Sparta Rotterdam vs Ajax Prediction & Betting Tips

Ajax will be at Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel on Sunday for the Eredivisie fixture with hosts Sparta Rotterdam.

Our Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam LWLWWL

Sparta Rotterdam will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 5-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against FC Utrecht.

The only name on the scoresheet from Sparta Rotterdam was Joël Piroe (89'). Bart Ramselaar (41', 59'), Adrián Dalmau (50'), Simon Gustafson (51') and Sean Klaiber (72') scored for FC Utrecht.

Fixtures involving Sparta Rotterdam have proved to be lively ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 24 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 12 of these being chalked up by Kasteelheren. Regardless, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall continue on in this next match.

Ajax LLWLLW

Ajax come into this meeting following on from a 1-3 Eredivisie win with the defeat of SC Heerenveen in their previous outing.

For Ajax, the goalscorers were Dušan Tadić (57', 60') and Quincy Promes (63'). Mitchell van Bergen (67') scored for SC Heerenveen.

Looking at their form, and Ajax have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals overall. Defensively, de Godenzonen could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs going back to 07/08/2016 tells us that these encounters have been miserable for Sparta Rotterdam. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all while Ajax have dominated them, finishing as winners in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 25 overall at an average of 4.17 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Eredivisie match day 19 on 19/01/2020 when it finished Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam.

The match was refereed by Allard Lindhout.

ℹ️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

Reda Kharchouch (Meniscal Injury) and Tim Coremans (Torn Knee Ligament) will not be taking part for Sparta manager Henk Fräser.

In all likelihood, Kasteelheren will possibly opt for a 4-3-3 formation for this one with Benjamin van Leer, Michael Gonçalves Pinto, Bart Vriends, Tom Beugelsdijk, Jeffry Fortes, Mohamed Rayhi, Sven Mijnans, Adil Auassar, Danzell Gravenberch, Lennart Thy and Bryan Smeets.

📰 Team News: Ajax

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, Ajax boss Erik ten Hag does not have any fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

We are inclined to think that de Godenzonen appear most likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, starting Andre Onana, Sergino Dest, Perr Schuurs, Daley Blind, Nicolas Tagliafico, Lisandro Martínez, Carel Eiting, Zakaria Labyad, Dusan Tadic, Lassina Franck Traoré and Quincy Promes.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Ajax are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the same time, Sparta Rotterdam could well struggle to find the back of the net although we think that they will probably end up seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 1-3 winning score for Ajax at the end of this one.

Lucas Pereira, 23:16 08/09/2020