📏 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-0 Eredivisie success over NEC.

In that match, Sparta Rotterdam had 45% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Sparta Rotterdam was Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (84'). On the other side, NEC Nijmegen got 9 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Robin Roefs (33' Own goal) was the scorer for NEC.

Their latest results highlight the fact that much respect should be given to the Sparta Rotterdam backline. Sparta Rotterdam have given the opposition little, seeing the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous 6 matches standing at 3. We will find out whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Coming into this contest, Sparta Rotterdam are unbeaten in their last 5 home league matches.

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen go into this match after a 3-1 Eredivisie win in the defeat of Willem II in their previous fixture.

In that game, SC Heerenveen had 49% possession and 22 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For SC Heerenveen, the goalscorers were Ion Nicolăescu (11'), Sam Kersten (32') and Ilias Sebaoui (66'). At the other end, Willem II had 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jesse Bosch (75') scored for Willem II.

Looking at their form, and SC Heerenveen have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. At the back, SC Heerenveen have some weaknesses to address.

Their past results show that SC Heerenveen:

• have not registered a win against Sparta Rotterdam when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 03/04/2022 tells us that Sparta Rotterdam have won 3 of these & SC Heerenveen 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for Kasteelheren and 5 being from De Superfriezen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The last league encounter between the two was Eredivisie match day 10 on 26/10/2024 and the score finished SC Heerenveen 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, SC Heerenveen had 42% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Nikolai Hopland (4') and Jacob Trenskow (58').

Sparta Rotterdam got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Jannick van der Laan.

🗞️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

It seems likely that Kasteelheren look set to use the 4-3-3 formation for this one with Nick Olij, Said Bakari, Marvin Young, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Patrick van Aanholt, Kristian Hlynsson, Gjivai Zechiel, Carel Eiting, Noekkvi Thorisson, Tobias Lauritsen and Shunsuke Mito.

📋 Team News: SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen manager Robin Veldman has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jacob Trenskow (unknown injury) and Pawel Bochniewicz (Torn knee ligaments) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that De Superfriezen might play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Andries Noppert, Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Nikolai Hopland, Mats Koehlert, Marcus Linday, Luuk Brouwers, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Levi Smans, Ilias Sebaoui and Ion Nicolaescu.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, SC Heerenveen are dangerous enough to get a goal against this Sparta Rotterdam side, but that is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Sparta Rotterdam when all is said and done. It really should be an interesting one.

Peter Guest, 16:01 12/04/2025