📊 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Eredivisie success against FC Volendam.

In that match, Sparta Rotterdam had 61% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. The scorer for Sparta Rotterdam was Tobias Lauritsen (80'). On the other side, FC Volendam had 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Maurice Steijn's Sparta Rotterdam have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 9 times in their prior six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 8.

Heading into this contest, Sparta Rotterdam haven't won against Heracles Almelo in their last 4 league games.

Heracles Almelo

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After tasting defeat last time out to SC Heerenveen in Eredivisie action, Heracles Almelo will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Heracles Almelo managed 42% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Heerenveen got 15 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Jacob Trenskow (55'), Vasilios Zagaritis (77') and Maxence Rivera (95') scored for SC Heerenveen.

Showing their involvement in fruitful encounters, we’ve seen goals 25 times in the previous six games in which Heracles Almelo have taken to the field, yielding an average of 4.17 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have managed 12 of this grand total.

Taking a look at their past results, Heracles Almelo:

• remain undefeated by Sparta Rotterdam when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 15/05/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Sparta Rotterdam winning 2 of those games, Heracles Almelo 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for Kasteelheren and 7 created by Heraclieden. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league game featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 7 on 27/09/2025 and the score finished Heracles Almelo 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam.

That time, Heracles Almelo had 48% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Jizz Hornkamp (45', 69') and Yvandro Borges Sanches (65').

Sparta Rotterdam had 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Serdar Gözübüyük.

ℹ️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

It’s our opinion that Kasteelheren should use a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, beginning the first half with Joel Drommel, Marvin Young, Tijs Velthuis, Bruno Martins Indi, Teo Quintero, Julian Baas, Joshua Kitolano, Mitchell van Bergen, Ayoni Santos, Shunsuke Mito and Tobias Lauritsen.

ℹ️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

We believe Heraclieden will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Timo Jansink, Mike te Wierik, Damon Mirani, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, D. van der, Ajdin Hrustic, Thomas Bruns, Bryan Limbombe, Mario Engels, Walid Ould-Chikh and Luka Kulenovic.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, Heracles Almelo will have to play really well to find the net against a Sparta Rotterdam team who have all the attributes to win pretty easily here.

We can see a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Sparta Rotterdam when the full-time whistle blows.

Victor Martins, 15:04 11/01/2026