Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Sparta Rotterdam
Match Time & Date:
23/12/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-0
Waalwijk
Thursday’s football game at Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel will bring down the curtain on day 18 of the new Eredivisie campaign. The Rotterdammers showed character in their last league match, with the team scoring a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Vitesse, but they have not record a win in the Dutch top flight since November 6, 2021. Goalkeeper Benjamin van Leer should be the only absentee in the home team.
RKC, on the other hand, suffered a heavy 4-1 loss to league leaders PSV in their last league match. The visitors have been struggling at the back of late, and seeing that Sparta produced a fine display in the draw with Vitesse, home win should be considered. Defender Shawn Adewoye is banned for the visitors, while midfielder Sebbe Augustijns misses the midweek clash through injury.
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 (Waalwijk):
RKC Waalwijk is a Dutch club that competes in the Eredivisie. RKC returned to the Dutch top flight in the 2019/20 season, and they were more than fortunate not to suffer relegation back to Eerste Divisie. Fred Grim’s men were stuck at the bottom of the table when the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As a result, they did not drop to the Dutch second tier. RKC play home games at Mandemakers Stadion, the venue which can hold only 7,500 spectators. RKC Waalwijk are well known for their yellow shirts with blue strips, but their away kit is mainly black. The Mandemakers Stadion outfit have never won the national championship.
RKC, though, represented the Netherlands in European competitions in the past, with team taking part in Intertoto Cup on four occasions. Willem II are seen as one of the club’s main rivals, with the two teams facing each other in the Brabantse derby.
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