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FC Twente - Sparta Rotterdam
Netherlands Eredivisie - Grolsch Veste Stadium
A critical loss in their last three games has seen FC Twente's chances of finding in the top two and booking a spot in the Champions League next season drop drastically. So, this game against Sparta Rotterdam, who they're 20 points ahead of a must-win.
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FC Twente vs Sparta Rotterdam prediction: A must-win for the home side
🔥Hot tip
Over 2.5 goals
⚽ Correct score prediction
FC Twente 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam
⚽️ Anytime goalscorer
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Key stats
- FC Twente have scored three goals in three of their past five games
- The reverse fixture was a 2-2 draw earlier in the season
- Sparta Rotterdam have won once in their last seven matches
Pre-game and win probability: FC Twente expected to win their 10th home league game
Home: 2/5 (1.4 ) – 71.4%
Draw: 18/5 (4.6) – 21.7%
Away: 6/1 (7.0) – 14.3%
While the outright betting market looks very lopsided in the favour of FC Twente, we do have other free betting tips that could prove to be more tempting for you to check out.
Despite FC Twente being overwhelming favourites, you may still want to back them to win, so perhaps going for a -2 handicap could prove worthwhile, just like we have predicted to happen in the Bundesliga on our betting insights page.
Last five H2Hs: Very little to separate these two teams
Despite there being such a gap between FC Twente and Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie, neither side has had much success in this fixture over the last few seasons. FC Twente have won two of the last five meetings, while the other three games have ended in a draw.
Netherlands Eredivisie 17/12/23
Sparta Rotterdam
FC Twente
Netherlands Eredivisie 11/06/23
FC Twente
Sparta Rotterdam
Netherlands Eredivisie 08/06/23
Sparta Rotterdam
FC Twente
Netherlands Eredivisie 23/04/23
FC Twente
Sparta Rotterdam
Europe Friendlies 10/12/22
FC Twente
Sparta Rotterdam
FC Twente preview: Must-win to keep Champions League hopes alive
There are only 10 league games left to play in the Netherlands for FC Twente and three of them are against teams inside the top five. So, they can't afford to be dropping points against sides way down the league table.
Predicted lineup: Tyton (GK) – Smal, Bruns, Propper, Brenet – Steijn, Boadu, Sadilek – Vlap, Van Wolfswinkel, Rots
Europe Friendlies 05/09/24
L
Fortuna Dusseldorf
4
FC Twente
2
Netherlands Eredivisie 01/09/24
L
FC Utrecht
2
FC Twente
1
Netherlands Eredivisie 17/08/24
D
Sparta Rotterdam
1
FC Twente
1
UEFA Champions League Qualifying 13/08/24
D
FC Salzburg
3
FC Twente
3
Netherlands Eredivisie 10/08/24
W
NEC
1
FC Twente
2
Sparta Rotterdam preview: An upset is looking unlikely
Despite holding FC Twente to a draw earlier in the season, Sparta Rotterdam haven't managed to beat a team from inside the Eredivisie's top five right now, so going away from home has them with little hope.
Predicted lineup: Olij (GK) – Van der Kust, Velthuis, Vriends, Bakari – De Guzman, Metinho, Verschueren – Neghli, Lauritsen, Clement
Netherlands Eredivisie 31/08/24
W
Willem II
1
Sparta Rotterdam
2
Netherlands Eredivisie 25/08/24
D
Feyenoord
1
Sparta Rotterdam
1
Netherlands Eredivisie 17/08/24
D
FC Twente
1
Sparta Rotterdam
1
Netherlands Eredivisie 11/08/24
D
Heracles
0
Sparta Rotterdam
0
Europe Friendlies 03/08/24
W
NAC
1
Sparta Rotterdam
2
Player to watch – Arno Verschueren
Arno Verschueren has never ended up on the losing side with Sparta Rotterdam this season when he's found the edge of the net and this has included two in his last three games.
Goals and assists are likely from Verschueren
While the goal involvement numbers are impressive enough, the fact that Sparta Rotterdam attackers aren't being clinical enough is actually holding him back from having a world-class campaign
Verschueren is top in the Sparta Rotterdam squad when it comes to shot-creating actions and also second for goal-creating actions, so if his strikers and attacking players can find their goalscoring boots, it could be a pleasant end to the season.
