Roda JC vs ADO Den Haag Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Roda still have a chance of escaping the bottom three of the final day of the season, but its the slimiest of slim chances as they need to win big and hope Breda lose big as the two sides are separated by three points and there is a ten goal difference between them. Another factor that makes Roda’s chance of pulling off the great escape is that they face a Den Haag side still in the fight for a top seven finish. The visitors need a win on the final day and hope that Heerenveen lose and the most Zwolle get is a draw from their game for Den Haag to claim seventh place in the Eredivisie.

When Den Haag and Roda met for their reverse league fixture in December they put on a five-goal thriller at the Cars Jeans Stadion. An early strike from Schahin thrust Roda into the lead, but the scores were level in the fourteenth minute when Immers found the back of the net after good work from Becker. Roda restored their one goal advantage before the break courtesy of a thirty-eighth minute penalty from Simon Gustafson, but this only seemed to force a second half reaction from the home side. Immers levelled the game in the sixty-eighth minute and just five minutes later the hosts went in front for the first time in the match thanks to a strike from Falkenburg. Den Haag completed their comeback and held on to a deserved victory after dominating possession and creating many more goal scoring opportunities than their guest, and insult was added to injury for Roda in stoppage time when Dijkhuizen picked up his second yellow card of the game.

With four wins, one draw, and one defeat from their last six matches, Roda head into their latest encounter with Den Haag as the form favourites. The visitors have won two, drawn two, and lost two of their last six matches, but will fancy their chances on Sunday as they have remained unbeaten against Roda in their last six meetings. Three of the last five encounters between Roda and Den Haag have ended in stalemates, and with both sides needing to push for the win on Sunday we could see the pair cancelling each other out once again. Both teams have made themselves hard to beat in recent weeks and with so much at stake this game has the potential to be very tight and tense, unlike their last encounter.

Gustafson and Schahin are on the brink of double figures in league goals for Roda this season, with each needing just one more goal on Sunday to take their tallies to ten. Norway striker Johnsen has enjoyed a fantastic debut season in the Eredivisie and could claim the golden boot on Sunday if he scores twice to take his total to nineteen goals and his rivals fail to net, as AZ’s Jahanbakhsh currently leads the way with eighteen goals.

We’re confident that this game will end in a draw, despite the fact that that result does neither team any good, with both teams cancelling each other out in search of the three points. Den Haag are the better side but their form is hit and miss, while Roda know their chances of escaping the bottom three are extremely unlikely. We’ve gone with a final score of 1-1 as we fancy both sides to get on the scoreboard in this one.