Chapter one · read the club
Fortuna Sittard,read in full.
Danny Buijs's side line up in a predicted formation · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout predicted XI (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked and sit league position · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked in the table.
Chapter two · find the gap
The gaps are at squad need · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked and squad need · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked.
- Biggest need · defensive midfield · too few players, below its rivals
Counted by where they start, its options add up to only players for the position, counted by where they start, veterans aside · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked players, veterans aside, where a squad carries players a squad carries there · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked. The best of them, Philip Brittijn, is worth best option's market value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked; at the clubs closest to Fortuna Sittard in strength the best option there is typically worth similar squads' best option's value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked. - Second need · full-back · too few players, below its rivals, ageing
Counted by where they start, its options add up to only players for the position, counted by where they start, veterans aside · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked players, veterans aside, where a squad carries players a squad carries there · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked. The best of them, Jasper Dahlhaus, is worth best option's market value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked; at the clubs closest to Fortuna Sittard in strength the best option there is typically worth similar squads' best option's value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked. share of the options (counted by where they start) who are veterans · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked of the options are veterans, so the position needs renewing soon.
Every position is compared with the six squads in its league closest in strength: depth, the best option's value, ageing. Players count where they actually start, not where they are listed.
Chapter three · scout the fix
Three ways to fix it.
Biggest need: defensive midfield
Hidden gems · young, rising
Justin Janssen
- Club
- FC Nordsjaelland
- Age
- age · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked
- Price
- fair fee · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked (likely fair fee low · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked–fair fee high · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked)
Plays central midfield, defensive midfield · left-footed · height in centimetres · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked cm · international caps · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked caps
Why him
He would compete with Philip Brittijn (last regular starter's market value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked) for a starting place. Aged age · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked and already a regular (share of his club's minutes · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked of FC Nordsjaelland's minutes), projected to be worth projected market value in a few seasons · Justin JanssenSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked in a few seasons.
Alex Opoku Sarfo
- Club
- FK Nizhny Novgorod
- Age
- age · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked
- Price
- fair fee · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked (likely fair fee low · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked–fair fee high · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked)
Plays defensive midfield · right-footed · height in centimetres · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked cm · international caps · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked caps
Why him
He would compete with Philip Brittijn (last regular starter's market value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked) for a starting place. Aged age · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked and already a regular (share of his club's minutes · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked of FK Nizhny Novgorod's minutes), projected to be worth projected market value in a few seasons · Alex Opoku SarfoSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked in a few seasons.
Malcolm Viltard
- Club
- FCV Dender EH
- Age
- age · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked
- Price
- fair fee · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked (likely fair fee low · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked–fair fee high · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked)
Plays defensive midfield · right-footed · height in centimetres · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked cm
Why him
He would compete with Philip Brittijn (last regular starter's market value · Fortuna SittardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked) for a starting place. Aged age · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked and already a regular (share of his club's minutes · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked of FCV Dender EH's minutes), projected to be worth projected market value in a few seasons · Malcolm ViltardSource: dugout scouting (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked in a few seasons.
Price is our fair fee for Fortuna Sittard today; the likely range is where most fees for players like him have landed. Wages are not shown: no free source publishes them.
Injury risk is rated for players in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1; Eredivisie has too little injury data to rate; other leagues have none.
Chapter four · check every number
Every number has a receipt.
- league position · Fortuna Sittardleague position · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
- league points · Fortuna Sittardleague points · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
- league goals scored · Fortuna Sittardleague goals for · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
- league goals conceded · Fortuna Sittardleague goals against · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
- recent league results, oldest first · Fortuna Sittardleague form · Fortuna SittardSource: football-data.org (tier 2)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
- appointed head coach of Fortuna Sittard · Danny Buijsappointed · Danny BuijsSource: Wikidata (tier 3)Fetched: 16 Oct 2026, 22:34 UTCStatus: Single source, re-checked
Verified ×2Every figure re-checked against its source · news needs an official source or two independent ones · hover any number
Chapter five · predict Saturday
Fortuna Sittard v Excelsior
kickoff utc · Fortuna Sittard v ExcelsiorSource: dugout match forecast (tier 3)Fetched: 23 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTCStatus: dugout estimate, re-checked
Forecast from team ratings and chance quality, tested on two full seasons: better than a classic rating system, not yet as sharp as the bookmakers.
Chapter six · fork it
Open source. Free. Yours.
Free and open source, built only on free data and open AI. Point it at your club and check every number yourself.