Willem II vs Fortuna Sittard — Eredivisie result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Eredivisie·Saturday, 19 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 15.4 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Willem II

36%

Draw

25%

Fortuna Sittard

39%

pick · result

Final score

0–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Fortuna Sittard win 38.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Fortuna Sittard win. Expected goals 1.58–1.63 against 0–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%1 scored
Both teams score65%no
Willem II clean sheet20%no
Fortuna Sittard clean sheet21%yes
Willem II score 2+47%no
Fortuna Sittard score 2+49%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2525
1X2 Brier score0.5676
Probability on the result38.8%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.2%), 1–2 (8.7%), 2–1 (8.0%). It finished 0–1.

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Willem II

8 AugAvs Go Ahead Eagles1–4L
15 AugHvs NEC1–4L
30 AugHvs Heerenveen2–2D
5 SeptHvs Excelsior0–3L
11 SeptAvs AZ1–1D

Fortuna Sittard

8 AugAvs PSV2–2D
15 AugHvs Cambuur3–1W
22 AugHvs AZ0–2L
28 AugAvs Groningen3–2W
6 SeptAvs Den Haag3–2W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatWillem II
(Home · 5 matches)
Fortuna Sittard
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate60.0%83.3%
Over 2.5 rate80.0%66.7%
Clean sheet0.0%16.7%
Avg goals4.003.50

Home stats use Willem II's home record; away stats use Fortuna Sittard's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.