📏 Form Guide

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Zwolle.

In that match, Sparta Rotterdam had 63% possession and 14 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. PEC Zwolle got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kaj de Rooij (31') scored for FC Zwolle.

Maurice Steijn's Sparta Rotterdam have found the net a sum total of 11 times over their prior six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures amounts to 7.

Coming into this clash, Sparta Rotterdam are unbeaten in the league by Fortuna Sittard in their previous 6 games.

Fortuna Sittard

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Fortuna Sittard will go into this clash after a 2-0 Eredivisie win vs SC Heerenveen in their last game.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard managed 39% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Fortuna Sittard, the scorers were Paul Gladon (60') and Mohamed Ihattaren (66'). At the other end, Heerenveen had 18 shots at goal with 8 of them on target.

Throughout their six previous matches, Danny Buijs's Fortuna Sittard have turned their attacks into goals a total of 7 times - giving them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Their previous form shows that Fortuna Sittard:

• have not registered a win against Sparta Rotterdam in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not good.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 29/10/2022 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Fortuna Sittard. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever whereas Sparta Rotterdam have remained in the ascendancy, getting wins in 67 per cent of those ties.

15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 13 for Kasteelheren and 2 being from Sittard. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league fixture between the two was Eredivisie match day 27 on 29/03/2025 which ended up with the score at Fortuna Sittard 0-3 Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, Fortuna Sittard had 58% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

For their opponents, Sparta Rotterdam had 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Shunsuke Mito (4', 63') and Gjivai Zechiël (45') scored.

The match was refereed by Ingmar Oostrom.

ℹ️ Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

It seems likely that Kasteelheren should opt for a 4-2-3-1 system with Joel Drommel, Shurandy Sambo, Marvin Young, Bruno Martins Indi, Patrick van Aanholt, Joshua Kitolano, Jonathan de Guzman, Mitchell van Bergen, Lance Duijvestijn, Ayoub Oufkir and Tobias Lauritsen.

🗞️ Team News: Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard manager Danny Buijs has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ramazan Bayram (Knee injury), Samuel Bastien (stroke), Daley Sinkgraven (Knee injury), Alen Halilovic (Ankle injury) and Syb van Ottele (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.

There’s a good chance that Fortuna Sittard appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Mattijs Branderhorst, Ivo Pinto, Shawn Adewoye, Ivan Marquez, Jasper Dahlhaus, Philip Brittijn, Ryan Fosso, Dimitrios Limnios, Mohammed Ihattaren, Makan Aiko and Paul Gladon.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sparta Rotterdam will probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the other end, Fortuna Sittard might well find it a difficult task to break down their defence but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 margin for Sparta Rotterdam after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 18:05 22/11/2025