Eredivisie WON 3–2
Sat, Oct 17 · 21:00 · Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Sparta Rotterdam Home
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Willem II Away
Sparta Rotterdam vs Willem II — Eredivisie
Tipster's pick Willem II Over 0.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.36 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Willem II Aim to Score at Het Kasteel

Sparta Rotterdam have kept no clean sheets in eight league games and concede 2.5 goals per match on average. Willem II score one goal per away game this season despite their poor results. Both sides have seen both teams score in six of their eight matches so far. Head-to-head meetings show goals at both ends in most recent clashes between these two. Sparta sit 14th and have taken just six points while Willem II remain bottom with two points from eight games. Willem II have failed to score in only two of their eight outings. The visitors will look to target gaps in a Sparta defence that has shipped three goals per game in recent weeks.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
3–2 WON

Our pick “Willem II Over 0.5 Goals” at odds 1.36 won — final score 3–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Tonny Vilhena 17'
  3. Jens Toornstra 39'
  4. Finn Stam 41'
  5. Second half
  6. Lushendry Martes 50'
  7. Milan Zonneveld assist Jens Toornstra 57'
  8. Rogier Meijer 59'
  9. Thomas Verheydt ↓ Anass Zarrouk 66'
  10. Mats Lemmens ↓ Tonny Vilhena 66'
  11. Uriël van Aalst assist Vito van Crooy 68'
  12. Lushendry Martes 70'
  13. Vito van Crooy 70'
  14. Alwande Benedict Roaldsøy ↓ Jens Toornstra 74'
  15. Thomas Verheydt 75'
  16. Alwande Benedict Roaldsøy 78'
  17. Jari Schuurman ↓ Uriël van Aalst 81'
  18. Chido Obi ↓ Jaden Slory 81'
  19. Teo Quintero León ↓ Cedric Hatenboer 83'
  20. Mitchell Van Bergen ↓ Robin van Cruijsen 83'
  21. Milan Zonneveld 85'
  22. Eser Gürbüz ↓ Maxim Dekker 88'
  23. Bas Kuipers 88'
  24. Chido Obi 90+3'
This season
Sparta Rotterdam Willem II
Over 2.5 goals 88% 75%
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 25% 25%
Scored per game 1.6 0.9
Conceded per game 2.5 2.9
Scored home / away 1.3 / 2.0 0.8 / 1.0

Across 8 and 8 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
13 UTR Utrecht 8 2 2 4 8
14 SPA Sparta Rotterdam ▲ 8 1 3 4 6
15 TEL Telstar 8 1 3 4 6
16 PEC PEC Zwolle 8 1 1 6 4
17 ADO ADO Den Haag 8 0 3 5 3
18 WIL Willem II ▲ 8 0 2 6 2
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sparta Rotterdam LDLLD
L @ Excelsior 1–2 Aug 29
D vs PEC Zwolle 2–2 Sep 4
L @ PSV Eindhoven 1–4 Sep 13
L vs Heerenveen 0–4 Sep 19
D @ GO Ahead Eagles 3–3 Oct 10
Willem II LDLLL
L vs Excelsior 0–3 Sep 5
D @ AZ Alkmaar 1–1 Sep 11
L @ Ajax 1–5 Sep 15
L vs Fortuna Sittard 0–1 Sep 19
L @ Utrecht 1–3 Oct 11
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sparta Rotterdam
Scored 1.4 avg
1 2 1 0 3
Conceded 3.0 avg
2 2 4 4 3
Willem II
Scored 0.6 avg
0 1 1 0 1
Conceded 2.6 avg
3 1 5 1 3
Head-to-head · last meetings
8 Sparta Rotterdam
0 Draws
1 Willem II
Dec 2025 Willem II 1–5 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam
Jul 2025 Willem II 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam Willem II
Mar 2025 Sparta Rotterdam 4–0 Willem II Sparta Rotterdam
Aug 2024 Willem II 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam
Jul 2024 Willem II 2–4 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam

Over 2.5 goals in 7 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sparta Rotterdam 5-4-1
  • 1 M. Brouwer G
  • 2 L. Martes D
  • 3 M. Young D
  • 6 N. Verschuren D
  • 4 B. Martins Indi D
  • 5 B. Kuipers D
  • 7 Robin van Cruijsen M
  • 8 J. Toornstra M
  • 10 Cedric Hatenboer M
  • 11 I. Babadi M
  • 9 M. Zonneveld F
Bench J. Baas, F. Bednarek, Andrej Kostić, Teo Quintero, B. Reith, A. Roaldsøy, M. van Bergen, G. Vianello

R. Meijer

Willem II 4-2-3-1
  • 26 M. Delanghe G
  • 5 H. ter Avest D
  • 3 F. Stam D
  • 23 M. Dekker D
  • 24 N. Tjoe-A-On D
  • 18 Anass Zarrouk M
  • 52 T. Vilhena M
  • 7 J. Slory M
  • 19 Uriel van Aalst M
  • 32 V. van Crooij M
  • 9 D. Haen F
Bench A. Ciranni, Per van Loon, J. Schuurman, O. Martin, Jens Mathijsen, A. Et-Taïbi, K. de Leeuw, K. Boogaard, T. Verheydt

J. Stegeman

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sparta Rotterdam
  • OUT S. Mito Injury
  • OUT M. van Bergen Inactive
  • OUT S. Mito Injury
  • OUT M. van Bergen Inactive
Willem II
  • OUT A. Culum Foot Injury
  • OUT T. Didillon Hodl Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Hoogma Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Lachkar Groin Injury
  • DOUBT K. Boogaard Knock
  • OUT A. Culum Foot Injury
  • OUT T. Didillon Hodl Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Hoogma Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Lachkar Groin Injury
  • DOUBT K. Boogaard Knock