It's advantage Ajax so far with their 1st position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Sparta Rotterdam who are placed 11th.
It's no vacation for neither Ajax 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.
Sparta Rotterdam play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Sparta Rotterdam when playing on grass are 4 wins, 6 draws and 17 defeats from 27 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 57 times in these games.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax, who have the most scored goals (58) in Eredivisie, have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 24 points collected from 9 matches (8-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ajax after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Ajax's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Sparta Rotterdam (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Ajax had a home game versus ADO Den Haag which ended with a victory 6-1.
Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 26 games: 23 home wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 20 times in similar situations.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 34 from 9 league matches. Ajax have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-3-5 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Sparta Rotterdam, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Sparta Rotterdam play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Ajax (placed 1st). A 0-3 defeat away at Willem II before that.
Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Ariel Harush had a great day against Ajax, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 13 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The attacking power of Sparta Rotterdam when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Sparta Rotterdam, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for Ajax, 1 draw and 1 win for Sparta Rotterdam. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 10 goals |  K. Huntelaar 8 goals |  D. Tadić 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Ajax | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 60 | 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 74% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 63% | 70% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 42% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 16% |
| 58% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 58% |
| 32% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 26% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 26% |
| 7.7 | 8 | 8.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 425 | 262 | 112 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 130 | 241 |
| 164 | 106 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 37 | 81 |
| 37% | 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 35% |
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Ajax has the most points (24) at home
- Ajax has the most scored goals (34) at home
- Ajax has the most scored goals (58)
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (35)
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+29) at home
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+42)
- Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Ajax's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Willem II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | PSV | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -21 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |