It's advantage FC Twente so far with their 6th position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Sparta Rotterdam who are placed 9th.
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It should be mentioned that Sparta Rotterdam play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sparta Rotterdam on grass are 4 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
FC Twente form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for FC Twente are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Twente, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A good away victory last time out for FC Twente, who won 2-1 against VVV-Venlo (placed 15th). Before that game, the home loss against AZ with the scoreline 1-3.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Twente handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.
Twente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Grolsch Veste with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Twente have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sparta Rotterdam playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
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 2-3 loss to FC Groningen (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Willem II with the score of 3-1.
Sparta Rotterdam are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of two matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rotterdam have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. As for defending, Sparta Rotterdam rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six FC Twente victories, one draw and three Sparta Rotterdam wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 11 goals |   L. Thy 8 goals |  Q. Menig 5 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| FC Twente | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 16 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 31% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 77% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 54% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.5 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 9.8 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 38% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | 34% |
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Groningen | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | AZ | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
| 16 | Willem II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 5 |