Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
PSV
Match Time & Date:
05/05/2024
12:15
Prediction: 3-1
Sparta Rotterdam
Newly-promoted champions PSV will be aiming to put icing on the cake when they face Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie round 32. Peter Bosz’s troops are brimming with confidence following an 8-0 crushing of Heerenveen and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. It has to be noted that PSV scored 19 goals in total in the previous three league matches. Isaac Babadi and Sergino Dest should be the only absentees in the home team.
Meanwhile, the Rotterdammers have been in a fine form of late, with the team winning four of their last five league fixtures. Given Sparta’s attacking potential, yet another high-scoring affair is on the cards at Philips Stadion. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Eindhoven. Earlier this term PSV rolled over Sparta Rotterdam 4-0, which goes in favour of our earlier prediction.
Highlighted Player (Luuk de Jong):
The 26-year-old Dutch striker Luuk de Jong is considered one of Europe’s deadliest strikers with his incredible return of goals in games he spends playing. Luuk de Jong began his football career at De Graafschap in 2008, but moved on to Twente only a year later.
The tally of 39 goals in 76 league appearances earned him a transfer to Borussia Monchengladbach, but his spell in Germany ended in disappointment. Bundesliga club attempted to revive his career by sending him out on loan to Newcastle United but his stint with the English club yielded even more disappointment and concluded in utter disaster with De Jong playing 12 games without scoring a single goal for the Magpies.
A return to Netherlands and PSV Eindhoven turned out to be a proper hit for the 26-year-old striker who has restored his scoring touch with more than 50 goals for the Boeren after less than 90 games.
Highlighted Team (Sparta Rotterdam):
Founded back on April 1, 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is considered one of the oldest clubs in the Netherlands. De Kasteelheren (the Castle Lords) welcome their opponents at Het Kasteel, and they have a great rivalry with Feyenoord. Yet another Rotterdam club Excelsior are considered Sparta’s fierce rivals as well.
Sparta Rotterdam wear white shirts with red strips when playing on home soil, while sky blue is the dominant colour of their away kit. De Kasteelheren have won six Eredivisie trophies. Sparta were the dominant force in the Dutch football in the 1910s, with the team winning their last league title in the 1958/59 season.
De Kasteelheren have won three Dutch Cup trophies as well (1957/58, 1961/62, 1965/66). In the 1985/86 season Sparta last participated in the UEFA Cup, with the team beating Hamburger SC in round 1, while suffering elimination to Borussia Monchengladbach in the second round. Sparta’s stadium Het Kasteel can hold up to 11,926 spectators.
