Feyenoord contest Sparta Rotterdam for praise and triumph.
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game away.
This arena uses grass, unlike Sparta Rotterdam's home stadium. The previous 28 games by the visitors on grass have produced 8 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
The hosts Feyenoord saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Lazio, so at least Feyenoord are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Feyenoord form and stats
Only two Eredivisie home games for Feyenoord so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The regulars are hoping that Feyenoord will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 2-4 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against Lazio. Hartman was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.85 out of 10. The defender Hartman hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Go Ahead Eagles and winning 4-3.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Feyenoord home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Sturm Graz in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Feijenoord.
Early season league goal statistics from Feyenoord's 2 home games: 4 goals, 0 conceded.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam are still undefeated on their travels in the Eredivisie. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
The Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Nick Olij is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 233 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Rotterdam's previous game versus FC Volendam (placed 16th), a 4-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Sparta Rotterdam was the only team on the pitch versus FC Volendam in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Sparta Rotterdam goalie Olij was high and low in the FC Volendam game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Olij (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.12. Olij topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Go Ahead Eagles with the score of 1-0.It's early days yet, but Sparta Rotterdam has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures featuring these sides have all ended as Feyenoord wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 5 goals |   V. van Crooij 3 goals |
Feyenoord missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Feyenoord | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 8.8 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 6.4 |
| 0.4 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.5 | 11.6 |
| 8.4 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 9.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.5 | 16.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 4.4 |
- Feyenoord have not yet lost a game.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Feyenoord | Last season | Sparta Rotterdam | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 76 | 39 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 41% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 47% | ||
| 38% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 19.1 | 20.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
