Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when FC Utrecht welcomes Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

It's a new Eredivisie campaign and FC Utrecht are eager to get started here at Stadion Galgenwaard. Sparta Rotterdam are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

This pitch has grass, which is not Sparta Rotterdam's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Sparta Rotterdam have performed like this: Played 28 matches resulting in 8 wins, 4 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 29-50 (scored/conceded).

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Last season, FC Utrecht's league statistics were 13 wins, 14 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season FC Utrecht managed 6-7-4 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 25 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Utrecht friendly games in pre-season: FC Utrecht played eleven friendlies, won 8, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that FC Utrecht scored 40 goals and conceded 14 in these eleven games.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sparta Rotterdam performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 19/21 goals scored/conceded.

Sparta Rotterdam played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these five matches Rotterdam scored 9 and conceded 6 goals.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Utrecht eight wins, Sparta Rotterdam zero wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
FC Utrecht Last season Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 35
14 7   Won W   7 13
14 7   Drew D   4 8
8 4   Lost L   7 14
53 28   Scored S   19 49
43 25   Conceded C   23 50
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
75% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 80%
47% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   28% 40%
31% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 26%
17% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 20%
64% 72%   BTTS BTTS   44% 46%
25% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 29%
19% 11%   Failed to Score F T   33% 31%
 
6.5 7.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.2
3.9 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5
1.3 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
14 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.5
5.2 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
28% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.