Heracles vs. Sparta (Saturday, 3.30pm)
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Matchday 18 of the 2024-25 Eredivisie play sees Heracles and Sparta Rotterdam spell head-to-head astatine the Erve Asito connected Saturday day successful a crunch relegation six-pointer.
A torrid extremity to 2024 has near the teams presently embroiled successful a frenetic conflict for survival, and each constituent dropped from present connected retired could beryllium costly to their top-flight status.
We say: Heracles 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam
Clean sheets person been a uncommon occurrence for some teams, and we expect neither of them to travel distant unscathed from this one.
That said, we are besides backing a stock of the spoils with honours adjacent astatine the extremity of the 90 minutes.
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Ajax vs. RKC Waalwijk (Saturday, 5.45pm)
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The Eredivisie is acceptable to resume this weekend, and connected Saturday, we volition spot Ajax look disconnected against a struggling RKC Waalwijk astatine the Johan Cruijff Arena successful Amsterdam.
These sides participate the New Year with contrasting ambitions, with the hosts looking to equine a situation for the rubric portion the visitors are aiming to debar relegation.
We say: Ajax 3-1 RKC Waalwijk
Despite dropping points during the run-in to the extremity of 2024, Ajax were fantabulous astatine location crossed the full archetypal fractional of the season. The hosts person dominated this fixture, winning each of the past 12 top-flight matches against RKC, and we consciousness they volition unafraid different reasonably comfy triumph this weekend.
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PEC Zwolle vs. Nijmegen (Saturday, 7.00pm)
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PEC Zwolle and NEC some endured a pugnacious archetypal fractional of the 2024-25 Eredivisie play and volition beryllium hoping for improved fortunes erstwhile they get the 2nd fractional underway with a gathering astatine the MAC³PARK Stadion connected Saturday.
Having already mislaid doubly to the location broadside this term, the visitors volition beryllium seeking to nonstop revenge for August's 4-3 decision successful the reverse gathering and October's KNVB-Beker exit.
We say: PEC Zwolle 1-2 NEC
A gathering betwixt 2 struggling teams is usually the cleanable accidental for either of them to get backmost connected way by securing each 3 points.
We are anticipating a keenly contested crippled present with the distant broadside conscionable astir coming retired connected apical astatine the extremity of the 90 minutes.
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PSV vs. AZ (Saturday, 8.00pm)
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The last curtain connected Saturday successful the Eredivisie brings america a blockbuster matchup, with PSV Eindhoven acceptable to instrumentality connected AZ Alkmaar astatine Philips Stadion.
Both these sides ended 2024 with important victories to caput into the interruption successful the apical five, and they volition beryllium looking to kickstart the New Year connected a affirmative note.
We say: PSV Eindhoven 3-1 AZ Alkmaar
While AZ ended 2024 with an fantabulous tally of results, it is hard to backmost against PSV connected their location patch, arsenic they person won each league lucifer astatine Philips Stadion this play and are unbeaten successful the apical formation astatine the venue since November 2022.
We consciousness the hosts volition adhd to that grounds with different triumph successful this one.
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