Almere City FC vs Sparta Rotterdam, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Almere City FC vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie at Yanmar Stadion.
- Almere City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sparta Rotterdam 34 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allard Lindhout
- Assistant 1 Johan Balder
- Assistant 2 Don Frijn
23 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Sparta Rotterdam H 0–3 L 27 Apr Go Ahead Eagles H 0–0 D 19 Apr SC Heerenveen A 1–2 L 12 Apr PSV A 0–5 L 05 Apr PEC Zwolle H 2–2 D 29 Mar Willem II Tilburg A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Almere City FC A 3–0 W 04 May FC Twente '65 H 0–2 L 27 Apr AFC Ajax A 1–1 D 12 Apr SC Heerenveen H 3–1 W 06 Apr NEC H 2–0 W 29 Mar Fortuna Sittard A 3–0 W Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sparta Rotterdam0-15–/–16-30–/–31-452/246-602/461-75–/376+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Almere City FC is hosting Sparta Rotterdam for another epic battle.
- 5' Sparta Rotterdam is showing some good football. However, Sparta Rotterdam are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' Sparta Rotterdam started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ali Jassim El-Aibi suffering a number of foals already.
- 29' Mohamed Nassoh has so much to prove this time. He replaces Shunsuke Mito on 29 minute.
- 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sparta Rotterdam that had 228 games and scored 304 goals.
- 39' The travelling Sparta Rotterdam supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 49' Almere City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 52' The referee calls foul for Marvin Young. He receives a card.
- 57' Mitchell van Bergen puts Sparta Rotterdam on the lead.
- 60' It is a substitution in Almere City FC team. Jamie Lawrence is replaced by Baptiste Guillaume on 60 minute.
- 65' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 68' Goal! Mike Eerdhuijzen scores his 2 goal in 228 matches.
- 71' The supporters are chanting for Tim Receveur. He replaces Anas Tahiri on 71 minute.
- 76' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Thom Haye made 187 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pelle Clement, as he is very good at scoring at Yanmar Stadion with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 84' Another change for Sparta Rotterdam made on 84 minute. Joshua Kitolano leaves to be changed by Jonathan de Guzman.
- 89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
- 90' What a strike from Kristian Hlynsson! The score is 0-3.
- 90' Time for substitution for Sparta Rotterdam. Mike Eerdhuijzen is replaced by Rick Meissen.
- The final score is 0-3.
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Lineups
Almere City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Anas Tahiri ↓ Tim Receveur 71'
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- 27
- 19
- 18
- 14
- 11
- 3
- 1
- 12
Bench
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21
Baptiste Guillaume ↑ 60'
- 22
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28
Tim Receveur ↑ 71'
- 29
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Ruben Providence ↑ 71'
- 37
- 23
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Kornelius Hansen ↑ 60'
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Sparta Rotterdam Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 2
- 1
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Mike Eerdhuijzen ↓ Rick Meissen 90'
- 9
- 8
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11
Shunsuke Mito ↓ Mohamed Nassoh 29'
- 10
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6
Gjivai Zechiel ↓ Pelle Clement 84'
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Bench
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16
Pelle Clement ↑ 84'
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18
Jonathan de Guzman ↑ 84'
- 20
- 12
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14
Rick Meissen ↑ 90'
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17
Mohamed Nassoh ↑ 29'
- 30
- 21
- 13
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Nokkvi THorisson ↑ 90'
- 15
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Thomas Robinet 3 Arno Verschueren 1 Djevencio van der Kust 1 Tobias Lauritsen 1 Pelle Clement 1 Camiel Neghli 1 Mitchell van Bergen 1 Mike Eerdhuijzen 1 Head to Head
Almere City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.07 Almere City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.62 Sparta Rotterdam xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sparta Rotterdam winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.69Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 50% 50% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Almere City FC or Draw 54%Draw or Sparta Rotterdam 74%Almere City FC or Sparta Rotterdam 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%0 – 1 10%1 – 2 9.2%0 – 2 8.7%0 – 0 8.7%1 – 0 6.3%2 – 1 6.1%1 – 3 5%2 – 2 5%0 – 3 Actual2 – 0 3.8%2 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Almere City FC
Handicap Almere City FC covers Push Sparta Rotterdam covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 7% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 14% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 51% — 49% +1 51% 22% 26% +1.5 74% — 26% +2 74% 15% 11% +2.5 89% — 11% Clean Sheet
Almere City FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet 35% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.