Sparta Rotterdam and AZ followers look forward to Eredivisie contest at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

It's only fixture two of the Eredivisie for these squads. And fresh optimism here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel as Sparta Rotterdam greet AZ. Check out this preview!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting AZ have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.

The visiting AZ played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The season before, Sparta Rotterdam's league stats were 8 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, ending with 14th position in the Eredivisie. From these 34 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 48. Appearing as the home side in the former season Sparta Rotterdam generated 4-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 21 conceded.

Sparta Rotterdam drew their last game, 0-0 away at SC Heerenveen (placed 11th). Defender Vriends got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.74/10. Vriends won 6 of 9 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Heracles and winning 3-1.

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AZ form and stats

Let's have a look at how AZ performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 28/24 goals scored/conceded.

The followers enjoyed AZ's previous fixture versus Dundee United, a Europa Conference League win (7-0) played at home. The attacker Pavlidis got a match rating of 9.91 in that game. Pavlidis scored two goals and hit six key passes.

Before that, AZ secured a home win against Go Ahead Eagles with the score 2-0.

A new game in only three days for AZ, the Europa Conference League home match versus Gil Vicente. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

AZ have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Sparta Rotterdam.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
1 goals
AZM. van Brederode
M. van Brederode
1 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 22%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Sparta Rotterdam Last season AZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
8 4   Won W   7 20
11 7   Drew D   4 7
15 6   Lost L   8 11
30 16   Scored S   31 75
48 21   Conceded C   29 50
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 84%
41% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 74%
21% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 21%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   79% 74%
21% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 13%
38% 29%   Failed to Score F T   21% 18%
 
3.4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.4
6.3 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.8
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.6 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   13 13.6
3.1 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.8
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 41%
 
13.9 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 10.3
5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.7

  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 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

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 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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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.