Sparta Rotterdam are ready for a new challenge after their 0-0 versus Go Ahead Eagles in the previous match. RKC Waalwijk are coming to play!
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sparta Rotterdam have to build on here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in the Eredivisie.
Rotterdam haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 211 minutes ago. de Guzmán scored that one.
The Sparta Rotterdam coach Rijsdijk and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Go Ahead Eagles (placed 5th). Sparta Rotterdam's goalie Olij played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Go Ahead Eagles with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Olij got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.6 out of ten. Olij topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Rotterdam lost 0-4 at home to PSV.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sparta Rotterdam handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rotterdam as they are travelling to their away game against IJsselmeervogels in the KNVB Beker. That match is four days after this one.
Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 7 from these games.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for RKC Waalwijk in their Eredivisie matches away.
RKC Waalwijk won their last game, 2-1 versus FC Volendam played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Oukili scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat FC Volendam. Buijs, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Buijs won 11 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Almere City's place.RKC Waalwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.
Waalwijk have another game away from home in just three nights, a KNVB Beker fixture against FC Utrecht. A grim timetable for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, RKC Waalwijk have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
RKC Waalwijk have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) facing Rotterdam.Top Goalscorers
  T. Lauritsen 2 goals |  C. Brym 2 goals |  K. Saito 2 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 10.9 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 22% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 25% |
| 17.9 | 18.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 16.5 | 15.2 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.8 | 6 |
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| 2 | AZ | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 25 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Heracles Almelo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 13 | Almere City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 17 | Ajax | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
