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Matchday 7 · · Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel

Sparta Rotterdam vs sc Heerenveen: result, lineups and stats

Sparta Rotterdam 12 · 12 points
0 - 4
sc Heerenveen 6 · 21 points
  • 28' Nolhan Courtens
  • 43' Jacob Trenskow
  • 56' Maxence Rivera
  • 75' Marko Farji

Lineups Sparta Rotterdam vs sc Heerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam 4-2-3-1 · R. Meijer
1 Brouwer
5 Kuipers
4 Martins Indi
3 Young
2 Martes
8 Hatenboer
6 Baas
11 Ideho
10 Babadi
7 Terho
9 Zonneveld
  • 62' Robin van Cruijsen Bruno Martins Indi
  • 62' Teo Quintero Joel Ideho
  • 62' Nick Verschuren Isaac Babadi
  • 62' Andrej Kostić Julian Baas
  • 72' Boyd Reith Lushendry Martes

Lineup for Sparta Rotterdam: Brouwer, Kuipers, Martins Indi, Young, Martes, Hatenboer, Baas, Ideho, Babadi, Terho, Zonneveld

Bench
  • 19 Andrej Kostić 62'
  • 30 P. Kuiper
  • 16 Teo Quintero 62'
  • 12 B. Reith 72'
  • 18 A. Roaldsøy
  • 21 J. Toornstra
  • 14 N. Verschuren 62'
  • 22 G. Vianello
  • 17 Robin van Cruijsen 62'
  • 20 F. Bednarek
Absentees Sparta Rotterdam

Verschuren (injured), Baas, Brouwer (doubtful)

sc Heerenveen 4-2-3-1 · R. Veldeman
22 Klaverboer
19 Zagaritis
3 Willemsen
4 Kersten
45 Braude
14 Smans
16 Linday
7 Rivera
36 Courtens
20 Trenskow
9 Vente
  • 73' Marko Farji Jacob Trenskow
  • 73' Luca Oyen Levi Smans
  • 80' Roberts Uldriķis Dylan Vente
  • 80' Ringo Meerveld Marcus Linday
  • 85' Anass Bouziane Nolhan Courtens

Lineup for sc Heerenveen: Klaverboer, Zagaritis, Willemsen, Kersten, Braude, Smans, Linday, Rivera, Courtens, Trenskow, Vente

Bench
  • 17 R. Uldriķis 80'
  • 30 T. Schreuder
  • 41 J. Scholten
  • 11 L. Oyen 73'
  • 44 A. Noppert
  • 10 R. Meerveld 80'
  • 29 L. Machine
  • 28 H. Petrov
  • 21 M. Farji 73'
  • 49 Anass Bouziane 85'
  • 23 D. Bladi

Stats Sparta Rotterdam vs sc Heerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam Match sc Heerenveen
  • 47% Possession 53%
  • 11 Shots 23
  • 0 Shots on target 9
  • 6 Shots off target 9
  • 3 Corners 6
  • 11 Fouls 9
  • 2 Offsides 0
  • 2 Yellow cards 0
  • 0 Red cards 0

Pre-match preview

Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta will be without Shunsuke Mito again on Saturday. He started four of the club's last five matches before missing the defeat at PSV and is expected to remain unavailable until next month.

In goal, Michael Brouwer is expected to start ahead of Filip Bednarek after the position was shared between them over the last five matches.

Further forward, Milan Zonneveld has scored four goals and set up another during this run, and he is expected to retain his place in Meijer's attack against Heerenveen this weekend.

sc Heerenveen

sc Heerenveen remain without Dirk Proper, who started four of their last five matches in central midfield and is now out through injury. Marcus Linday is available, but Levi Smans and Nolhan Courtens are expected to hold the midfield positions instead.

Mees Hilgers is also out with a knee injury. Jacob Trenskow is expected to continue on the right, having scored twice in recent weeks.

Dylan Vente is expected to keep his spot up front after contributing two assists in recent weeks, with Ringo Meerveld and Maxence Rivera also set to continue in the final third.

Players to watch

The five players from each team with the most combined goals and assists this season.

All stats

Sparta Rotterdam

  1. Milan Zonneveld 9 goals 2 assists
  2. Marvin Young 2 goals 2 assists
  3. Isaac Babadi 1 goals 4 assists
  4. Bas Kuipers 1 goals 3 assists
  5. Jens Toornstra 2 goals 1 assists

sc Heerenveen

  1. Jacob Trenskow 7 goals 5 assists
  2. Ringo Meerveld 5 goals 1 assists
  3. Dylan Vente 3 goals 2 assists
  4. Maxence Rivera 2 goals 3 assists
  5. Levi Smans 1 goals 4 assists

Playing time and form

Who has played the most in recent weeks, and how have they performed?

Sparta Rotterdam

Player Starts Min. Form
Bas Kuipers 5/5 480 mixed
Marvin Young 5/5 474 solid
Milan Zonneveld 5/5 461 strong
Isaac Babadi 5/5 418 solid
Lushendry Martes 5/5 405 mixed
Cedric Hatenboer 4/5 404 solid
Bruno Martins Indi 4/4 350 mixed
Michael Brouwer 4/4 348 mixed

sc Heerenveen

Player Starts Min. Form
Bernt Klaverboer 5/5 450 solid
Oliver Braude 5/5 450 strong
Marcus Linday 5/5 450 solid
Vasilios Zagaritis 5/5 441 strong
Jacob Trenskow 5/5 439 excellent
Sam Kersten 5/5 432 solid
Dylan Vente 5/5 425 solid
Nolhan Courtens 5/5 404 mixed

Pre-match prediction

Pre-match goals forecast
1.56 1.64
  • Predicted goals3.8
  • Both teams to score84%
  • Over 2.5 goals84%
  • Corners12.8

Team comparison

SPA home Per match HEE away
0.83 Points 1.60
1.50 Goals for 2.20
2.33 Goals against 1.60
1.59 xG for 1.71
1.81 xG against 1.71
6.0 Corners 4.6
DDLWL Home and away form DDWLW

Sparta Rotterdam vs sc Heerenveen: head-to-head record

17 previous meetings
6 Sparta Rotterdam 4 draws 7 sc Heerenveen
  • Goals per match2.71
  • Both teams scored59%
  • Over 2.5 goals71%
  • Feb 2026 sc Heerenveen 2 - 1 Sparta Rotterdam
  • Dec 2025 Sparta Rotterdam 0 - 3 sc Heerenveen
  • Apr 2025 Sparta Rotterdam 3 - 1 sc Heerenveen
  • Oct 2024 sc Heerenveen 2 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam
  • May 2024 Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 sc Heerenveen
  • Aug 2023 sc Heerenveen 1 - 3 Sparta Rotterdam
  • Apr 2023 Sparta Rotterdam 4 - 0 sc Heerenveen
  • Aug 2022 sc Heerenveen 0 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam
  • Apr 2022 Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 1 sc Heerenveen
  • Dec 2021 sc Heerenveen 0 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam

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