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NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam Live Stream, Predictions
NEC line up against guests Sparta Rotterdam at Goffertstadion in the Eredivisie fixture on Saturday.
All NEC v Sparta Rotterdam match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide
NEC
WDWDWL
NEC will be wanting a better result here following the 2-0 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Feyenoord.
Javairô Dilrosun (9') and Orkun Kökçü (45') scored for Feyenoord.
Rogier Meijer's NEC have found the net 14 times in their last six outings. The comparative number of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 5.
A look at their previous results shows us that NEC:
- have not registered a win against Sparta Rotterdam in their last 7 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 8 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.
Sparta Rotterdam
DDLWWD
In their last fixture, Sparta Rotterdam drew 0-0 in the Eredivisie tie with RKC Waalwijk.
A series of effective displays from the Sparta Rotterdam defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their past 6 clashes combined. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 6. Such a trend might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.
Their previous form shows that Sparta Rotterdam:
- are winless against NEC when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- have not been beaten by NEC in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 25/02/2017 shows that NEC have won 0 of these games & Sparta Rotterdam 3, with the tally of draws standing at 3.
8 goals were scored between them in this period, with 2 of them for NEC and 6 being from Kasteelheren. That is an average goals per game value of 1.33.
The last league clash between these sides was Eredivisie match day 10 on 16/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC.
The referee was Robin Hensgens.
📋 Team News: NEC
Mathias De Wolf (Hamstring Injury), Robin Roefs (Unknown Injury) and Jordy Bruijn (Knee Injury) will be missing for NEC boss Rogier Meijer.
📰 Team News: Sparta Rotterdam
Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Sparta Rotterdam boss Maurice Steijn to be concerned about. Koki Saito (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.
🔮 Prediction
We’re envisaging that Sparta Rotterdam will need to put in a solid display to find the net against this NEC team who we reckon will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for NEC at full-time.
We’ll see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 02:00 24/01/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
NEC
Formed: 1900
Stadium: Goffertstadion (12,500)
Captain: Lasse Schöne
Chairman: Ron van Oijen
Manager: Rogier Meijer
Competitions: Eredivisie position 9, KNVB Beker (Round of 16)
⭐ Key Man: Ibrahim Cissoko
Mostly deployed in the Left Wing position, Ibrahim Cissoko was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands. After having made a senior debut playing for NEC in the 2021 - 2022 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed to score 2 league goals in the Eredivisie 2022 - 2023 season to date coming from a total of 14 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 41 | WDWDW |
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18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 39 | WDWWW |
3 |
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19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 38 | DDWLW |
4 |
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18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 35 | DWDWD |
5 |
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18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 34 | DDDDD |
6 |
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18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | DDWWD |
7 |
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18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 29 | WDDLW |
8 |
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18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | WDLWL |
9 |
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18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 22 | WDDWL |
10 |
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18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 22 | WLDLD |
11 |
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18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 | DWDLL |
12 |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 19 | WLDLW |
13 |
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18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 19 | LWLWL |
14 |
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18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -14 | 16 | DDDLD |
15 |
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19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -19 | 15 | DLDLW |
16 |
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18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -24 | 13 | LWWLD |
17 |
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18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 12 | LLDLW |
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18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -19 | 12 | LLLLL |
Go Ahead Eagles |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
Feyenoord |
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FC Emmen |
Vitesse |
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NEC |
Almere City |
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Fortuna Sittard |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
NEC |
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RKC Waalwijk |
SC Cambuur |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
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Excelsior |
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PSV Eindhoven |
NEC |
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FC Emmen |
NEC |
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Ajax |
NEC |
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RKC Waalwijk |
NEC |
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Go Ahead Eagles |
NEC |
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Excelsior |
NEC |
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Feyenoord |
SC Cambuur |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
PSV Eindhoven |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
Vitesse |
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FC Utrecht |
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RKC Waalwijk |
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Feyenoord |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 1.2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 6-1 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 7 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Landry Dimata | 5 |
Pedro Marques | 4 |
Ibrahim Cissoko | 2 |
Iván Márquez | 2 |
Magnus Mattsson | 2 |
Vito van Crooij | 7 |
Arno Verschueren | 7 |
Tobias Lauritsen | 6 |
Sven Mijnans | 3 |
Joshua Kitolano | 2 |
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SC Cambuur |
Excelsior |
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FC Volendam |
Ajax |
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FC Utrecht |
RKC Waalwijk |
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PSV Eindhoven |
FC Emmen |
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Vitesse |
Fortuna Sittard |
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Go Ahead Eagles |
Ajax |
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FC Utrecht |
Excelsior |
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Vitesse |
FC Emmen |
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Feyenoord |
AZ |
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SC Heerenveen |