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Sparta Rotterdam v Heracles Almelo : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Bas Sibum takes his Heracles Almelo team to the Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel in the Eredivisie on Sunday afternoon, with Maurice Steijn's Sparta Rotterdam their rivals. Below you'll find predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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Sparta Rotterdam's next match is v Utrecht at 15:45 on Sunday 25th January
Heracles Almelo's next match is v Feyenoord at 15:45 on Sunday 25th January
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between S.Rotterdam and Heracles was on Sunday 11th January 2026
Dutch Eredivisie
January 11th 2026
S.Rotterdam 2
0 Heracles
 
T. Lauritsen 10'
P. Clement 88'
 
SPA
HER
Shots On
9
2
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
9
5
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
6
16
Yellow/red cards
1/0
3/0
 
S.RotterdamHeracles
 
J. Drommel
L. Martes
M. Young
B. Martins Indi
T. Quintero León
J. Kitolano (J. Toornstra 90')
A. Santos (P. Clement 69')
M. van Bergen
T. Lauritsenfootball icon
V. van Crooij (J. Baas 28')
S. Mito (S. Ltaief 90')
 (T. van Gilst 85') D. Mirani
(T. Bruns 75') J. Žambůrek
(M. Engels 64') E. Ahlstrand
T. Jansink
A. Van Hoorenbeeck
(M. Benita 64') M. te Wierik
I. Mesík
A. Hrustic
W. Ould-Chikh
(B. Limbombe 85') L. Kulenović
L. Zeefuik

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which catches the eye for this meeting: both teams to score. In S.Rotterdam and Heracles we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to maintain that reputation on Sunday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.53.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think S.Rotterdam are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
S.Rotterdam
47%
17/20
1%
1/1000
Draw
23%
27/10
1%
125/1
Heracles
30%
16/5
1%
1/50
Draw 1-1
10%
6/15/1
S.Rotterdam 2-1
9%
15/215/2
S.Rotterdam 1-0
7%
17/2
9%
8/15
Heracles 2-1
7%
12/133/1
S.Rotterdam 2-0
7%
9/12/7
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1
8%
50/1
Heracles 1-0
6%
14/110/1
S.Rotterdam 3-1
6%
12/128/1
Draw 0-0
4%
14/19/1
S.Rotterdam 3-0
4%
16/119/4
Heracles 2-0
4%
22/116/1
S.Rotterdam 3-2
4%
20/1
11%
125/1
Heracles 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
125/1
Heracles 3-2
3%
33/1
12%
250/1
S.Rotterdam 4-1
3%
25/1100/1
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
13/20
5%
12/5
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
6/5
4%
2/7
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/133/5
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/8
2%
8/5
No 1st Goal
2%
14/19/1
BTTS - Yes
63%
4/7
5%
13/2
BTTS - No
37%
5/4
10%
1/14
BTTS - Home Win
26%
12/513/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
4%
45/1
BTTS - Away Win
17%
6/1
8%
28/1
Home/draw
70%
2/91/1000
Away/draw
53%
10/1145/1
Home/away
77%
2/71/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
2/11
1%
11/8
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
7/2
10%
8/15
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
6/4
11%
16/1
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
1/2
4%
1/150
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
7/2
8%
60/1
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
2/11
2%
1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
9/1
13%
125/1
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/16
1%
1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/331/25
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/1
12%
9/1
Home DNB
64%
4/111/1000
Away DNB
46%
2/128/1
S.Rotterdam win to nil
21%
11/4
6%
-
Heracles win to nil
12%
8/1-
S.Rotterdam / S.Rotterdam
29%
15/8
4%
7/20
S.Rotterdam / Heracles
3%
28/1
12%
10/1
S.Rotterdam / Draw
6%
12/17/2
Draw / S.Rotterdam
16%
4/1
9%
22/1
Draw / Heracles
9%
8/1
6%
28/1
Draw / Draw
13%
11/222/1
Heracles / S.Rotterdam
4%
20/1
11%
90/1
Heracles / Heracles
13%
11/290/1
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/1100/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

S.Rotterdam have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 26 goals to 18 goals.

Home League Performance

S.Rotterdam have played 9 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Heracles are in 18th position in the Eredivisie on 14 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Heracles have conceded 44 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
S.Rotterdam
Heracles
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1917113652 
Apr 11
l
 
6-1A
Feb 28
l
 
4-3A
2
Feyenoord1911352036 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
3-4F
l
 
0-7A
Jan 25
3
Ajax199731134 
d
 
3-3A
Mar 14
Apr 11
l
 
2-0A
4
NEC189541532 
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-4F
Feb 7
5
Groningen19946531 
Jan 31
w
 
0-2F
May 17
l
 
4-0A
6
Twente19784729 
l
 
1-5A
May 10
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
7
AZ Alkmaar19856229 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 22
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
8
S.Rotterdam19928-1029 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
9
Heerenveen19667124 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 28
l
 
0-3A
Apr 5
10
Utrecht18657423 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 25
Mar 7
l
 
4-0A
11
PEC Zwolle19658-1523 
Mar 8
l
 
1-0A
w
 
8-2A
May 3
12
Fortuna19649-522 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 7
Feb 1
d
 
1-1A
13
GA Eagles19496-321 
May 3
w
 
0-3F
w
 
4-2F
Feb 22
14
Excelsior196310-1521 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
Mar 20
w
 
1-2A
15
FC Volendam194510-1217 
Mar 21
w
 
0-1F
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
16
Telstar19379-816 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 22
d
 
1-1A
May 10
17
NAC193511-1114 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
Feb 14
l
 
2-1F
18
Heracles194213-2214 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
-
-
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
S.Rotterdam 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
S.Rotterdam0 - 3Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam1 - 0NAC
S.Rotterdam1 - 1Fortuna
S.Rotterdam0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam1 - 0Telstar
S.Rotterdam3 - 3Ajax
S.Rotterdam1 - 5Twente
S.Rotterdam0 - 4Feyenoord
S.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 3PSV
S.Rotterdam0 - 2Twente
S.Rotterdam3 - 1Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
S.Rotterdam1 - 1PEC Zwolle
S.Rotterdam4 - 0Willem II
S.Rotterdam1 - 0Groningen
S.Rotterdam1 - 1Waalwijk
S.Rotterdam0 - 2Ajax
S.Rotterdam0 - 2NAC
S.Rotterdam1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0FC Volendam
HS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heerenveen
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0NAC
AS.Rotterdam1 - 3NEC
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1Fortuna
AS.Rotterdam0 - 1PEC Zwolle
HS.Rotterdam0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0Telstar
AS.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
HS.Rotterdam3 - 3Ajax
AS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heracles
HS.Rotterdam1 - 5Twente
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0Excelsior
HS.Rotterdam0 - 4Feyenoord
AS.Rotterdam3 - 0GA Eagles
HS.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam1 - 6PSV
HS.Rotterdam1 - 3PSV
AS.Rotterdam1 - 1Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam3 - 0Almere City
Heracles 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSV4 - 3Heracles
Fortuna1 - 1Heracles
Excelsior1 - 2Heracles
FC Volendam3 - 0Heracles
Twente2 - 1Heracles
NAC2 - 1Heracles
Groningen4 - 0Heracles
Ajax2 - 0Heracles
Utrecht4 - 0Heracles
PSV4 - 1Heracles
Willem II1 - 2Heracles
Groningen4 - 1Heracles
Waalwijk0 - 0Heracles
Heerenveen1 - 1Heracles
Fortuna1 - 0Heracles
Ajax4 - 0Heracles
NAC1 - 1Heracles
Almere City0 - 2Heracles
Feyenoord5 - 2Heracles
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Heracles
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
51
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles0 - 3Heerenveen
AHeracles3 - 4PSV
HHeracles1 - 1Telstar
AHeracles1 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles2 - 1Excelsior
HHeracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 3FC Volendam
HHeracles0 - 7Feyenoord
AHeracles1 - 2Twente
HHeracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
AHeracles1 - 2NAC
HHeracles1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AHeracles0 - 4Groningen
AHeracles0 - 2Ajax
HHeracles1 - 4NEC
AHeracles0 - 4Utrecht
HHeracles1 - 2NEC
AHeracles1 - 4PSV
AHeracles2 - 1Willem II
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Heracles have not lost to S.Rotterdam in 6 consecutive away league meetings
League games at S.Rotterdam since 2017
S.Rotterdam
Heracles
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
SPA
1
D
4
HER
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S.Rotterdam
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Heracles
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 5Heracles
S.Rotterdam3 - 1
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
11
10
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
SPA
2
D
3
HER
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1S.Rotterdam
1 - 3S.Rotterdam
Draw1 - 1Draw
Heracles3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Sparta Rotterdam's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Heracles Almelo have conceded in each of their last 10 Eredivisie games. A PG of 1.8 for M. Steijn's side suggests that run should continue.

S.Rotterdam 10th Heracles 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that S.Rotterdam will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
S.Rotterdam have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
-11
Heracles have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
S.Rotterdam
PG (predicted goals)
Heracles
1.8
1.4
Attack rating
SPA
HER
5%
better
view stats
Games scored12
11
Failed to score5
6
Scored first8
5
Goals scored18
26
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
32%
better
SPA
HER
view stats
Games conceded11
16
Clean sheets6
1
Conceded first9
12
Goals conceded31
44
Avg. goals conceded1.8
2.6
Avg. shots/game conceded13
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
21%
Avg. XG against1.8
2
KickOff rating
+32%

S.Rotterdam v Heracles Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19935
J DrommelT LauritsenT LauritsenJ Toornstra
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Drommel GLK19
1
-
L. Martes DEF3
2
-
M. Young DEF19
2
-
B Indi  DEF15
1
1
T Quintero DEF171
2
1
J Kitolano MID1752
1
-
A. Santos MID11
2
-
S Mito MID1022
-
V Crooij MID1
-
M Bergen MID1621
-
T Lauritsen FWD1993
4
-
Subs
F Bednarek GLK
-
P Kuiper GLK
-
S Bakari DEF10
-
T Velthuis DEF3
-
M Kleijn DEF8
-
J Guzmán MID5
-
J Toornstra MID12
5
-
L Duijvestijn MID1
-
J Baas MID14
3
-
P Clement MID1322
-
N Þórisson FWD10
-
S Ltaief FWD91
-
Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19465
D MiraniL. KulenovićA Hrustic I Mesík
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Jansink GLK11
-
M Wierik DEF141
2
-
D Mirani DEF193
4
-
A Hoorenbeeck DEF141
1
-
I Mesík DEF182
5
-
A Hrustic  MID186
5
-
J Žambůrek MID171
5
-
E Ahlstrand MID2
-
L Zeefuik MID2
1
-
W Ould-Chikh MID1314
1
-
L. Kulenović FWD1843
-
Subs
F Keijzer GLK8
-
R Mantel GLK
-
M Benita DEF12
3
-
J Wieckhoff DEF9
1
-
D Kust DEF10
1
-
S Cestic DEF
-
J. Tijink DEF1
-
M Engels MID152
2
1
T Bruns MID171
1
-
S. Blokhuis MID1
-
B Limbombe FWD1813
1
-
T Gilst FWD15
2
-