In this week 19 match, on Saturday Jan 28th, NEC will host Sparta Rotterdam at Stadion De Goffert in a Eredivisie match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, NEC recorded a 3-1 win against FC Emmen. Landry Dimata scored the first goal for NEC in the 12th minute on a penalty kick, then Landry Dimata added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Tavsan. NEC is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Sparta Rotterdam is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against RKC Waalwijk. Neither Sparta Rotterdam nor RKC Waalwijk could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Sparta Rotterdam should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 16th of October, Sparta Rotterdam hosted NEC at the Sparta-stadion Het Kasteel in their last match together. Sparta Rotterdam won by a score of 2 to 0. Dirk Abels scored the first goal for Sparta Rotterdam in the 7th minute, then Jonathan de Guzmán added another in the 29th minute In the end, NEC was frustrated by Sparta Rotterdam’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sparta Rotterdam ended the match with the shutout victory.
Arno Verschueren and Joshua Kitolano are the top scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Landry Dimata has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for NEC
Mathias De Wolf and Robin Roefs are unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team, while Maurice Steijn’s squad will be without Tim Coremans, Younes Namli and Jonathan de Guzmán.