Eredivisie: Two teams in reasonably good form get together for this game. Sparta Rotterdam have a slight upper hand with their 6th position in the league table?
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly more corners away than at home.
This pitch uses grass, unlike Sparta Rotterdam's home arena. The last 28 games by the away team on grass have seen 9 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses.
It's no vacation for neither FC Utrecht nor Sparta Rotterdam as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Utrecht form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Utrecht are returning here after guesting Sportlust '46 in a KNVB Beker fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Midfielder de Streek was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Streek scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 1-6 away at PSV.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from FC Utrecht's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Utrecht has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 5 games. From these home matches, FC Utrecht have conceded only 4 goals.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Playing away, Sparta Rotterdam have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eredivisie this season.
Two away matches in a row for Rotterdam, whose coach Steijn could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against OFC Oostzaan.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus NEC in the Eredivisie.The attacking power of Sparta Rotterdam when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sparta Rotterdam have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Utrecht have avoided a loss in the last 13 fixtures (11-2-0) versus Sparta Rotterdam.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dost 5 goals |   V. van Crooij 5 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| FC Utrecht | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 70% |
| 50% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 40% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 6.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 11.8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.8 | 12 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 24% | 8% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 19% | 34% |
| 13.4 | 13.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14 | 14.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | AZ | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | NEC | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
