Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Heracles in 9th and Sparta Rotterdam in 12th place.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Heracles form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Heracles are 6-2-5 (wins-draw-losses).
Heracles enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ADO Den Haag's place. The match ended 2-1 with Rai Vloet and Sinan Bakış scoring. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against PEC Zwolle.
Heracles has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Heracles have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sparta Rotterdam playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
The Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Bryan Smeets and Tom Beugelsdijk scored in Rotterdam's previous match, the home game against RKC Waalwijk that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus VVV-Venlo at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Rotterdam find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Rotterdam have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sparta Rotterdam - Heracles 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Heracles victories, five draws and two Sparta Rotterdam wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vloet 12 goals |   L. Thy 9 goals |  D. Burgzorg 5 goals |
Heracles missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Heracles | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 30 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 36 |
| 39 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 41 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 77% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 69% | 77% |
| 54% | 46% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| 27% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 31% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 42% | 46% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 27% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 27% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 11.8 | 12.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 30% | 33% |
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 57 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 54 |
| 3 | AZ | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 46 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -30 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 21 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -34 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -32 | 14 |