Eredivisie prediction: Home win expected when PSV takes on Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35000 seats)

A total of 14 sets of fixtures are done and both PSV and Sparta Rotterdam are doing great. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.

This football stadium has grass, which is not Sparta Rotterdam's usual surface at their own arena. When playing on grass Sparta Rotterdam have performed like this: Played 27 matches taking 8 wins, 4 draws and 15 defeats with the goal data 25-43 (scored/conceded).

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PSV form and stats

PSV have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table.

PSV's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus AZ (placed 4th). Veerman (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Veerman hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 68 total).

Ahead of that match, PSV lost 0-1 at home to AZ.

Lots of goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

PSV are traveling soon after this match as the KNVB Beker match at Sparta Rotterdam awaits in three days.

It's goals goals goals for PSV who have scored 25 goals from 7 league home games.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sparta Rotterdam delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against FC Twente (placed 5th) in their previous game. Verschueren got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Verschueren scored one goal.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs FC Twente.

Take note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

After this away game Rotterdam return home for a KNVB Beker game against PSV. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Sparta Rotterdam find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Rotterdam have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games involving these two teams have all ended as PSV wins. Will history repeat itself?

Top Goalscorers

PSVX. Simons
X. Simons
8 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
6 goals
Sparta RotterdamA. Verschueren
A. Verschueren
6 goals

PSV missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

PSV Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 6 14
10 6 1 Won W 0 2 7
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 1 1 Lost L 1 2 4
42 25 4 Scored S 0 8 25
20 7 4 Conceded C 3 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
79% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 79%
79% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 64%
50% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 57% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
64% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
21% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 36%
14% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 21%
 
7 7.4 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 4.3
3.9 3.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.8 5.6
0.7 0.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
18.4 19.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 5 13 12.6
7.6 8.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.3 4.8
39% 44% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 37%
 
10.8 9.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 22 14.2 14.7
3.7 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.5 4.6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
  • PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 14 10 3 1 35 13 7 5 2 0 16 2 7 5 1 1 19 11 22 33
2 Ajax 14 9 3 2 44 17 7 4 2 1 26 7 7 5 1 1 18 10 27 30
3 PSV 14 10 0 4 42 20 7 6 0 1 25 7 7 4 0 3 17 13 22 30
4 AZ 14 9 2 3 25 16 6 3 2 1 9 7 8 6 0 2 16 9 9 29
5 FC Twente 14 8 3 3 24 9 7 6 1 0 19 2 7 2 2 3 5 7 15 27
6 Sparta Rotterdam 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 5 1 2 17 8 6 2 2 2 8 8 9 24
7 FC Utrecht 14 7 3 4 23 21 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 4 1 2 16 15 2 24
8 SC Heerenveen 14 6 5 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 3 3 1 9 7 3 23
9 NEC 14 3 8 3 19 16 7 1 5 1 13 9 7 2 3 2 6 7 3 17
10 RKC Waalwijk 14 4 5 5 25 28 7 3 2 2 18 13 7 1 3 3 7 15 -3 17
11 Go Ahead Eagles 14 3 6 5 21 24 8 2 3 3 13 14 6 1 3 2 8 10 -3 15
12 Fortuna Sittard 14 4 3 7 18 25 7 2 1 4 9 12 7 2 2 3 9 13 -7 15
13 Vitesse 14 3 4 7 17 30 7 1 2 4 8 19 7 2 2 3 9 11 -13 13
14 Excelsior 14 4 1 9 16 37 6 3 0 3 8 11 8 1 1 6 8 26 -21 13
15 FC Groningen 14 3 3 8 17 29 7 2 1 4 12 15 7 1 2 4 5 14 -12 12
16 FC Emmen 14 2 5 7 13 27 7 1 5 1 8 10 7 1 0 6 5 17 -14 11
17 SC Cambuur 14 2 2 10 9 22 7 1 0 6 3 9 7 1 2 4 6 13 -13 8
18 FC Volendam 14 1 3 10 13 39 7 1 0 6 7 20 7 0 3 4 6 19 -26 6

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.