NEC have won 31 points performing as the hosts. Sparta Rotterdam have got 23 points from their away games. What are the odds of this being a home win?
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will take part on grass. Relevant stats for Sparta Rotterdam when featuring on grass are 7 wins, 4 draws and 21 defeats from 32 matches. They have managed to score 25 goals and conceded 61 times in these fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
NEC form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. NEC have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Goffertstadion. With seven home Eredivisie games in a row without a win, the NEC fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the FC Groningen game long ago, can be stopped today.
NEC lost their last game at FC Groningen (placed 8th) after a 3-4 scoreline. The forward Akman won the honour of being "man of the match" for NEC with the rating of 7.71/10. Akman scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Before that game, the home loss against AZ with the scoreline 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with NEC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with NEC as a small favourite), we find eight games. NEC has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.
NEC have conceded 18 from these games.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sparta Rotterdam so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
203 minutes! That's how long the Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Maduka Okoye and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The fans enjoyed Rotterdam's previous match versus Go Ahead Eagles (placed 12th), a 1-0 win played at home. Abels was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Abels won 10 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Vitesse.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Sparta Rotterdam in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Sparta Rotterdam, one draw and six defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sparta Rotterdam as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Sparta Rotterdam's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
NEC and Sparta Rotterdam have faced each other already this season: Sparta Rotterdam - NEC 1-1. NEC-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: NEC three wins, Sparta Rotterdam four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Akman 6 goals |  J. Bruijn 5 goals |  E. Tavsan 5 goals |
NEC missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| NEC | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 33 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 43 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 37 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 77% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 68% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 40% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 44% |
| 31% | 33% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 20% |
| 19% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 40% |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 13.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 20% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 23% | 23% |
| 15.9 | 14.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 14.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 66 | 63 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -7 | 40 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 33 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 33 |
| 10 | NEC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 27 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Heracles | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 23 |
| 16 | Willem II | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 17 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
