Football background guide: AZ odds-on when Sparta Rotterdam arrive

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

A vital match in Eredivisie as both sides are challenging for the top league positions. With AZ in 4th place and Sparta Rotterdam located at 6th, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie

AZ's stadium, AFAS Stadion, has a grass surface. Sparta Rotterdam have artifical turf 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 Sparta Rotterdam when playing on grass; 9 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses from 29 matches. They have scored {26 goals} in these games and conceded 43.

This should be an interesting match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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AZ form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion for AZ. The data says 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for AZ, who played 1-1 against SC Heerenveen. That match was also played at this venue (AFAS Stadion). A painful moment in the game against SC Heerenveen was the missed penalty kick from Karlsson in the 50th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Odgaard (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Odgaard hit four key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at FC Twente.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AZ home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 22 most recent league matches reveals that 17 of them had at least one goal from each side.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), AZ's attacking play is working. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Playing away, Sparta Rotterdam have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Rotterdam has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Feyenoord with 1-3 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Pinto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Pinto scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

Prior to that result Sparta Rotterdam won their away game at FC Emmen. The scoreline was 2-0.

Sparta Rotterdam are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Sparta Rotterdam in these games.

Head 2 Head

AZ have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when playing Sparta Rotterdam.

Sparta Rotterdam - AZ 2-3 was the output when this pair of contenders previously played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
11 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
9 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
8 goals

AZ missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
16 7 1 Won W 0 5 13
6 5 1 Drew D 1 5 7
5 1 1 Lost L 2 3 7
53 27 4 Scored S 0 18 42
31 16 5 Conceded C 7 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 85%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 74%
59% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 59%
30% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 41%
19% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
70% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 44%
30% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 54% 41%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 30%
 
5.1 5.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.1
3.9 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.1
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15 15.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12 12.6
5.9 6.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.4 4.8
33% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 32%
 
11.9 10.9 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 16.1 15.4
3.1 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 5.5 4.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the most clean sheets (7) 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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

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 Feyenoord 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

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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.