SC Heerenveen v Sparta Rotterdam betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

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  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither SC Heerenveen nor Sparta Rotterdam as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

7-5-16 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 28 matches are 28-50 (scored/conceded).

SC Heerenveen can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

SC Heerenveen have played 16 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The attacker Benjamin Nygren was "man of the match" for Heerenveen with a rating of 7.11/10. Nygren scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Utrecht that ended 0-0.

Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Heerenveen have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Sparta Rotterdam playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Sparta Rotterdam have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Maduka Okoye. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.

Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye got the top player rating of the team with 8.63/10. Okoye stopped the opponent with six saves. Maduka Okoye had red hot gloves after the game against FC Utrecht, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Before that, Rotterdam secured a home win against Vitesse with the score 3-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sparta Rotterdam have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. 20 goals have been conceded by Rotterdam in these games.

Head 2 Head

Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam have met before this season: Sparta Rotterdam - SC Heerenveen 1-4. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Heerenveen, one draw and two wins for Sparta Rotterdam. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenH. Veerman
H. Veerman
14 goals
Sparta RotterdamL. Thy
L. Thy
13 goals
HeerenveenJ. Veerman
J. Veerman
7 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 6 0 Won W 3 6 12
12 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
12 5 2 Lost L 0 6 13
42 21 3 Scored S 6 17 47
47 16 6 Conceded C 2 20 47
91% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 39%
33% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 21%
58% 38% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 45%
30% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 30%
21% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 0.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.2 1.3
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.2 12.8
4.2 3.8 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 4.2
31% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 30% 34%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.