Eredivisie game guide: SC Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

The brand new season is about to start and the fans are trembling with enthusiasm. It’s square one as SC Heerenveen welcome Sparta Rotterdam for the opening game at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Read on!

7-4-15 (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 22-41 (scored/conceded).

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The season before, SC Heerenveen's league results were 11 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, producing 8th place in the Eredivisie. From these 34 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 50. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season SC Heerenveen generated 6-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 26 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SC Heerenveen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for SC Heerenveen, who have participated in six training matches. SC Heerenveen have won 4 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sparta Rotterdam performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 14/27 goals scored/conceded.

That loss was their first after five consecutive league games winning points.

Sparta Rotterdam played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these six matches Rotterdam scored 10 and conceded 7 goals.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SC Heerenveen five wins, three draws and Sparta Rotterdam two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

SC Heerenveen missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SC Heerenveen Last season Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   4 8
8 3   Drew D   4 11
16 8   Lost L   9 15
40 26   Scored S   14 30
54 28   Conceded C   27 48
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
75% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
50% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 41%
28% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 21%
14% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   41% 47%
22% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 21%
31% 28%   Failed to Score F T   47% 38%
 
4.9 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.4
5.8 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.3
1.2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 9.6
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.1
29% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%
 
13.6 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   16.5 13.9
4.6 4.7   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Almelo 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

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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