Eredivisie: Two teams in decent shape get together for this fixture. Sparta Rotterdam with a wee edge with their 6th spot in the standings?
- Sparta Rotterdam have the most clean sheets (9) away in Eredivisie
FC Utrecht are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 7th place whatever happens now. Sparta Rotterdam are staying put at 6th place whatever happens for the rest of the season. This field has the surface grass, unlike Sparta Rotterdam's home stadium. The latest 28 games by the away side on grass have produced 9 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses.
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 Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam.
FC Utrecht form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for FC Utrecht at their home stadium (Stadion Galgenwaard) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Utrecht, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
FC Utrecht's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus FC Emmen. The home side are looking to build on that result. der Hoorn was on the receiving end of a red card in the FC Utrecht-FC Emmen match, being sent off in the 63rd minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-2 victory. Toornstra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Toornstra served one assist, hit five key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ajax (1-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Utrecht have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FC Utrecht as they are travelling to their away game against Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
FC Utrecht are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, FC Utrecht have conceded only 15 goals.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The visitors are W7-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
Two away games in a row for Rotterdam, whose coach Steijn could celebrate last time after the win against FC Groningen. As mentioned above, Sparta Rotterdam was the only team on the pitch versus FC Groningen in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Saito has found the net for this side three fixtures in a row. The smartness! The attacker Lauritsen got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Lauritsen scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus SC Cambuur.We have checked recent matches where Sparta Rotterdam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Observe that 11 of this side's 14 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Utrecht in just three days.
Rotterdam has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 17 games. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Utrecht have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent games against this team. Something to take note of?FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam have faced off earlier this season: Sparta Rotterdam - FC Utrecht 0-3. The referee showed his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 19 goals |   T. Lauritsen 12 goals |  V. van Crooij 11 goals |
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| FC Utrecht | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 55 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | 60 |
| 50 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 37 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 88% |
| 76% | 59% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 74% |
| 62% | 41% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 59% | 62% |
| 38% | 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 41% | 44% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 15% |
| 56% | 47% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 35% | 44% |
| 35% | 47% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 53% | 41% |
| 18% | 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 26% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 12.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 22% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | 37% |
| 12.8 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.6 | 15.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Sparta Rotterdam have the most clean sheets (9) 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 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
