A total of 15 game weeks are played and SC Heerenveen are 11 points on top of Sparta Rotterdam. What happens today?
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
SC Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This field uses grass, unlike Sparta Rotterdam's home arena. The former 30 games by the away team on grass have given 7 wins, 4 draws and 19 losses.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for SC Heerenveen so far this season.
Heerenveen are returning here after visiting Heracles in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Joey Veerman scored the goal(s). Defender Milan van Ewijk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.33/10. Ewijk won 15 of 17 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus PSV that ended 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SC Heerenveen handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and two defeats.
SC Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Heerenveen defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-1-5 (7 played). Recent form does not give Rotterdam much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. SC Heerenveen will be a tough nut to crack.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sparta Rotterdam as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against AZ (1-3). Midfielder Adil Auassar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Auassar scored one goal.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ajax.We have checked recent matches where Sparta Rotterdam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The KNVB Beker trip to Vitesse.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rotterdam struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: seven wins for Heerenveen, one draw and two wins for Sparta Rotterdam. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |  J. Veerman 3 goals |  T. Halilović 3 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 21 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 27% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 10.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.3 | 9.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 27% |
| 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 15.3 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | AZ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | NEC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Willem II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 6 |