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Sparta Rotterdam vs Excelsior Prediction & Betting tips
The matches follow each other in rapid succession in the Eredivisie. Friday Sparta and Excelsior stand opposite each other in the Rotterdam derby. Both coaches were unhappy about the fixture but the club had no official complaint and therefore are simply opposed. Sparta is a victory over Excelsior as well as safe, while Kralingers to victory to leave the relegation zone. A zespuntenduel today so at Castle.
Sparta Rotterdam :
Last Saturday Sparta went on shareholders Castle 0-2 against PSV. Tuesday the Castle Lords went slicing visiting Heerenveen. The Frisian club could use a good win, but Sparta received the Abe Lenstra Stadium in the first half chances. Both teams failed to get into the first half to score and Heerenveen and Sparta sought the changing rooms with a 0-0 halftime score on. In the second half Heerenveen played a lot better and the Frisians eventually won with a whopping 3-0 against the Spartans.
Alex Pastoor exchanged against Heerenveen several players to the match against PSV, but his 5-3-2 formation did not do so bad against the Frisians. The Sparta coach saw his team lose so for the third time in four games, but was not satisfied with the game. “We had control of the game and were dominant. The only thing missing was goals “, declared the coach of the Spartans after the game. The Sparta coach realizes that the Spartans with a win at Excelsior are virtually safe: “We’ll have to stand there against Excelsior. That game is incredibly important. It will be here and there squeaking and cracking because of the program, but we will be ready for the race. ”
You can say what you want about Alex Pastoor, but the 50-year-old midfielder has done well this season with Sparta. Occasionally Pastor course a ‘wise guy’ but with 28 points from 29 games Sparta doing quite in the league. Besides Sparta also reached the semifinals of the Cup and we can say that the season has been successful in Sparta, if they naturally stay in the Eredivisie. The strength in Sparta this season is surely the home games, because the Spartans grabbed nearly seventy percent of the items in-house. Nor should Pastoor not complain about the last matches of Sparta, Sparta must for this season playing against the bottom four clubs and already broken foot bald FC Twente.
Probable lineup Sparta Rotterdam
Kortsmit; Dumfries, Breuer, Mendes da Silva, Floranus; Sanusi, Dijkstra, Van Moorsel; Cabral, Pusic, Calero.
Excelsior :
Excelsior was again lower Tuesday for the first time in four games. The Kralingers grabbed the last month points against AZ (1-1), Heerenveen (4-1), Ajax (1-1) and PEC Zwolle (1-1), but went three days ago at the home stadium defeat against FC Utrecht . Woudestein came Kralingers early lead with a goal from Mike van Duinen, but made just before half Sébastian Haller from the penalty equalizer behalf of the Utrecht. In the second half you could see clearly the difference in quality between the teams and ultimately FC Utrecht won 1-3 at Woudestein. The three goals against Excelsior were moreover seen not completely divorced from the fact that Mitchell van der Gaag in the first half twice forced had to change.
The Kralingers managed to win only one of the last five games, but were also once down. Van der Gaag believes that Excelsior is not much hurry with the same play in recent weeks: “We had a good series, but has yielded too little. Yet that series and this game instil confidence “The Excelsior’s coach after the 1-3 loss against FC Utrecht have enough confidence in his team”. We continue to fight for. Disappointment of that defeat may and should be there, but confidence to continue in this way and to score points there too. ”
The Kralingers currently have 25 points and is therefore under the playoffs stripe. Van der Gaag explains even as his finger on the sore spot, because with all those puntdelingen like relegation candidates not shoot much – just ask Roda JC eleven times alike played this season but the bottom. In any case there is still sufficient for perspective Excelsior, but a setback is the injuries of Hicham Faik and Luigi Bruins. The 30-year-old Bruins this season is very important with his experience and Faik played the last weeks of regular in the starting line-Van der Gaag. Both players come to Sparta not play. Incidentally Milan Massop also left early against FC Utrecht the field, but he is now well on.
Probable lineup Excelsior
Hahn; Karami, Mattheij, Massop, the Wise; Koolwijk, Fortes, Hadouir; Ondaan, Dunes, Fredy.
Sparta Rotterdam vs Excelsior head to head
19.11.16 ERE Excelsior Sparta Rotterdam 3 : 2
12.11.15 CF Excelsior Sparta Rotterdam 4 : 0
13.11.14 CF Excelsior Sparta Rotterdam 2 : 3
08.12.13 EER Sparta Rotterdam Excelsior 1 : 1
02.09.13 EER Excelsior Sparta Rotterdam 1 : 0
