Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
AZ
Match Time & Date:
05/12/2021
14:30
Prediction: 2-0
Sparta Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar play host to Sparta Rotterdam at their AFAS Stadion in the Eredivisie round 15. AZ have struggling to find their best form in the first half of the season, but this game could be the turning point for the hosts. Midfielder Hakon Evjen is sidelined with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the home team. The Rotterdammers, on the other hand, failed to upset Ajax in their last league match.
Considering that Sparta have been struggling in the 2021/2022 Eredivisie season as well, we do not believe that AZ Alkmaar will have a better chance than this to return to winning ways. In their last meeting in Alkmaar AZ emerged triumphant, and we predict that the history is going to repeat itself. Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Bruno Martins Indi):
Bruno Martins Indi was born in Portugal, but his family quickly moved to Rotterdam, where he joined Feyenoord’s youth set-up in 2005. Netherlands international has made his professional debut in 2010 with Feyenoord, where he spent four years as mainstay before a move to FC Porto on the back of impressive display at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Bruno Martins Indi spent most of his career playing as centre-back, but he can equally fill in on various positions in defence. Bruno Martins Indi had been deemed a victim to the extreme recolution in Porto’s central defensive department, having fallen out of favour with Nuno Espirito Santo and even being punished with a place in Porto’s reserves.
During the summer transfer window the 24-year-old defender insisted on a move away from the club with Premier League being his preferred destination. On the final day of the transfer marked Bruno Martins Indi has been set to Stoke City on a season long loan.
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.
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