Sparta Rotterdam vs Willem II - prediction, team news, lineups

Both looking to revive their Eredivisie campaigns, Sparta Rotterdam and Willem II look disconnected astatine Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel connected Saturday.

The hosts participate the contention winless successful their past six matches, portion the visitors are inactive searching for their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 campaign.

Match preview

After entering the planetary interruption disconnected the backmost of consecutive defeats by a combined people of 8-1, Sparta Rotterdam were staring down the tube of different nonaccomplishment past clip retired - trailing 3-2 against Go Ahead Eagles earlier Casper Terho salvaged a constituent with six minutes remaining.

While Rogier Meijer’s men volition beryllium relieved to person avoided 3 consecutive league defeats for the archetypal clip since December 2024, they stay winless since beating Telstar 3-1 connected matchday 2 and person taken conscionable 2 points from their past 5 outings, with lone 2 teams successful the part having picked up fewer.

Now 13 league games without a cleanable expanse dating backmost to past season, De Kasteelheren person struggled defensively, and their wastefulness successful onslaught - converting conscionable implicit a 3rd of their large chances - has compounded their problems.

As helium showed during his NEC tenure, Meijer is nary alien to turning things astir aft a mediocre start. However, nonaccomplishment to unafraid maximum points against recently promoted opponents this play would further summation the unit connected the already under-fire 45-year-old.

Saturday’s hosts are 1 of six Eredivisie sides yet to registry a location triumph this season. With 3 consecutive location matches successful league and cupful connected the horizon, Sparta cannot spend to stay lacklustre successful beforehand of their fans.

When Thomas Didillon converted the decisive spot-kick that sealed Willem II’s instrumentality to the Eredivisie backmost successful May, the celebrations were euphoric, but beneath the aboveground lingered doubts astir the club’s quality to vie astatine the apical level.

Just 8 games into the caller campaign, those concerns person proved well-founded - John Stegeman’s men beryllium bottommost of the standings with nary wins and lone 2 points pursuing Sunday’s 3-1 decision to Utrecht, which was a 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment and a 4th successful 5 games.

Having mislaid each of their past 4 league meetings with Sparta - including a 4-0 decision successful the astir caller brushwood - De Superkruiken’s prospects of returning to winning ways astatine Het Kasteel look bleak, particularly fixed they person failed to people connected 3 of their past 4 visits.

With lone 1 extremity scored and 7 conceded successful the opening 45 minutes of matches this term, Willem II person regularly paid the terms for sluggish starts, a inclination they cannot spend to proceed this weekend, having conceded archetypal successful 8 of their past 9 editions.

Just 4 days aft seeing his erstwhile squad PEC Zwolle go the archetypal Eredivisie nine to sack their manager this season, Stegeman volition cognize that different decision could borderline him person to the exit door.

Sparta Rotterdam Eredivisie form:

Willem II Eredivisie form:

Team News

Mitchell van Bergen has missed Sparta’s past 2 matches and is not expected to diagnostic successful Saturday’s clash.

The 27-year-old is 1 of 2 confirmed absentees for the hosts, alongside Shunsuke Mito, though some are nearing a instrumentality to action.

Dutch duo Amine Lachkar (groin) and Justin Hoogma (knee) are unavailable for Willem II, arsenic is Armin Culum, who is inactive recovering from a ft problem.

Willem II's first-choice goalkeeper Thomas Didillon remains sidelined, truthful Maxime Delanghe volition again deputise betwixt the sticks.

Kasper Boogaard featured successful each of his side's archetypal 5 matches but has missed the consequent 3 with a knock.

Sparta Rotterdam imaginable starting lineup:

Brouwer; Martes, Young, Verschuren, Martins Indi, Kuipers; Van Cruijsen, Toornstra, Hatenboer, Babadi; Zonneveld

Willem II imaginable starting lineup:

Delanghe; Tjoe-A-On, Dekker, Stam, Ter Avest; Vilhena, Twigt; Van Crooy, Van Aalst, Slory; Haen

We say: Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 Willem II

Willem II person struggled to accommodate connected their instrumentality to the Eredivisie, truthful Sparta volition presumption thing little than a triumph this play arsenic a disappointment.

The hosts person capable prime to spot disconnected their visitors and are expected to unafraid a comfy victory.

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