Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Predictions

• A win for the visitors could be enough to move them into the top 4.
• Sparta will remain in the bottom half of the table no matter what the result is on Sunday.
• Goals are expected on Sunday due to the recent history between these two teams and their results heading into the match.
• The hosts could close the game between the two clubs to 2pts with a win.

The visitors are in form and scoring lots of goals

Heracles have won the last two meetings between these two clubs and over 2.5 goals have been produced in each of their last five encounters. Sparta have lost three of their last six matches and four of those games have produced over 2.5 goals while Heracles have won four of their last six matches and five of those games have produced over 2.5 goals, so you can see why we have backed at least three goals to be scored this weekend and believe Heracels will win.

Heracles have scored over 2.5 team goals in four of their last six matches and Sparta conceded over 2.5 goals in their last match against Willem II. The hosts average 1.00 point per game over their last eight matches while the visitors average 1.63 points per game over their last eight matches, adding more weight to our prediction for an away win this weekend.

Both teams like to score and don’t keep many clean sheets

Sparta have lost 40% of their games this season and Heracles have won 47% of their games this season, with the hosts’ games producing an average of 3.47 goals and the visitors’ matches producing an average of 3.40 goals. 80% of Sparta’s matches have produced over 2.5 goals while 53% of Heracles’ matches have produced over 2.5 goals, and are expecting lots of goalmouth action when the pair meet on Sunday.

Both teams scored in 67% of Sparta’s and 53% of Heracles matches this season, so we can expect to see goals being scored by both teams this weekend, especially as the hosts haven’t failed to score at home this season and Heracles have no clean sheets away from home and have conceded in both halves of away games in 43% of their trips on the road.

We’re confident that over 2.5 goals will be produced this weekend and we have predicted a final scoreline of 3-2 in favour of Heracles. The visitors arrive as the clear form favourites with four wins from their last six matches and have been scoring and conceding goals for fun of late, more so at the right end of the pitch, while Sparta have shipped six goals in their last three matches but have also scored three times during that period. We’ve backed goals in this game and believe Heracles will just do enough to secure all three points.