Sparta Rotterdam vs NEC Nijmegen prediction | 5 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Sparta Rotterdam
Ranking: #289 overall, #10 in Netherlands

63.7 → 62.9 (-0.8 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 17 May Excelsior (H) 62.6 +0.1
0-1 09 Aug Feyenoord (H) 61.9 -0.7
1-3 14 Aug Telstar (A) 63.0 +1.1
3-3 22 Aug Utrecht (H) 62.9 -0.1
2-1 29 Aug Excelsior (A) 62.9 0.0
NEC Nijmegen
Ranking: #172 overall, #7 in Netherlands

66.6 → 68.0 (+1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 10 May Groningen (A) 67.5 -0.5
2-1 17 May Go Ahead (H) 68.0 +0.5
1-2 08 Aug Telstar (H) 67.8 -0.2
1-4 15 Aug Willem II (A) 68.3 +0.5
1-3 29 Aug Zwolle (A) 68.0 -0.3

Sparta Rotterdam vs NEC Nijmegen: by the numbers

Sparta Rotterdam trail NEC Nijmegen by 117 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 3 in Netherlands.

Over their last 10 matches NEC Nijmegen have moved +1.4 rating points, against -0.8 for Sparta Rotterdam.

NEC Nijmegen lost 0.2 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 17 Feb 2026.

The highest Sparta Rotterdam have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #241, first reached on 7 Mar 2026.

NEC Nijmegen first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 68.3 on 15 Aug 2026.