Another fun-filled match as Sparta Rotterdam host FC Twente

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Thu 08.June
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Welcome to the show! The leading roles are Sparta Rotterdam and FC Twente, victory is the target and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Eredivisie

Rotterdam is in the 6th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. FC Twente have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 5th place no matter what happens. One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting FC Twente 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 6-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

It's no vacation for neither Sparta Rotterdam nor FC Twente 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.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam at their home stadium (Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel) is 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The Rotterdam crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to FC Utrecht (after extra-time) here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. The first loss after collecting points in three league matches. The versatile forward van Crooij outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Crooij hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting FC Utrecht.

Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league games with this team has contained three or more goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sparta Rotterdam as they are travelling to their away game against FC Twente in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Sparta Rotterdam in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. On the other hand, Rotterdam have conceded 18 goals.

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FC Twente form and stats

Playing away, FC Twente have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sparta Rotterdam.

The followers enjoyed FC Twente's previous match versus SC Heerenveen, a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, FC Twente was very dominant against SC Heerenveen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Misidjan, Vlap, Pröpper and Brenet providing the goals. Černý got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Černý signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against SC Heerenveen with the score of 2-1.

Observe that 12 of this team's 14 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

A new game in only three days for FC Twente, the Eredivisie home match versus Sparta Rotterdam. Busy days.

Twente have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Twente are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

FC Twente have won at least one point in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) facing Sparta Rotterdam.

This duo played each other earlier this campaign: FC Twente - Rotterdam 3-3. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Sambo (Sparta Rotterdam).

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
14 goals
Sparta RotterdamT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
13 goals
RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
12 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
18 10 0 Won W 0 6 20
8 2 0 Drew D 2 6 10
10 6 4 Lost L 2 6 6
62 32 3 Scored S 2 22 72
39 19 8 Conceded C 6 17 28
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 94%
72% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 83%
61% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 39% 58%
42% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 28%
14% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 39%
39% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 39% 50%
28% 28% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 17%
 
4.4 4.4 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.2 6.4
5.4 4.6 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.9 4.4
1.3 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.8 12.9 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 16.4 17.7
4.8 4.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 5.1 5.9
36% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 34%
 
15.6 14.8 21.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.5 11
4.8 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.3 3.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (27) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (18) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie

  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 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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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.