Both Sparta Rotterdam and Ajax are itching for points in this match, even with the away team holding a 20 point lead in the league table.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (42) in Eredivisie
The visiting Ajax played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Beşiktaş. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
8 - 1 - 0 with 30-2. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Ajax when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Ajax play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 6 points collected from 7 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Rotterdam, their manager H. Fraser and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Rotterdam fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel: A 0-1 defeat against FC Twente (placed 6th). Maduka Okoye, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.13 out of 10 in that game. Okoye stopped the opponent with three saves.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Willem II.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Ajax to win. Let's see if Sparta Rotterdam are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Sparta Rotterdam wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Rotterdam have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.
Ajax form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Eredivisie.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 463 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Ajax, whose manager E. ten Hag could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Beşiktaş. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager E. ten Hag when Sébastien Haller scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Nicolás Tagliafico was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Tagliafico served one assist, hit three key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus RKC Waalwijk at their stadium, the result 5-0.As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in ten wins (seven by two or more goals winning margin), two draws and zero surprising defeats.
After this away game Ajax return home for a Eredivisie game against Willem II. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 15 goals in 6 league games away this season. Ajax are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Rotterdam won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Ajax got nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Haller 9 goals |  D. Tadić 5 goals |  S. Berghuis 5 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Ajax missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 12 | 15 | 42 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 77% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 77% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 46% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 11.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.2 | 17 | 20.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
| 28% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | 43% |
| 12.8 | 9.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10 | 8.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
- Ajax have not yet lost a game away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (11) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (5) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (15) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (42) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+40) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | NEC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Willem II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | AZ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Heracles | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 4 |