Fortuna Sittard v Sparta Rotterdam: in-form visitors chase play-off push against mid-table hosts | OneFootball

Fortuna Sittard host Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie on Saturday, 7 February 2026 at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion, with the hosts 12th and the visitors fifth in the play-off places.

The reverse fixture finished 1-1 in November, and Sparta also won 3-0 in Sittard last season. Positionally, Fortuna Sittard are mid-table, while Sparta Rotterdam sit in the European qualification play-off zone.

Sparta Rotterdam arrive on a surge with four straight league wins, including a 4-3 success at Feyenoord, plus victories over Utrecht and Groningen. Fortuna Sittard have two wins from their last five in the league, highlighted by a 4-3 defeat of AZ and an away win at Groningen before a narrow loss at Heracles.

Team news could matter. Fortuna Sittard list Daley Sinkgraven, Luuk Koopmans, Justin Lonwijk, Lance Duijvestijn, Jasper Dahlhaus, Ramazan Bayram and Luka Tunjić as injured, with Shawn Adewoye suspended. For Sparta Rotterdam, Vito van Crooy and Giannino Vianello are sidelined.

Routes to goal look clear. Sparta Rotterdam have nine clean sheets this season and may lean on Tobias Lauritsen, who has nine league goals. Fortuna Sittard have scored 31 and conceded 36, with eight headed goals and a 23.31% open-play cross accuracy, so deliveries for Kaj Sierhuis, who has eight league goals, and supply from Mohammed Ihattaren, on six assists, could be a route to test the visitors.

A home win would lift Fortuna Sittard to 28 points and bolster their mid-table footing. Victory would take Sparta Rotterdam to 38 points and strengthen their hold on the play-off positions.