Sparta Rotterdam - Maastricht Prediction, Picks and Tips
Sparta is called the way up again found. The Spaniards can strengthen second place against the struggling MVV.
Sparta started the 2019 calendar year with great difficulty and soon saw FC Twente disappear from view. Because the Tukkers, in turn, hardly lost points, the last bit of hope for the title is gone in Spangen. Because the lead over the group of teams that have to enter in the first round of the play-offs has already grown to fourteen points, Sparta's fate seems clear. The team of coach Henk Fräser will start in the second round of the play-offs in May and the question is which team will be the opponent. After the difficult start, Sparta has now completely regained its shape. The last seven competition matches resulted in six wins and a draw. More than once opponents with offensive football and big numbers were defeated. Direct competitor Go Ahead Eagles, for example, left the Castle with a 6-1 defeat and Sparta defeated Young FC Utrecht last week with 1-5. Ragnar Ache, who replaced Lars Veldwijk in the striker, scored twice. In the meantime, Veldwijk is again fit for the race after his trip with the national team of South Africa, so Fräser will have to make a choice as to which of the two he will prepare in the point of attack. There is another question mark behind the names of Fankaty Dabo and Royston Drenthe.
MVV has a season of peaks and troughs. At the start of this calendar year, coach Ron Elsen's team established an impressive series by winning five games in a row. With this, the people of Maastricht rose a good number of places on the rankings, but now they are dropping again just because the last five competition matches no longer won. This also mainly happened against direct competitors in the fight for a play-off ticket. MVV could have done good business by settling in at home with RKC Waalwijk, Almere City or FC Volendam, but these three home games yielded only two points. Partly due to a missed penalty from Joeri Schroijen, the Star Carriers had to allow a 1-1 point division against Volendam last Friday. Meanwhile, the people of Maastricht are still on the last play-off place of the ranking based on the goal difference, but in the event of a defeat at Sparta they almost certainly fall outside the play-offs for the time being. So it is up to the men of Elsen to reverse the negative spiral. The results in away games earlier this season offer confidence. They won a visit to FC Twente, FC Den Bosch, NEC and Young Ajax. On the basis of away matches, even FC Twente alone has fewer loss points than MVV. A new stunt is therefore certainly not excluded.
Our recommendation tip for Sparta Rotterdam - Maastricht : Sparta Rotterdam to win @ 1,35