📊 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Eredivisie draw vs Ajax.

In that match, Sparta Rotterdam managed 30% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sparta Rotterdam was Arno Verschueren (28', 47'). At the other end, Ajax had 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. Chuba Akpom (65') and Steven Bergwijn (88') scored for Ajax.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Sparta Rotterdam haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Sparta Rotterdam have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals in the process. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

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

• are unbeaten in the league by Fortuna Sittard in their last 3 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard will go into the meeting following a 3-1 Eredivisie win in the defeat of FC Zwolle in their most recent match.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard managed 43% possession and 22 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. For Fortuna Sittard, the goals were scored by Kaj Sierhuis (37'), Justin Lonwijk (59') and Alessio Da Cruz (91'). PEC Zwolle got 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Lennart Thy (93') scored for FC Zwolle.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Fortuna Sittard, three or more goals have been struck. The average goals scored per game during that time is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Fortuna Sittard standing at 2.

Leading up to this clash, Fortuna Sittard:

• haven't won against Sparta Rotterdam when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 13/02/2021 shows that Sparta Rotterdam have won 3 of them and Fortuna Sittard 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Kasteelheren and 7 netted by Sittard. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league game between these sides was Eredivisie match day 25 on 13/01/2024 when it finished Fortuna Sittard 0-2 Sparta Rotterdam.

That time, Fortuna Sittard had 49% possession and 20 shots on goal with 6 on target.

Sparta Rotterdam got 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Shunsuke Mito (33') and Metinho (48') scored.

The match was refereed by Erwin Blank.

🗞️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

Joshua Kitolano (Groin injury) and Django Warmerdam (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Sparta Rotterdam manager Jeroen Rijsdijk.

In all likelihood, Kasteelheren could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Nick Olij, Said Bakari, Rick Meissen, Mike Eerdhuijzen, D. van der, Jonathan de Guzman, Pelle Clement, Shunsuke Mito, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito and Tobias Lauritsen.

🗞️ Team News: Fortuna Sittard

With a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Fortuna Sittard boss Danny Buijs has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match.

We believe Fortuna Sittard appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Michael Verrips, Ivo Pinto, Rodrigo Guth, Dimitris Siovas, Mitchell Dijks, Oguzhan Ozyakup, Deroy Duarte, Justin Lonwijk, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Inigo Cordoba and Kaj Sierhuis.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Fortuna Sittard are certainly able to score a goal against this Sparta Rotterdam outfit, but that may not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 90 minutes. Looking forward to this.

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

Renata Leite, 17:02 30/03/2024