Sparta Rotterdam receive Vitesse for another interesting Eredivisie match here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.
Vitesse play their home games on grass, while this fixture is played on artifical turf. Relevant data for Vitesse when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from nine matches. They have created {15 goals} and conceded 13 times in these fixtures.
This could be an engaging game with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Two Eredivisie home games so far for Sparta Rotterdam, who are yet to win here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. Only 2 points so far.
Sparta Rotterdam faced defeat in their previous match, away at AZ (0-2). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through four league rounds. Vriends was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Vriends won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that, Sparta Rotterdam drew at home versus NEC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotterdam handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sparta Rotterdam at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Vitesse form and stats
Only one away game in the Eredivisie so far for Vitesse and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 8 losses from 17 travels.
The attacking players of Vitesse have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 251 minutes.
Vitesse have a lot to to set right after their surprise loss (0-2) to RKC Waalwijk in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters. It's possibly a bad omen for Vitesse that their goalie Room pulled off seven saves in the RKC Waalwijk match, but still could not rescue them from a loss.
A loss against AZ was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to FC Twente.
It's early days yet, but Vitesse has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Rotterdam have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Vitesse.Top Goalscorers
  T. Lauritsen 2 goals |  C. Brym 2 goals |  K. Saito 2 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 6.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 4.8 |
| 7 | 6.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 11.2 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 18.8 | 18.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 14.2 |
| 6.8 | 7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 6.8 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Last season | Vitesse | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 63 | 33 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 45% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 26% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 15 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| 15.9 | 15.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
