Receiving guests at their own home is comfortable and good for Sparta Rotterdam, but FC Twente are fully motivated and qualified to go home as winners. Who will win?
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
4 - 3 - 8 with 16-24. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FC Twente when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FC Twente play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
With 1 Eredivisie win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Sparta Rotterdam are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Sparta Rotterdam enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Willem II's place. The match ended 3-0 with Bart Vriends (2) and Emanuel Emegha scoring. Defender Bart Vriends got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.81/10. Vriends scored two goals and won 9 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Feyenoord with the scoreline 0-1.Rotterdam has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
FC Twente form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Twente have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.
Twente are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Eredivisie against Heracles (placed 14th). Giovanni Troupee was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.55. The defender Troupee hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting PSV's place.Twente are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. For Twente, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Sparta Rotterdam, two draws and four wins for FC Twente. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pröpper 4 goals |  R. van Wolfswinkel 4 goals |   B. Vriends 3 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
FC Twente missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 12 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.2 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 46% | 37% |
| 13.3 | 10.5 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 14.8 | 11.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
- All of FC Twente's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 27 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Willem II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | AZ | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Heracles | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 4 |