Telstar vs Sparta Rotterdam Predictions

• Telstar are on a five-game unbeaten run stretching back to last season, with four wins
• Sparta are winless in seven competitive games (D2, L5)
• Telstar won 4-1 when these sides last met in April

Telstar can extend perfect start

Telstar finished last season strongly with 10 points from their final four games to pull clear of danger.

The White Lions have picked up where they left off as they opened the campaign with an impressive 2-1 win at NEC Nijmegen, and they can follow that up with three points against Sparta Rotterdam.

Telstar won 4-1 when these sides last met at this venue in April, the victory that began their ongoing five-game unbeaten streak in the Eredivisie.

Sparta lost 1-0 at home to city rivals Feyenoord last weekend and finished above their hosts in the table. However, their road form was generally poor last season with nine defeats in 17 trips and they are expected to fall short at BUKO Stadion.

A Telstar win is predicted but they may concede in the process and a 3-1 home victory is the pick. Telstar have just one clean sheet in their last 11 competitive games and they conceded in all their pre-season games. Sparta conceded at least three goals in four of their final six trips last season so they could slip to a fairly big defeat against their in-form hosts.

Patrick Brouwer scored and had an assist in Telstar’s opening round win and he looks a good contender for an anytime goal on Friday. Brouwer is coming up against one of his former clubs and he made an impact when they met at the back end of last season with an assist, he can get on the scoresheet himself this week.