The Eagles capped off a great first half of the season with a home win against NAC Breda and were looking to fly even higher in the second half of the season, starting with a tricky away game in the freezing cold Fortuna Sittard Stadium.
After a delayed start due to thick residual smoke from a home crowd tifo, Danish starlet Jakob Breum opened the score for the visitors with a tap-in after great preparational work from Oliver Antman.
Breum, who continued his stellar form from 2024, delivered his ninth goal contribution in his last seven games with a second goal only a couple minutes after the break.
The 21-year-old Dane capped things off with the final goal of his hat-trick after Fortuna Sittard's Mitchell Dijks failed to clear the ball cleanly and gave the Dane a golden opportunity for the first triple of his senior career.
Go Ahead Eagles won a tricky game on a slippery surface in ice-cold Southern Limburg and come away with another vital victory in the race for European football.
Fortuna Sittard, whose streak of four unbeaten league appearances came to an end, got off to a frustrating start of the second half of the Eredivisie season and will mourn the misses of the likes of Makan Aiko, Alessio Da Cruz and Kristoffer Peterson, who all squandered valuable chances for the home side.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Jakob Breum (Go Ahead Eagles)