Kickoff : 3.30am
League : Dutch Eredivisie
Early preview from Soccernet :
KERKRADE, December 13 (Eredivisie) - Roda JC coach Raymond Atteveld has urged his side to produce a repeat of their winning performance against PSV Eindhoven when they face Sparta Rotterdam on Friday.
The Kerkrade club were in magnificent form to beat PSV 4-2 at the Phillips Stadium and extend their unbeaten run to four games.
That win was also Roda`s third in four games to leave them fifth in the Eredivisie and Atteveld is eager to see them continue their good form.
``For Roda it's important that we continue to play like we have in the last weeks. If that happens I am confident about the result,'' said Atteveld.
Vincent Lachambre (heel), Jamaique Vandamme (knee), Elbekay Bouchiba (calf) are all injured for Roda, while Jan-Pauls Saeijs serves a one-match ban.
Despite claiming their first league win of the season over NEC Nijmegen last week, Sparta are second from bottom in the Eredivisie.
With only a point separating the Rotterdammers from safety, coach Adri van Tiggelen is eager for his side to move out of the relegation zone with a good result against Roda.
``This game comes at the right time and is very important. Roda won in Eindhoven and they will think they are much stronger than us and that is our chance,'' he said.
``We really need more points to get ourselves of the bottom three.''
Goalkeeper Harald Wapenaar (back), Edouard Duplan (foot) and Kim Jaggy (knee) are all sidelined for Sparta through injury.
Olaf Lindenbergh and Nourdin Boukhari will also miss out through suspension.
The Kerkrade club were in magnificent form to beat PSV 4-2 at the Phillips Stadium and extend their unbeaten run to four games.
That win was also Roda`s third in four games to leave them fifth in the Eredivisie and Atteveld is eager to see them continue their good form.
``For Roda it's important that we continue to play like we have in the last weeks. If that happens I am confident about the result,'' said Atteveld.
Vincent Lachambre (heel), Jamaique Vandamme (knee), Elbekay Bouchiba (calf) are all injured for Roda, while Jan-Pauls Saeijs serves a one-match ban.
Despite claiming their first league win of the season over NEC Nijmegen last week, Sparta are second from bottom in the Eredivisie.
With only a point separating the Rotterdammers from safety, coach Adri van Tiggelen is eager for his side to move out of the relegation zone with a good result against Roda.
``This game comes at the right time and is very important. Roda won in Eindhoven and they will think they are much stronger than us and that is our chance,'' he said.
``We really need more points to get ourselves of the bottom three.''
Goalkeeper Harald Wapenaar (back), Edouard Duplan (foot) and Kim Jaggy (knee) are all sidelined for Sparta through injury.
Olaf Lindenbergh and Nourdin Boukhari will also miss out through suspension.
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FREAKTIPS PREVIEW
Ah Dutch League, famous for their outrageous high scoring matches. Lets have a short summary on the forms of both teams playing tonite.
Roda JC
Roda created an unlikely upset in their last game away to PSV Eindhoven. Sadly that was the game that I took PSV as my 3 star bet. Roda left PSV Eindhoven in the lurch by taking a 4 goal lead. The crucial mistake I made here was that I forgot that PSV was reserving their players for the crucial Champions League Tie against Inter Milan(which they lost, lol). Ok, back to Roda, undeniably Roda is one of the most outstanding team in the Eredivisie at the moment. Their last 3 match have seen them defeating Vitesse at home 3-2 (-0.5AH) and FC Groningen 5-1(-0.25AH), and of course PSV 2-4. Roda has the fire power to score and they arent shy in pulling the trigger when the opportunity arises. Tonite will be the same, with Roda players in high spirit to earn their 4th consecutive victory with a large scoreline of course. A win would see Roda leapfrog Heenreveen into 4th placing of the Dutch league, and they most rightly deserve too base on their current form. No major injuries on their players and would likely see Roda maintain the same squad which humilated PSV last weekend.
Sparta Rotterdam
Albeit posting their first victory last weekend against NEC Nejmegen, Sparta has yet to prove that they can provide any resistance against the top five team in the Dutch League. In fact they were given a lesson in football from Utrecht 2 weekends ago, conceding an amazing 7 goals againsts them. This season, Sparta and Excelsior are certainly the beating boys of the league and most likely would see both team relegated next season. Sparta's away record clearly shows that they have lost their last 5 away games and this game against Roda would likely add the 6th defeat to their away games resume.
Summary
1. Roda players are in high spirit after the defeating PSV and would like to carry on their momentum in this game against Sparta.
2. Winning this game would propel Roda to fourth place and increase their chances to qualify for the UEFA cup next season. Taking full 3 points against beating boy Sparta would be their main priority tonite.
3. Sparta has yet to prove anything this season and would most likely remain unproven tonite.
4. Bookmakers open double odds at 1.5 and 1.75, an excellent decision that strengthens my believe that Sparta would be crushed to nite.
VERDICT : 20 units on Roda -1.75 FT (3 STAR),
30 units on Roda To Win (5 STAR)
1 comment:
A team who crushed even an understrenght PSV last weekend should never have draw or lose this match.
Roda lost 2-3 to Sparta. A humiliating defeat for them in front of the fans.
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