NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eredivisie match on December 15th, 2024

A Eredivisie match between NEC and Sparta Rotterdam will hold on December 15th, 2024, Sunday at 13:30h (UTC), in Netherlands, check the NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam will occur

The game will be played in the small Goffertstadion stadium, in the city of Nijmegen, with a capacity for 12500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam betting tip 2024/2025

The Eredivisie has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.24 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.98 goals per match played.

NEC last match

NEC come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Go Ahead Eagles, valid for the Eredivisie, ended with a 5-0. The team coached by R. Meijer lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.00, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Bram Nuytinck, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Sparta Rotterdam last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the NAC Breda team with a final score of 0-2.

They were defeated despite having all the favoritism before the match. A lost match that was not in anyone's plans, a result that counted with odds of 4.75.

NEC vs Sparta Rotterdam h2h

NEC was in 8th place in the Eredivisie while Sparta Rotterdam was in 9th place, the last time these teams faced each other. NEC team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Sparta Rotterdam used in the match.

The two teams have not faced each other since 24-02-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2023/2024 season of the Eredivisie, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for NEC.

The NEC team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Sparta Rotterdam team, which has no wins recently.

H. Kucukerbir and L. de Koning will be supporting from the sideline while M. van den Kerkhof will be on the football field for this match.

NEC

Eredivisie leaderboard now

Ranking in 11th place in the Eredivisie, NEC enters this match with 16 points, 5 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

This means that, in the 16th round, the team has the same score, and the Willem II team is just behind in 12th place.

Positioned in the middle of the league table in the Netherlands Eredivisie without high aspirations or relegation concerns, the NEC will try to take full advantage of the home factor to get a win.

NEC analysis

At the end of round 15 of Eredivisie, NEC collected 21 goals scored and 19 goals conceded.

NEC team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Eredivisie that has been affecting the team's morale.

With an average of 4.47 shots on goal per match, NEC certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

While Sparta Rotterdam has only managed to convert 13 of their 1526 attacks into goals, NEC has been much more successful with 1530 attacks and 21 goals.

Best goalscorer from NEC

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Koki Ogawa is the player to highlight. Helping NEC with 5 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie leaderboard now

The Sparta Rotterdam team with 11 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 2 wins, 5 draws, and 8 losses.

In the 16th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 3 points compared to Heracles Almelo team who occupies position 15.

Sparta Rotterdam analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Sparta Rotterdam, which after 15 rounds has conceded 23 but has only scored 13.

Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents. Therefore, the Sparta Rotterdam team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.87%.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.87 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Sparta Rotterdam

Camiel Neghli has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Sparta Rotterdam to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of NEC is Koki Ogawa, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sparta Rotterdam is Camiel Neghli, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Sparta Rotterdam scores an average of 0.86 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.9.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.44 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.8 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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