Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Ajax
Match Time & Date:
09/04/2022
19:00
Prediction: 4-1
Sparta Rotterdam
Saturday’s football game at Johan Cruijff Arena pits together Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the season finale. The Amsterdammers aim to defend their title, while the Rotterdamers are fighting tooth and nail to survive in the Eredivisie. Ajax are eyeing their fifth consecutive league win, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play.
Important winger Antony is back from suspension, and seeing that key players will start the match, anything but a routine home win would be a major surprise. In their last meeting at the venue Ajax defeated Sparta Rotterdam 4-2, which is yet another reason why home win should be considered. As for the visiting side, there are no fresh injury worries, but all Goncalves Pinto, Dalmau, and Mijnans are pushing for a start after the trio came from the bench in a 1-1 draw with Heerenveen.
Highlighted Player (Steven Berghuis):
Born in Apeldoorn, Netherlands on December 19, 1991, Steven Berghuis is a Dutch winger who plays for Ajax in the Eredivisie. Berghuis played for the likes of Vitesse/AGOVV, WSV Apeldoorn, and Go Ahead Eagles during his youth career before joining Twente in 2009.
The 183-cm-tall footballer continued playing for the Reds at senior level. After ending his loan spell with VVV-Venlo, Steven Berghuis joined AZ Alkmaar in the summer of 2012, and three years later signed a deal with the Premier League club Watford. After making no more than nine appearances in the English top flight, Berghuis moved to Feyenoord in August 2016, and he has been playing De club aan de Maas ever since.
His main position is right winger, but he is capable of producing fine displays as both left winger and attacking midfielder as well. He made his Netherlands debut on May 27, 2016 in a 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland.
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.
