Sparta Rotterdam look forward to challenge NEC in this Eredivisie fixture. All you can know about the fixture is located here!
- Sparta Rotterdam is in the best form (2-1-0) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Eredivisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting NEC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The first Eredivisie game here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel resulted in a draw. Last season Sparta Rotterdam's home game statistics were 10 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 17 games.
Sparta Rotterdam are returning here after visiting SC Heerenveen and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Saito (2) and Lauritsen scored the goal(s). Saito (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Saito scored two goals.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Feyenoord.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotterdam handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
At Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Sparta Rotterdam has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
NEC form and stats
NEC have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eredivisie were 5 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.
The followers enjoyed NEC's previous fixture versus RKC Waalwijk (placed 17th), a 3-0 win played at home. Midfield player Mattsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 10.0/10. Mattsson scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Heracles Almelo before that.We have checked recent matches where NEC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It's early days yet, but NEC has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Sparta Rotterdam have managed a streak of 8 consecutive games without defeat (4-4-0) when playing NEC.Top Goalscorers
  T. Lauritsen 2 goals |  C. Brym 2 goals |  K. Saito 2 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
NEC missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| 8.3 | 12 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17 | 12.7 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 6.7 |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 21 | 24 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 10.7 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4.7 |
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam is in the best form (2-1-0) in Eredivisie
| Sparta Rotterdam | Last season | NEC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 63 | 33 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 45 | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 76% | 85% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 71% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 41% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 29% | ||
| 13% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 24% | 50% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 26% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 59% | 38% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| 15.9 | 15.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
