Open game expected at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel: Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Utrecht preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 04.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

The league table tells us that 5 points split the pair of duelists in this Eredivisie game. Sparta Rotterdam have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Rotterdam are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 6th place whatever happens now. FC Utrecht have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 7th place no matter what happens. Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. FC Utrecht have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Utrecht when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from eleven matches. They have scored {22 goals} in these games and conceded 8.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam have played 17 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Sparta Rotterdam, who won 2-1 against FC Utrecht. Rotterdam goalkeeper Olij did an outstanding job against FC Utrecht with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory.

In the game before, an away victory match versus FC Groningen with a 5-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sparta Rotterdam have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 15 latest league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

A decent goal production from Rotterdam in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Playing away, FC Utrecht have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.

FC Utrecht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sparta Rotterdam that ended with defeat 1-2. Douvikas has scored at least one goal for this team five fixtures in a row. The skill! Midfielder Toornstra was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.24. Toornstra hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 55 successful passes (of 67 total).

Before that, FC Utrecht secured a home win against FC Emmen with the score 3-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 14 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

The Utrecht manager Silberbauer has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 17 league matches. The FC Utrecht manager Silberbauer has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht - Sparta Rotterdam 1-2 was the outcome when this pair of participants last met, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Rotterdam victory, one draw and eight FC Utrecht wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
20 goals
Sparta RotterdamT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
13 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
12 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
18 10 4 Won W 0 7 15
8 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
9 5 0 Lost L 4 6 11
62 32 11 Scored S 8 35 56
38 18 2 Conceded C 19 35 52
89% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
74% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 77%
63% 65% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 82% 63%
43% 47% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 59% 37%
14% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 14%
46% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 57%
40% 29% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 34%
26% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 17%
 
4.2 4.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.9 5.7
5.4 4.6 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.2 4.4
1.3 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 12.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 12.4 13.1
4.8 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 4.5 5.1
37% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 46% 31%
 
15.7 15.1 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 13.5 12.7
4.8 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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.