The league table reveals that 2 points divide the two rivals in this Eredivisie match. Go Ahead Eagles have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won all their matches at home so far.
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
Go Ahead Eagles's stadium, De Adelaarshorst, has a grass surface. Sparta Rotterdam have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing on grass; 11 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses from 29 matches. They have scored {35 goals} in these games and conceded 37.
Go Ahead Eagles and Sparta Rotterdam should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles have collected 12 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-0-0. Ever since the hometeam_home_prestreak_win game Eagles has been unbeatable here at De Adelaarshorst producing four straight wins.
A nice win for Go Ahead Eagles last time playing, versus Heracles Almelo. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Kuipers, Willumsson, Edvardsen and Sow scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Go Ahead Eagles "killed" Heracles Almelo in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. de Lange loved the game against Heracles Almelo. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-0 victory. Goalkeeper de Lange got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.85 out of ten. Lange topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Feyenoord (1-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Go Ahead Eagles perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Go Ahead Eagles as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Eagles has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Go Ahead Eagles always seem capable of creating a buzz here at De Adelaarshorst with 14 goals in 4 league games. From these home matches, Eagles have conceded only 3 goals.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sparta Rotterdam might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PSV proved too strong as Sparta Rotterdam slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against PSV was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Rotterdam goalkeeper Olij could take pride in a great day at work versus PSV, but even with achieving seven saves the defeat could not be evaded. Olij was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.11. The agile goalkeeper Olij saved a penalty.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Excelsior wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sparta Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Rotterdam has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. As for defending, Sparta Rotterdam rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Go Ahead Eagles won two games, one match ended with a draw and Sparta Rotterdam have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Rommens 4 goals |  S. Sow 4 goals |  B. Kuipers 3 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 8.2 | 7.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 18 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 5.8 | 8.8 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 37% | 40% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 26% |
| 20.2 | 17.5 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 18 | 18.1 |
| 7.1 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
- All of Go Ahead Eagles's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sparta Rotterdam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won all their matches at home so far.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 24 |
| 2 | AZ | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 20 |
| 5 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Heracles Almelo | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | Almere City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 7 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 3 |
