Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Feyenoord
Match Time & Date:
11/02/2024
01:00 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Sparta Rotterdam
Feyenoord will be aiming to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over AZ Alkmar when they take on Sparta Rotterdam in the local derby. The reigning champions are eager to melt PSV’s advantage to seven points and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at De Rood-Witte Gladiatoren. Both Justin Bijlow and Thomas van den Belt are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The visitors, on the other hand, aim to put an end to their three-game winless run in the Dutch top flight. Sparta Rotterdam aim to climb to the Conference League berth, but given their anything but good form in the national championship, we are tempted to place our bets on the hosts this time out. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the Rotterdam derby.
Highlighted Player (Alireza Jahanbakhsh):
Born in Jirandeh, Iran on August 11 1990, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is a footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in Holland. Before AZ, Jahanbakhsh played for NEC in the Eredivisie, but he began his youth career at Payam Alborz Qazvin. Speaking of his senior debut, he made it with Damash Tehran in the 2010/2011 season.
In 2011 he moved to fellow Iranian club Damash Gilan and it has to be noted that he scored 10 goals in 44 appearances in the league for the club. The AZ Alkmaar winger, who is used as an attacking midfielder as well, scored 21 goals in 33 appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2017/2018 season. Speaking of his international career, Alireza JahanBakhsh scored two goals for Iran on the road to Russia and he will represent his homeland at the 2018 FIFA world cup finals.
Due to his style of play, Jahanbakhsh has always been compared to legendary Iranian footballer Mehdi Mahdavikia.
Highlighted Team (Sparta Rotterdam):
Founded back on April 1, 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is considered one of the oldest clubs in the Netherlands. De Kasteelheren (the Castle Lords) welcome their opponents at Het Kasteel, and they have a great rivalry with Feyenoord. Yet another Rotterdam club Excelsior are considered Sparta’s fierce rivals as well.
Sparta Rotterdam wear white shirts with red strips when playing on home soil, while sky blue is the dominant colour of their away kit. De Kasteelheren have won six Eredivisie trophies. Sparta were the dominant force in the Dutch football in the 1910s, with the team winning their last league title in the 1958/59 season.
De Kasteelheren have won three Dutch Cup trophies as well (1957/58, 1961/62, 1965/66). In the 1985/86 season Sparta last participated in the UEFA Cup, with the team beating Hamburger SC in round 1, while suffering elimination to Borussia Monchengladbach in the second round. Sparta’s stadium Het Kasteel can hold up to 11,926 spectators.
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