On May 15th, Heracles and Sparta Rotterdam will play a match in Almelo in a Eredivisie match. In their last match, 14th placed Heracles, recorded a 0-2 loss against RKC Waalwijk. Michiel Kramer struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 20th minute on a feed from Finn Stokkers, then Richard van der Venne added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Michiel Kramer At the end of 90 a dissapointed Heracles couldn’t manage to score, and RKC Waalwijk took the shutout win. Heracles is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while sparta Rotterdam is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against PEC Zwolle. Adil Auassar struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 3rd minute on a feed from Vito van Crooy, then Vito van Crooy added another in the 24th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed PEC Zwolle couldn’t manage to score, and Sparta Rotterdam took the shutout win. Sparta Rotterdam is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 21st of August, Sparta Rotterdam hosted Heracles in their last match together. Sparta Rotterdam and Heracles battled to a 1-1 draw. Bart Vriends struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 39th minute, then Delano Burgzorg tied it up for Heracles in the 76th minute earning Heracles a comeback draw.
Sparta Rotterdam’s most prolific scorer has been Vito van Crooy. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Sinan Bakış and Nikolai Laursen are the top scorers for Heracles in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Frank Wormuth’s Heracles squad will be without Janis Blaswich, Kaj Sierhuis, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Anas Ouahim, Sven Sonnenberg, Quagliata and Elias Oubella, while Maurice Steijn’s Sparta Rotterdam squad will be without Mica Pinto and Mario Engels.