Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Sparta Rotterdam
Match Time & Date:
27/02/2022
14:30
Prediction: 0-2
PSV
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Vitesse (5-0) and Heerenveen (3-1), PSV will look to stay in the title race when they face Sparta in Rotterdam on Matchday 24. PSV have been scoring goals for fun of late, and it is no wonder the bookies see them as favourites to win Sunday’s game. Fit-again winger Madueke, who found the net at the weekend, will be the man to watch in the away side, while all Armando Obispo, Maximiliano Romero,
Andre Ramalho Silva, Davy Propper, and Shurandy Sambo miss out with injuries. Sparta did well to beat Willem II in their last league match, but they will have a mountain to climb against PSV. Even though Henk Fraser should have a full squad to choose from, the visitors are closer to picking up all three points from the match than the hosts.
Highlighted Player (Bryan Smeets):
Bryan Smeets is a product of MVV Maastricht football academy who plays for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie. Smeets scored 23 goals in 144 league appearances for MVV before joining De Graafschap in 2015.
After his spell with the Superboeren, the midfielder moved to Cambuur in the 2017/18 season. The following season he joined Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv where he scored 12 goals in 37 appearances in the elite division. Bryan Smeets then decided to return to Netherlands as he joined Sparta Rotterdam in the 2019/20 season. He scored his first goal with De Kasteelheren in a 4-0 win over RKS Waalwijk on September 21, 2019.
His main position is attacking midfielder, but he is used as both central midfielder and right winger as well. Bryan Smeets has a contract with Sparta Rotterdam which should expire on June 30, 2021. He is a two-footed player.
Highlighted Team (PSV):
Based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, PSV is a professional football club competing the top flight of the Dutch football, Eredivisie. PSV play their home games at the Phillips Stadium which can accommodate 35,000 people. Over the course of its 100-year-old history, PSV has become one of the country’s Big Three clubs that has dominated Eredivisie along with Ajax and Feyenoord.
Known as a stepping stone for future world-class stars, PSV propelled the likes of Ruud Gullit, Ronald Koeman, Romario, Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and most recently Arjen Robben. The Boeren (Peasants) as they call themselves take pride in Eindhoven’s status of being a provincial city and never hide their Brabantian heritage which allow them to enjoy their uniqueness in the company of more prominent clubs from Dutch big cities.
The Peasants boast 23 domestic league titles and 9 KNVB Cup trophies. They have also managed two major European titles – European Cup in 1987-88 and UEFA Cup in 1977-78.
