In this 19th week match, on Sunday Jan 16th, SC Cambuur will play host to Sparta Rotterdam in a Eredivisie match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 8th placed SC Cambuur is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Heracles. Michael Breij struck first for SC Cambuur in the 59th minute, but Orestis Kiomourtzoglou got the equalizer for Heracles in the 77th minute earning them at least the one point. SC Cambuur is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 16th placed Sparta Rotterdam is fresh off their 1-1 draw against RKC Waalwijk. Jens Odgaard struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 27th minute, then Vito van Crooy got the equalizer for Sparta Rotterdam in the 39th minute on a feed from Adil Auassar earning Sparta Rotterdam a comeback draw. Sparta Rotterdam looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur last played eachother at the Sparta-stadion Het Kasteel on Sunday Sep 26th. SC Cambuur took the match by a score of 4 to 0. Bangura struck first for SC Cambuur in the 36th minute, then Kallon added another in the 63rd minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam was frustrated by SC Cambuur’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. SC Cambuur ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Sven Mijnans and Vito van Crooy have been the hottest scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Roberts Uldriķis has been the most prolific scorer on SC Cambuur in the last five matches with 2 goals
Henk de Jong’s SC Cambuur squad will be without David Sambissa, while Henk Fraser’s Sparta Rotterdam squad will be without Benjamin van Leer.