📊 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-4 Eredivisie victory versus Vitesse.

In that game, Sparta Rotterdam managed 36% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Sparta Rotterdam, the goals were scored by Shunsuke Mito (7'), Pelle Clement (19'), Koki Saito (43') and Mike Eerdhuijzen (58'). Vitesse had 21 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Kacper Kozłowski (45') scored for Vitesse.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Sparta Rotterdam have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Sparta Rotterdam have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals during that time. We will just have to find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Sparta Rotterdam:

• have not lost a league tie with Heracles Almelo in their previous 6 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo go into this match after a 5-0 Eredivisie win against AZ in their last outing.

In that match, Heracles Almelo had 35% possession and 21 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Heracles Almelo, the scorers were Brian De Keersmaecker (19'), Jizz Hornkamp (38', 40') and Mohamed Sankoh (90', 94'). On the other side, AZ had 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Heracles Almelo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals overall. In defence, Heracles Almelo have clearly had some problems.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Heracles Almelo:

• have left without a victory over Sparta Rotterdam when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated by Sparta Rotterdam when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A solid away record against them.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 08/12/2019 tells us that Sparta Rotterdam have won 2 of them & Heracles Almelo 0, with the tally of draws being 4.

A sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Kasteelheren and 4 for Heraclieden. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 20 on 02/12/2023 when it finished Heracles Almelo 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam.

The referee was Edwin van de Graaf.

🗞️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

Django Warmerdam (unknown injury), Joshua Kitolano (Groin injury) and Tobias Lauritsen (Ankle injury) won’t be playing for Sparta Rotterdam manager Jeroen Rijsdijk.

We are thinking that Kasteelheren may well use a 4-2-3-1 formation this time with Nick Olij, Said Bakari, Bart Vriends, Mike Eerdhuijzen, D. van der, Pelle Clement, Jonathan de Guzman, Shunsuke Mito, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito and Charles-Andreas Brym.

🗞️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo boss Erwin van de Looi has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle), Stijn Bultman (Meniscus injury) and Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

We reckon that Heraclieden will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Michael Brouwer, Navajo Bakboord, Sven Sonnenberg, Justin Hoogma, Fredrik Oppegaard, Marko Vejinovic, Sem Scheperman, Ajdin Hrustic, Mario Engels, Bryan Limbombe and Jizz Hornkamp.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Heracles Almelo have the ability to get a goal against this Sparta Rotterdam side, but it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Sparta Rotterdam at full-time. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:05 06/04/2024