NEC Nijmegen vs Sparta Rotterdam prediction and preview

NEC Nijmegen vs Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 February 2027, 00:00 UTC · Goffertstadion, Nijmegen

NEC Nijmegen · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen host Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie on Saturday 20 February 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Goffertstadion in Nijmegen. NEC Nijmegen go into the round 13th, on 11 points from 11 games, while Sparta Rotterdam go into the round 11th, on 12 points from 11 games.

NEC Nijmegen come into the game with a L-D-W-D-D run in the league (1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Sparta Rotterdam's recent sequence reads W-L-W-D-L. Over their last 6, NEC Nijmegen have scored 1.7 and conceded 1.5 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Sparta Rotterdam average 1.8 scored and 2.8 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.

The sides have met 7 times in the records we hold: NEC Nijmegen won 2, 4 games were drawn and Sparta Rotterdam won 1. Those games averaged 2.3 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 17 Feb 2026, ended Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen.