Sparta Rotterdam travel to Fortuna Sittard and Fortuna Sittard Stadion brimming with optimism, but the host team is hard to beat. More news on the fixture here!
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
7-5-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 24-42 (scored/conceded).
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Fortuna Sittard are 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Fortuna Sittard are returning here after visiting SC Cambuur and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Yılmaz and Cordoba scored the goal(s). Yılmaz has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four matches in a row. Impressive! Midfield player Cordoba got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Cordoba scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that, Fortuna had a home game versus SC Heerenveen which ended with a victory 2-0.Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fortuna defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sparta Rotterdam playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to NEC (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Attacker van Crooij got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Crooij served one assist and hit three key passes.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting RKC Waalwijk.Sparta Rotterdam are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other before this season: Sparta Rotterdam - Fortuna Sittard 3-1. Fortuna-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Sittard two wins, Sparta Rotterdam five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 8 goals |   V. van Crooij 7 goals |  A. Verschueren 7 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 78% | 84% |
| 84% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 68% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | 53% |
| 37% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 37% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 63% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 56% | 47% |
| 21% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 7.4 | 6.8 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 30% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 34% |
| 17.6 | 17.9 | 25.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.9 | 15.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | AZ | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | PSV | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 38 |
| 4 | Ajax | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 30 | 37 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 36 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 19 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 16 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 12 |
