Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam are both thriving in the Eredivisie with their 3rd and 6th places respectively. Let's hope for a grand match!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (59) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Eredivisie
7-6-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 27 matches are 24-42 (scored/conceded).
The hosts Ajax saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Union Berlin, was also a home game here at Johan Cruijff Arena. The away team is better rested.
Ajax form and stats
5-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Ajax so far this season.
The home fans witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Union Berlin in the Europa League last time out and are hoping for a victory here. The goalie Rulli was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.72 out of ten. Rulli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a Eredivisie home match hosting RKC Waalwijk in a game that was won 3-1.An interesting fact: 13 of the most recent 15 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.
The manager Heitinga will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Union Berlin in only four days.
From these home matches, Ajax have conceded only 9 goals.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Sparta Rotterdam as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Sparta Rotterdam won their last game, 2-1 versus Go Ahead Eagles played at home. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone three league matches without victory. van Crooij got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. Crooij scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Fortuna Sittard.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Rotterdam we find 4 games. Results are 0 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sparta Rotterdam have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. It's not easy to score on Sparta Rotterdam as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 12 most recent games involving these two teams have all finished as Ajax wins. Will history repeat itself?Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0-1 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 11 goals |  M. Kudus 8 goals |  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Ajax | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 59 | 30 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 95% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 70% | 81% |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 71% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 48% |
| 5% | 10% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 29% |
| 7.8 | 9.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19.1 | 21.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 7 | 7.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 38% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 8.7 | 6.9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 15.7 | 15.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (59) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+37) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the most clean sheets (6) away in Eredivisie
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | AZ | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 44 |
| 3 | Ajax | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 37 | 43 |
| 4 | PSV | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | NEC | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -28 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -26 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 16 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 13 |
