Go Ahead Eagles challenge Sparta Rotterdam for acclaim and triumph.
Eagles's stadium, De Adelaarshorst, has a grass surface. Sparta Rotterdam have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing on grass; 7 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 22 goals in these games and conceded 41.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Eredivisie game of the season here at De Adelaarshorst. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from Go Ahead Eagles's 17 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Go Ahead Eagles to get some points in this home game.
Go Ahead Eagles are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus FC Groningen. Midfielder Linthorst was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Linthorst hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Eagles lost 2-5 at home to PSV.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Go Ahead Eagles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Go Ahead Eagles's 1 home game: 2 goals, 5 conceded.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
One match played away so far in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 17 games.
The manager Steijn was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. Sparta Rotterdam suffered a 0-1 loss to Ajax (placed 1st). Defender Vriends was the best team player with a rating of 7.12. Vriends won 7 of 8 duels.
A 2-3 loss hosting AZ before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sparta Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
0 goals so far away for Sparta Rotterdam, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eagles four wins, one draw and Sparta Rotterdam five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 2 goals |   I. Lidberg 1 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 4.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 9.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17.3 | 23 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 17.3 |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Last season | Sparta Rotterdam | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 68% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 41% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 47% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 15.9 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FC Emmen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitesse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 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 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
