FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam Betting Tips & Match Predictions

FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam Intro

FC Emmen play Sparta Rotterdam in what could be a defining game of their Eredivisie season. They’re in the bottom places in the table, and face Sparta Rotterdam, who have performed consistently well in their campaign. The two teams meet at De Oude Meerdijk on Saturday March 18, 2023, kick off is set for 5:45 PM. It’s round 26 of the Eredivisie and Maurice Steijn still hasn’t found the proper strategy, since the visiting team are the last in the table, having picked up just 43 points. Fortunately for the hosts, the same can’t be said for Dick Lukkien, whose squad is 15th on 21 points. We’re almost into the latter stages of the season with FC Emmen and Sparta Rotterdam in contrasting form. The two sides are separated by 9 places and 22 points gap.

FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam Form

FC Emmen will look to capitalise on the win over Excelsior last time out to add to their 5 points from the last five games. That being said, Sparta Rotterdam managed to beat Vitesse in the previous fixture to record back to back wins. That made it 9 points taken from the last five games. FC Emmen needs to be more convincing at home if they plan to add to the 8 points they have already managed from the five games so far. Sparta Rotterdam have been in decent form away from home recently, winning 8 points in their last five matches as visitors.

FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam H2H

Sparta Rotterdam hold a slight advantage over the 26 meetups in this fixture.They have won on 11 occasions compared to FC Emmen’s 8 wins. There have also been 7 draws. Looking at just the last six meetings between these two sides, Sparta Rotterdam has 3 more victories to its name than FC Emmen.

FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam Analysis

FC Emmen won their last game. Dick Lukkien’s squad faced Excelsior. Th match ended with a score of 2-0. Now Dick Lukkien’s men focus on their next opponents, Sparta Rotterdam. Stats against Excelsior, shows that FC Emmen had 53% of ball possession. In terms of shots on goal, FC Emmen struck a total of 9 shots in attack while in defence conceding 12 shots to Excelsior. Meanwhile, Sparta Rotterdam won its previous game. Maurice Steijn’s team played Vitesse. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 3-1. In their match against Vitesse, Sparta Rotterdam had the following ball possession : 61%. If we look at shots on goal, Sparta Rotterdam had a total of 18 shots while they conceded 9 shots.

FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam Odds

FC Emmen is the favourite to win this match between FC Emmen and Sparta Rotterdam according to the bookmakers.