This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eredivisie, FC Emmen holding 18th place and Sparta Rotterdam lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- FC Emmen have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam is in the worst form (0-2-4)
FC Emmen and Sparta Rotterdam should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sparta Rotterdam have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-5-16 (win-draw-loss) from 27 matches.
FC Emmen form and stats
With 1 Eredivisie win, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, FC Emmen, who have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Eredivisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A strong away win for Emmen against FC Utrecht the last match, as Sergio Peña were on target. Nobody expected Emmen to beat FC Utrecht in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against PEC Zwolle.
Emmen has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as FC Emmen have allowed the opposition to score 33 goals here at De Oude Meerdijk.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Playing away, Sparta Rotterdam have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Rotterdam as they have been defeated three times in a row since the ADO Den Haag match.
The manager H. Fraser was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. Rotterdam suffered a 0-2 loss to Willem II (placed 16th). Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Ajax's place.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to VVV-Venlo.
Sparta Rotterdam find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sparta Rotterdam - FC Emmen 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): FC Emmen won four games, one match ended with a draw and Sparta Rotterdam has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  L. Thy 9 goals |   M. de Leeuw 7 goals |  A. Harroui 5 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| FC Emmen | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 21 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 53 | 33 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 40 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| 54% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 43% |
| 46% | 67% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 29% | 58% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 54% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 48% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 42% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.2 | 11 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.5 | 12.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 33% |
- FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Emmen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen have the most conceded goals (33) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sparta Rotterdam is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 55 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 51 |
| 3 | AZ | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 21 | 49 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 45 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 43 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Heracles | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -27 | 17 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -30 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -32 | 12 |