Sparta Rotterdam greet Ajax for another absorbing Eredivisie match here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.
Sparta Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. Ajax have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ajax when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from nine matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 4.
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.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam's first Eredivisie home game here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.
The Rotterdam followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel: A 2-3 defeat against AZ (placed 5th). van Crooij (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Crooij scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with SC Heerenveen the opponent.Sparta Rotterdam has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Ajax form and stats
Only one away game in the Eredivisie so far for Ajax and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 12 victories, 4 draws and 1 loss from 17 travels.
Bergwijn, Antony, Berghuis and Taylor scored in Ajax's previous match, the home game against FC Groningen that ended 6-1. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against FC Groningen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Bergwijn, Antony, Berghuis and Taylor providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Bergwijn's lethal finishing against FC Groningen. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Bergwijn, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.62. Bergwijn scored three goals.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fortuna Sittard at their stadium, the result 3-2.3 goals so far away for Ajax, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have been victorious in every one of the 11 most recent games versus this side. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 3 goals |   V. van Crooij 2 goals |  K. Taylor 2 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Ajax missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18 | 21.5 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 18 | 26 | 26 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Last season | Ajax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 12 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 36 | 98 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 41% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 71% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 47% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 38% | ||
| 47% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 59% | 65% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 9% | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 19.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| 13.9 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitesse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | 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 |
