FC Twente hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 13th position in the Eredivisie table. Visiting Sparta Rotterdam holds 11th place with 24 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Twente and Sparta Rotterdam.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have played 10 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
FC Twente's last game was hosting Sparta Rotterdam (placed 11th) and winning 2-0. Before that, FC Twente played out a draw 1-1 when visiting PSV.
This is expected to be a close game, with FC Twente perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Twente as a small favourite), we find six games. FC Twente has won one of these, drawn one and lost four.
A decent goal production from FC Twente in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. FC Twente have conceded 19 from these games.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
There's been little loot from Sparta Rotterdam's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Sparta Rotterdam, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for Sparta Rotterdam, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus FC Twente in the Eredivisie. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fortuna Sittard.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Sparta Rotterdam in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Sparta Rotterdam, two draws and three defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sparta Rotterdam as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the FC Twente - Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: FC Twente won six, Sparta Rotterdam won three and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vučkič 9 goals |  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 7 goals |   R. Ache 5 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| FC Twente | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 29 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 35 |
| 86% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 90% |
| 81% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 90% |
| 67% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| 38% | 45% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 38% |
| 29% | 36% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 62% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 57% |
| 19% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 24% |
| 33% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 198 | 112 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 142 | 270 |
| 69 | 43 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 38 | 83 |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 24% | 35% |
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
- 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 31 | 47 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Willem II | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | PSV | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 36 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 33 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 31 | -21 | 20 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 19 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -28 | 11 |