Hey! Here's all you must know about the Eredivisie match Excelsior - Sparta Rotterdam!
- Excelsior have not yet lost a game at home.
- All of Sparta Rotterdam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Both squads have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an energetic fixture!
Excelsior form and stats
Three Eredivisie home games done for Excelsior, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel not having conceded a league goal in 185 minutes.
Excelsior enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SC Heerenveen's place. The match ended 3-0 with Parrott, Driouech and Agrafiotis scoring. Sweet to taste a league win after four fixtures without. Driouech, who plays in attack, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.33 (out of 10). Driouech scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Excelsior hosted Almere City and drew the game 0-0.Excelsior has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Excelsior have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam have six points from their first three away games in the Eredivisie, meaning two victories and a loss.
Verschueren scored in Sparta Rotterdam's previous match, the home game against Vitesse that ended 1-0. Saito got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Saito served one assist and hit four key passes.
Prior to that match, the Rotterdam manager Rijsdijk faced defeat when travelling to AZ and losing 0-2.Sparta Rotterdam has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Excelsior wins - draws - Sparta Rotterdam wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Agrafiotis 5 goals |  O. Uddenäs 2 goals |   T. Lauritsen 2 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Excelsior | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 3 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.3 | 12.7 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | 29% |
| 12.5 | 14.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 19 | 16.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
- All of Sparta Rotterdam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Excelsior have not yet lost a game at home.
- Excelsior have yet to win a game at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | AZ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Heracles Almelo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 18 | Almere City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
