Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam predictions and betting tips on June 1, 2023

Prediction on game Win FC Utrecht

Odds: 1.85

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On June 1, Stadion Galgenwaard (Utrecht) will host the first leg of the 1/2 final match of the Eredivisie Conference League Play-Offs, in which Utrecht will compete with Sparta Rotterdam. The battle will start at 21:00 CET.

Utrecht

The team is considered to be one of the middle peasants in Dutch football, which periodically does the result, as a rule, in the KNVB Beker – there were a couple of successes at the beginning of the century, or several performances at the group stage of tournaments. The previous season brought a quite typical, 7th place – then there was also the participation in the play-offs for a return to the European competitions, but it resulted in a relegation after the battle against the very first opponent, Vitesse. Nowadays, being under the rule of Michael Silberbauer, the team completely repeated that result. Moreover, Anastasios Douvikas (the 23-year-old Greek became one of the openings of the draw, scoring nearly two dozen goals) and the company knew that they would finish exactly in the 7th position in advance – the distance from both nearest neighbours was too big. Thus, the match with Emmen in the last round of the season was a true formality.

Sparta Rotterdam

The club was the No. 1 force both in the city and in the country. The segment from 1909 to 1915, which is characterized by 5 championship titles, stands apart. Nobody could have even imagined that only 1 title, which was won in 1959, would be added to the asset in more than a century, and all 3 Dutch cups would be taken by “De Kasteelheren” nearly at the same time. The relegation into the second division of the country happened pretty often in the following decades. The team was close to repeat the higher mentioned result a year ago, but then it got 35 points – that was 1 point ahead of Heracles, which went to the play-offs. Nowadays, it reached 20+ points more and finished in the 6th place. By the way, the team also secured the final place in the Eredivisie ahead of schedule, even before the trip of the previous round to Groningen.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

Sparta took its previous head-to-head victory back in 2009. Speaking about the current season, Utrecht won both matches; moreover, it scored per 3 goals in each.

Predictions

Bookmakers do not think that Sparta will suddenly be stronger at the away arena. Let’s bet that Utrecht will win again on the native field (odd: 1.85).

Prediction on game Win FC Utrecht

Odds: 1.85

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4.55

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