Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Oss Predictions

Sparta Rotterdam finished as runners-up in this season’s Eerste Divisie and after their 2-0 win away in the 1st leg of the Play-Off Semi-Final they are the favourites to progress through to the Final. TOP Oss were on an unbeaten run before the 1st leg and now many are already counting them out of the Semi-Final due to their disappointing record against Sparta Rotterdam, but we believe this tie is anything but over and thoroughly expect a competitive ninety minutes on Wednesday.

TOP Oss had 56% of the overall possession during the 1st leg, but only managed to get two of their six shots on target. The teams went in level at the break goalless, but Harroui broke the deadlock for Sparta Rotterdam five minutes after the restart. The game looked like it was going to finish 1-0 until Harroui scored his second of the game three minutes from time to put the visitors 2-0 up heading into the 2nd leg.

The recent head to head record between these two clubs and both teams form heading into the 2nd leg, suggests that the away side have an excellent chance of avoiding defeat and that we can expect to see both teams score and over 2.5 goals produced. Four of the last six meetings between these two clubs have been won by the away team. Both teams have scored and over 2.5 goals were produced in five of their pairs last seven encounters, and both teams have scored and over 2.5 goals were scored in four of Sparta Rotterdam’s last six matches. TOP Oss have only failed to score in one of their last six matches, while Sparta Rotterdam have only kept one clean sheet in their last six matches. Sparta Rotterdam have also only won two of their last six matches, while TOP Oss have only lost one of their last six matches, and with that in mind, we’re backing a double chance bet on the visitors and for the scoreline to end 2-1 to TOP Oss, which won’t be enough for the visitors to make it through to the Final.

South Africa’s Veldwijk has scored an impressive twenty-four goals in the league for Sparta Rotterdam this season, but TOP Oss’ Dogan is only three goals behind on twenty-one. We’re confident that a double chance bet on TOP Oss will pay off on Wednesday, but our prediction of a 2-1 win for the visitors won’t be enough for them to progress any further. TOP Oss are the form favourites and will be keen to make up for their disappointing display in the first leg. When these two sides have met recently, the away side has picked up much better results than the hosts, a trend we expect to see continue on Wednesday.