Sparta Rotterdam vs AZ Preview & Prediction 30 Apr 2022

A brief glance at the Eredivisie standings hint of an advantage to AZ when they arrive at Sparta Rotterdam. Nevertheless; let's wait for the game before we elect a winner!

Insights:

Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (22) in Eredivisie
AZ have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Eredivisie

It should be mentioned that AZ play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for AZ on artifical turf are 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

This promises to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 15 points collected from 15 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-6-6.

No payout for Sparta Rotterdam in their previous match, an away game at FC Twente that ended in defeat 0-2.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Vitesse with a 1-0 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rotterdam here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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AZ form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, AZ have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far.

The regulars enjoyed AZ's previous match versus SC Heerenveen (placed 11th), a 2-1 win played at home. Reijnders came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against SC Heerenveen last time out, making the manager Jansen feel like a tactical genius. Karlsson got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Karlsson scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

Prior to that match, the AZ manager Jansen faced defeat when travelling to PEC Zwolle and losing 1-2.

The travelling fans enjoy AZ's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 15 league matches away. AZ have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest past result involving both these participants is the AZ - Rotterdam 3-1 played not long ago this season. Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Sparta Rotterdam, three draws and six wins for AZ. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

J. Karlsson

15 goals

V. Pavlidis

12 goals

D. de Wit

7 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Sparta Rotterdam				AZ
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
30	15	5	Played	P	5	15	30
5	3	0	Won	W	1	7	18
10	6	1	Drew	D	1	2	4
15	6	4	Lost	L	3	6	8
22	13	3	Scored	S	7	25	58
45	20	7	Conceded	C	9	21	36
93%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	93%	93%
70%	67%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	80%	80%
40%	33%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	80%	73%	73%
20%	20%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	40%	47%	43%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	13%	20%
43%	53%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	73%	70%
20%	13%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	7%	13%
43%	33%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	27%	23%

3.5	4.1	4.2	Corners for (avg)	C F	6	5.3	5.4
6	5.1	7.2	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.6	4.5	3.6
1.8	1.6	2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.4	1.9	1.6
3	2	1	Red cards	R C	1	1	1

9.7	11.6	9.4	Shots (avg)	S (	15.2	13	13.4
3.1	3.8	3.6	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.2	4.5	4.9
24%	23%	17%	Goal Efficiency	G E	33%	37%	39%

12.9	10.2	13	Shots against (avg)	S A	10.8	12.3	10.1
5.1	4.5	6	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	4.6	4.6	3.8

Sparta Rotterdam			First Half	AZ
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
30	15	5	Played	P	5	15	30
6	3	1	Won	W	1	3	8
13	8	2	Drew	D	2	8	16
11	4	2	Lost	L	2	4	6
13	7	1	Scored	S	3	12	28
19	8	3	Conceded	C	4	11	20
70%	67%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	73%	77%
33%	33%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	53%	57%
3%	0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	20%	20%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	7%	7%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
17%	20%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	47%	43%
50%	53%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	40%	43%
63%	60%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	40%	37%

Sparta Rotterdam			Second Half	AZ
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
30	15	5	Played	P	5	15	30
5	3	1	Won	W	1	6	17
10	6	1	Drew	D	2	4	5
15	6	3	Lost	L	2	5	8
9	6	2	Scored	S	4	13	30
26	12	4	Conceded	C	5	10	16
73%	73%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	87%	90%
33%	40%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	47%	40%
10%	7%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	20%	23%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
10%	13%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	33%	23%
43%	47%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	47%	57%
73%	67%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	33%	30%

Key stats in Eredivisie this season:

AZ have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
AZ have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (22) in Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

		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	30	24	3	3	86	15	15	12	1	2	54	8	15	12	2	1	32	7	71	75
2	PSV	30	23	2	5	75	35	15	12	0	3	42	18	15	11	2	2	33	17	40	71
3	Feyenoord	29	19	4	6	67	28	14	10	2	2	34	12	15	9	2	4	33	16	39	61
4	FC Twente	30	18	7	5	48	33	15	9	5	1	24	11	15	9	2	4	24	22	15	61
5	AZ	30	18	4	8	58	36	15	11	2	2	33	15	15	7	2	6	25	21	22	58
6	Vitesse	29	13	5	11	35	44	15	6	2	7	17	25	14	7	3	4	18	19	-9	44
7	FC Utrecht	29	11	9	9	46	38	15	7	5	3	29	18	14	4	4	6	17	20	8	42
8	FC Groningen	29	9	9	11	37	43	14	4	6	4	15	15	15	5	3	7	22	28	-6	36
9	Go Ahead Eagles	29	10	6	13	35	43	15	7	1	7	24	21	14	3	5	6	11	22	-8	36
10	NEC	30	9	8	13	35	47	15	2	5	8	12	21	15	7	3	5	23	26	-12	35
11	SC Heerenveen	30	9	7	14	29	40	15	5	2	8	17	22	15	4	5	6	12	18	-11	34
12	SC Cambuur	30	10	3	17	45	63	15	5	1	9	27	33	15	5	2	8	18	30	-18	33
13	Heracles	29	8	6	15	30	41	15	7	4	4	20	17	14	1	2	11	10	24	-11	30
14	RKC Waalwijk	30	6	10	14	31	48	15	4	3	8	12	24	15	2	7	6	19	24	-17	28
15	PEC Zwolle	30	7	5	18	24	44	15	3	4	8	11	17	15	4	1	10	13	27	-20	26
16	Fortuna Sittard	29	7	5	17	30	61	14	5	2	7	17	26	15	2	3	10	13	35	-31	26
17	Sparta Rotterdam	30	5	10	15	22	45	15	3	6	6	13	20	15	2	4	9	9	25	-23	25
18	Willem II	29	6	5	18	23	52	14	4	3	7	12	20	15	2	2	11	11	32	-29	23

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	30	24	3	3	86	15	15	12	1	2	54	8	15	12	2	1	32	7	71	75
2	PSV	30	23	2	5	75	35	15	12	0	3	42	18	15	11	2	2	33	17	40	71
3	Feyenoord	29	19	4	6	67	28	14	10	2	2	34	12	15	9	2	4	33	16	39	61
4	FC Twente	30	18	7	5	48	33	15	9	5	1	24	11	15	9	2	4	24	22	15	61
5	AZ	30	18	4	8	58	36	15	11	2	2	33	15	15	7	2	6	25	21	22	58
6	Vitesse	29	13	5	11	35	44	15	6	2	7	17	25	14	7	3	4	18	19	-9	44
7	FC Utrecht	29	11	9	9	46	38	15	7	5	3	29	18	14	4	4	6	17	20	8	42
8	FC Groningen	29	9	9	11	37	43	14	4	6	4	15	15	15	5	3	7	22	28	-6	36
9	Go Ahead Eagles	29	10	6	13	35	43	15	7	1	7	24	21	14	3	5	6	11	22	-8	36
10	NEC	30	9	8	13	35	47	15	2	5	8	12	21	15	7	3	5	23	26	-12	35
11	SC Heerenveen	30	9	7	14	29	40	15	5	2	8	17	22	15	4	5	6	12	18	-11	34
12	SC Cambuur	30	10	3	17	45	63	15	5	1	9	27	33	15	5	2	8	18	30	-18	33
13	Heracles	29	8	6	15	30	41	15	7	4	4	20	17	14	1	2	11	10	24	-11	30
14	RKC Waalwijk	30	6	10	14	31	48	15	4	3	8	12	24	15	2	7	6	19	24	-17	28
15	PEC Zwolle	30	7	5	18	24	44	15	3	4	8	11	17	15	4	1	10	13	27	-20	26
16	Fortuna Sittard	29	7	5	17	30	61	14	5	2	7	17	26	15	2	3	10	13	35	-31	26
17	Sparta Rotterdam	30	5	10	15	22	45	15	3	6	6	13	20	15	2	4	9	9	25	-23	25
18	Willem II	29	6	5	18	23	52	14	4	3	7	12	20	15	2	2	11	11	32	-29	23