, recording two away wins without conceding before that home defeat to PSV.

Availability could bite. Fortuna Sittard list Kristoffer Peterson, Ivan Marquez, Yassin Oukili, Siebe Wylin and Sven Simons as injured. For the visitors, Daley Blind, Rayane Bounida and Aaron Bouwman are sidelined.

Styles contrast. Fortuna Sittard average 33% possession but have scored 11 times and are yet to keep a clean sheet, so transitions and the finishing of Mohammed Ihattaren and Lequincio Zeefuik could matter. Ajax tend to control games with 58% possession and 87.45% passing accuracy, deliver a high volume of open-play crosses and have two clean sheets. Tolu Arokodare and Steven Berghuis may profit if the service is consistent.

A home win would lift Fortuna Sittard to 13 points and could strengthen their grip on the qualification play-off places. Victory for Ajax would move them to 10 points and could nudge them back into the play-off spots.