Heracles: Instability in the Almeloërs
With eighteen points from sixteen league games Heracles does not bad in the Eredivisie. Yet Almeloërs have become extremely volatile in the first half of the season. Three weeks ago the Heraclieden were beaten 5-1 by visiting AZ and five days later the Almeloërs knew to win the NEC (2-0). Sunday afternoon the Heraclieden went for the sixth time this season down. Visiting FC Utrecht Almeloërs came after 32 minutes at a disadvantage by an own goal from Mike to Wierik. The Heraclieden went into the Galgenwaard still looking for the equalizer, but FC Utrecht striker Sébastian Haller decided in the final stage the game on behalf of the Domstedelingen.
The Heraclieden went Sunday afternoon so slicing visiting FC Utrecht and today stands in the Polman Stadium again the next game on the schedule. Earlier this season Heracles played with 2-2 in their own home draw against Sparta and Almeloërs will want to win the game like today. Heracles coach John Stegeman expected at least that his players after the next round: “It’s take it or leave it against Sparta. The round would be really nice to come on. We play the next three days and two finals against Sparta is the first final. ”
Sparta Rotterdam: All four games without a win
Sparta is now what came out of the rankings. The team of Alex Pastoor lost only four of the first twelve league games, but after the 3-1 win over Heerenveen runs less to the Spartans. Sparta admittedly picked up a point against low kite Roda JC (2-2), but the Spartans were well beaten by Excelsior (3-2), Feyenoord (6-1) and Vitesse (0-1). The defeats visiting Excelsior and Feyenoord were absolutely right, but it was against Vitesse against the Spartans. The match at Het Kasteel was nothing and earned actually not a winner, but Vitesse striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel made in the final stage of the match the only goal on behalf of the people of Arnhem.
The Spartans went so defeat at Castle against Arnhem, but Alex Pastoor did not want to make too much time on them, “It is annoying that the ball eventually goes in, but it belongs to the laws of the sport.” The Sparta Trainer admitted that results in recent weeks, some disappointing. “The results are a bit on the thin side.” Said Father which is satisfied, despite the results of the play of his team. “We can measure our excellent but we are unable to link to the appropriate results.”, Said Pastor this week with ADO Den Haag and Heracles two opponents exceeds equivalent to Sparta.
| Prediction: | Over 2,5 goals |
| Odds: | 1,70 |
