Sparta Rotterdam vs SC Heerenveen betting preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Sparta Rotterdam have some work to do from their 17th place, and they have a chance vs SC Heerenveen. Read more!

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (19) in Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. SC Heerenveen have grass 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 SC Heerenveen when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from twelve matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 12.

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.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 14 points collected from 14 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-6.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maduka Okoye not having conceded a league goal in 203 minutes.

The home team returns to Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel after drawing with NEC (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The goalie Okoye was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.9 out of ten. Okoye topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Rotterdam had a home game versus Go Ahead Eagles which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sparta Rotterdam have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.

Sparta Rotterdam have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Rotterdam have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Visiting SC Heerenveen has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Heerenveen have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Erwin Mulder. It's been 291 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.

SC Heerenveen are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Heracles Almelo (placed 13th). Midfielder Haye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.32. Haye served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Heracles Almelo.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SC Heerenveen playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were six SC Heerenveen wins, four draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam and SC Heerenveen have duelled earlier this season: SC Heerenveen - Sparta Rotterdam 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sparta Rotterdam victories, two draws and six SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenH. Veerman
H. Veerman
7 goals
SC HeerenveenT. Halilović
T. Halilović
4 goals
RotterdamB. Vriends
B. Vriends
3 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 14 5 Played P 5 13 27
4 3 1 Won W 2 4 8
9 5 2 Drew D 2 4 6
12 6 2 Lost L 1 5 13
19 12 3 Scored S 2 10 24
37 19 9 Conceded C 2 15 36
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 85% 89%
68% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 62% 67%
40% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 41%
24% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
44% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 48%
20% 14% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 38% 30%
44% 36% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 31% 33%
 
3.5 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5 4.8
5.4 5.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 6.3
1.6 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 11.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.9 12
3.3 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 3.7
23% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 22% 24%
 
12.4 10.4 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.6 14
4.8 4.5 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (19) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
  • 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 Ajax 27 21 3 3 80 13 14 11 1 2 52 7 13 10 2 1 28 6 67 66
2 PSV 27 21 1 5 68 31 14 11 0 3 40 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 37 64
3 Feyenoord 27 17 4 6 61 27 13 9 2 2 32 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 34 55
4 FC Twente 27 16 6 5 41 30 13 8 4 1 19 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 54
5 AZ 27 16 4 7 52 32 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 7 2 5 24 19 20 52
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 33 40 13 5 2 6 16 24 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 27 11 7 9 44 36 14 7 4 3 28 17 13 4 3 6 16 19 8 40
8 FC Groningen 27 9 9 9 35 37 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 5 3 6 21 25 -2 36
9 SC Cambuur 27 10 3 14 43 58 13 5 1 7 25 29 14 5 2 7 18 29 -15 33
10 NEC 27 8 8 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 32
11 SC Heerenveen 27 8 6 13 24 36 14 4 2 8 14 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -12 30
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 8 6 13 30 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -13 30
13 Heracles Almelo 27 7 6 14 27 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 13 0 2 11 8 24 -10 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 9 12 30 43 13 4 2 7 11 21 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 27
15 Willem II 27 6 5 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 12 20 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 23
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 4 16 26 58 12 4 2 6 14 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -32 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 25 4 9 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 21
18 PEC Zwolle 27 5 5 17 20 42 13 2 4 7 9 15 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 20

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 27 21 3 3 80 13 14 11 1 2 52 7 13 10 2 1 28 6 67 66
2 PSV 27 21 1 5 68 31 14 11 0 3 40 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 37 64
3 Feyenoord 27 17 4 6 61 27 13 9 2 2 32 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 34 55
4 FC Twente 27 16 6 5 41 30 13 8 4 1 19 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 54
5 AZ 27 16 4 7 52 32 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 7 2 5 24 19 20 52
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 33 40 13 5 2 6 16 24 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 27 11 7 9 44 36 14 7 4 3 28 17 13 4 3 6 16 19 8 40
8 FC Groningen 27 9 9 9 35 37 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 5 3 6 21 25 -2 36
9 SC Cambuur 27 10 3 14 43 58 13 5 1 7 25 29 14 5 2 7 18 29 -15 33
10 NEC 27 8 8 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 32
11 SC Heerenveen 27 8 6 13 24 36 14 4 2 8 14 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -12 30
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 8 6 13 30 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -13 30
13 Heracles Almelo 27 7 6 14 27 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 13 0 2 11 8 24 -10 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 9 12 30 43 13 4 2 7 11 21 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 27
15 Willem II 27 6 5 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 12 20 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 23
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 4 16 26 58 12 4 2 6 14 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -32 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 25 4 9 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 21
18 PEC Zwolle 27 5 5 17 20 42 13 2 4 7 9 15 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 20

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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.