Early odds line movement hint to FC Twente edge when welcoming Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

The Eredivisie league standings tell the truth about these sides so far, with FC Twente ahead of Sparta Rotterdam by 33 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie

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 7-4-14 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.

The visiting Sparta Rotterdam played their last game only three days ago, a Eredivisie match. That game, against Vitesse, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sparta Rotterdam.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at De Grolsch Veste. 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games.

Twente are returning here after visiting NEC and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Misidjan and Limnios scored the goal(s). Sadílek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Sadílek hit one key pass and had 60 successful passes (of 65 total).

In the match before that, FC Twente hosted PSV and drew the game 3-3.

A decent goal production from FC Twente in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. FC Twente are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Grolsch Veste in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sparta Rotterdam so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for Rotterdam, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Vitesse (placed 6th) last time out. Goalkeeper Okoye was absolutely vital in the Sparta Rotterdam victory against Vitesse, making nine saves. Okoye was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.2. The agile goalkeeper Okoye saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Sparta Rotterdam manager Fraser faced defeat when travelling to Fortuna Sittard and losing 0-3.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rotterdam's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. Sparta Rotterdam has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

FC Twente and Sparta Rotterdam have played each other earlier this season: Sparta Rotterdam - Twente 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): FC Twente won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Sparta Rotterdam got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
14 goals
FC TwenteR. Pröpper
R. Pröpper
5 goals
FC TwenteD. Limnios
D. Limnios
5 goals

FC Twente missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
17 8 3 Won W 1 2 5
7 5 1 Drew D 0 4 10
5 1 0 Lost L 4 8 14
46 22 5 Scored S 4 9 22
33 11 2 Conceded C 11 23 43
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
72% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 69%
48% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 41%
28% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 21%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 36% 45%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 21%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 50% 41%
 
3.9 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.9 3.5
5.1 4.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.6 5.8
1.6 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.1 14.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8 9.9
4.2 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.6 3.2
38% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 24%
 
11.4 9.9 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.6 15.2 12.6
3.8 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.6 5.5 5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 29 23 3 3 85 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 14 11 2 1 31 7 70 72
2 PSV 29 22 2 5 73 34 15 12 0 3 42 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 39 68
3 Feyenoord 29 19 4 6 67 28 14 10 2 2 34 12 15 9 2 4 33 16 39 61
4 FC Twente 29 17 7 5 46 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 13 58
5 AZ 29 17 4 8 56 35 14 10 2 2 31 14 15 7 2 6 25 21 21 55
6 Vitesse 29 13 5 11 35 44 15 6 2 7 17 25 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 44
7 FC Utrecht 29 11 9 9 46 38 15 7 5 3 29 18 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 42
8 FC Groningen 29 9 9 11 37 43 14 4 6 4 15 15 15 5 3 7 22 28 -6 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 29 10 6 13 35 43 15 7 1 7 24 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -8 36
10 NEC 29 9 8 12 35 46 14 2 5 7 12 20 15 7 3 5 23 26 -11 35
11 SC Heerenveen 29 9 7 13 28 38 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 4 5 5 11 16 -10 34
12 SC Cambuur 29 10 3 16 44 61 14 5 1 8 26 31 15 5 2 8 18 30 -17 33
13 Heracles 29 8 6 15 30 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 14 1 2 11 10 24 -11 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 3 7 12 22 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 28
15 Fortuna Sittard 29 7 5 17 30 61 14 5 2 7 17 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -31 26
16 Sparta Rotterdam 29 5 10 14 22 43 15 3 6 6 13 20 14 2 4 8 9 23 -21 25
17 PEC Zwolle 29 6 5 18 22 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 23
18 Willem II 29 6 5 18 23 52 14 4 3 7 12 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -29 23

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 Ajax 29 23 3 3 85 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 14 11 2 1 31 7 70 72
2 PSV 29 22 2 5 73 34 15 12 0 3 42 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 39 68
3 Feyenoord 29 19 4 6 67 28 14 10 2 2 34 12 15 9 2 4 33 16 39 61
4 FC Twente 29 17 7 5 46 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 13 58
5 AZ 29 17 4 8 56 35 14 10 2 2 31 14 15 7 2 6 25 21 21 55
6 Vitesse 29 13 5 11 35 44 15 6 2 7 17 25 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 44
7 FC Utrecht 29 11 9 9 46 38 15 7 5 3 29 18 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 42
8 FC Groningen 29 9 9 11 37 43 14 4 6 4 15 15 15 5 3 7 22 28 -6 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 29 10 6 13 35 43 15 7 1 7 24 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -8 36
10 NEC 29 9 8 12 35 46 14 2 5 7 12 20 15 7 3 5 23 26 -11 35
11 SC Heerenveen 29 9 7 13 28 38 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 4 5 5 11 16 -10 34
12 SC Cambuur 29 10 3 16 44 61 14 5 1 8 26 31 15 5 2 8 18 30 -17 33
13 Heracles 29 8 6 15 30 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 14 1 2 11 10 24 -11 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 3 7 12 22 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 28
15 Fortuna Sittard 29 7 5 17 30 61 14 5 2 7 17 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -31 26
16 Sparta Rotterdam 29 5 10 14 22 43 15 3 6 6 13 20 14 2 4 8 9 23 -21 25
17 PEC Zwolle 29 6 5 18 22 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 23
18 Willem II 29 6 5 18 23 52 14 4 3 7 12 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -29 23

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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.