In this week 26 match, on Saturday Mar 13th, Sparta Rotterdam will play host to RKC Waalwijk in a clash of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. In their last match, Sparta Rotterdam recorded a 1-0 shutout win against VVV-Venlo. Kristopher Da Graca struck first for Sparta Rotterdam on an own goal in the 70th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, VVV-Venlo couldn’t muster any offence and Sparta Rotterdam ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 14th placed RKC Waalwijk, recorded a 1-2 loss against FC Utrecht. Mimoun Mahi struck first for FC Utrecht in the 12th minute, then Richard van der Venne tied it up for RKC Waalwijk in the 53rd minute on a feed from Anas Tahiri. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam last played eachother at the Mandemakers Stadion on the 7th of November. Sparta Rotterdam was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Lennart Thy struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 59th minute, then Abdou Harroui added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, RKC Waalwijk couldn’t muster any offence and Sparta Rotterdam ran away with the shutout win.
Both Ahmed Touba and Richard van der Venne have been the hottest scorers for RKC Waalwijk in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Sparta Rotterdam’s most prolific scorer has been Danzell Gravenberch. The Dutch defender has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Sparta Rotterdam will be without Tim Coremans and Mica Pinto, while RKC Waalwijk will be without Luuk Wouters and Morad El Haddouti.