On Thursday Dec 23rd, Sparta Rotterdam will host RKC Waalwijk at Sparta-stadion Het Kasteel in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 17th placed Sparta Rotterdam, recorded a 2-2 draw against Vitesse. Nikolai Frederiksen struck first for Vitesse in the 16th minute on a feed from Maximilian Wittek, then Nikolai Frederiksen added another in the 37th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, RKC Waalwijk recorded a 1-4 loss against PSV. Vertessen scored the first goal for PSV in the 34th minute, then Cody Gakpo added another in the 52nd minute on a penalty kick. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Oct 23rd, RKC Waalwijk hosted Sparta Rotterdam in their last match together. RKC Waalwijk was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Michiel Kramer struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 89th minute on a feed from Iliass Bel Hassani, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sparta Rotterdam couldn’t manage to score, and RKC Waalwijk took the shutout win.
RKC Waalwijk’s most prolific scorer has been Jens Odgaard. The Danish attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Sparta Rotterdam’s most prolific scorer has been Mijnans. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Henk Fraser’s squad will be without Bart Vriends, Maduka Okoye and Benjamin van Leer, while Richard van der Venne, Sebbe Augustijns and Min are unavailable to play for Joseph Oosting’s team.