Sparta Rotterdam have played excellent football this season, being 6th place in the table. Excelsior have an outlook both up and down the table from their 12th position.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (26) away in Eredivisie
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Sparta Rotterdam nor Excelsior as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel as Sparta Rotterdam have scored 17 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Rotterdam club members got no joy from their last fixture, a KNVB Beker duel also played here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel: A 1-2 defeat against PSV. Midfielder Verschueren was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.2 (out of ten) in that game. Verschueren scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Before that, Sparta Rotterdam played out a Eredivisie draw 0-0 when visiting PSV.The Sparta Rotterdam manager Steijn has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-1-6 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Dijkhuizen, the Excelsior manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a KNVB Beker home defeat versus AZ with 1-4 on the scoreboard. The attacker Kharchouch got a match rating of 7.22 in that game. Kharchouch scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against FC Groningen in the Eredivisie.Excelsior can't defend away. 26 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 15 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Excelsior have put together a sequence of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (7-3-0) when facing Rotterdam.Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 6 goals |  A. Verschueren 6 goals |  T. Lauritsen 5 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | 37 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 73% |
| 60% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 60% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 38% | 27% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 60% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 27% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 12.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.6 | 9.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 14.9 | 15.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 19.8 | 18.4 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12.3 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (26) away in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Excelsior have scored away.
- 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 | Feyenoord | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Ajax | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 31 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -20 | 16 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 8 |
