📏 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-3 Eredivisie success against Almere City.

In that match, Sparta Rotterdam managed 52% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Sparta Rotterdam, the goals were scored by Tobias Lauritsen (19'), Djevencio van der Kust (28') and Arno Verschueren (88'). Almere City got 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Yoann Cathline (5') and Thomas Robinet (87') scored for Almere City.

Sparta Rotterdam haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 15 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.

FC Volendam

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Excelsior in Eredivisie competition, FC Volendam and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, FC Volendam managed 36% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Excelsior got 35 shots at goal with 15 on target. Lance Duijvestijn (41'), Lazaros Lamprou (43', 67') and Troy Parrott (55') scored for Excelsior.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Volendam have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals overall. At the back, FC Volendam could really do with shoring things up.

Their previous form shows that FC Volendam:

• haven't won against Sparta Rotterdam in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 24/08/2018 tells us that Sparta Rotterdam have won 4 of them & FC Volendam 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 14 of them from Kasteelheren and 5 for Het Andere Oranje. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league fixture between the two was Eredivisie match day 18 on 12/11/2023 which ended up with the score at FC Volendam 1-4 Sparta Rotterdam.

The referee was Richard Martens.

ℹ️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

Arno Verschueren (Knee injury) and Joshua Kitolano (Groin injury) won’t be available for Sparta Rotterdam gaffer Jeroen Rijsdijk.

In our view, Kasteelheren may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game with Nick Olij, Said Bakari, Bart Vriends, Mike Eerdhuijzen, D. van der, Metinho, Pelle Clement, Shunsuke Mito, Rayvien Rosario, Koki Saito and Charles-Andreas Brym.

📰 Team News: FC Volendam

FC Volendam manager Regillio Simons has a number of players out of action. Milan de Haan (unknown injury), Robert Mühren (unknown injury), Diego Gustavo (unknown injury), Bilal Ould-Chikh (unknown injury), Xavier Mbuyamba (heart problems) and Joey Antonioli (unknown injury) miss out here. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Safouane Karim and Benaissa Benamar.

It’s our belief that Het Andere Oranje might begin the game with a 3-4-3 lineup by sending out Mio Backhaus, Damon Mirani, Josh Flint, Billy van Duijl, Oskar Buur, George Cox, Robin Maulun, Brian Plat, Zach Booth, Vivaldo and Darius Johnson.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Sparta Rotterdam have it within them to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

However, FC Volendam may well find it hard getting on the scoresheet but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We’re tipping a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 12:08 28/04/2024