6th position in the Eredivisie table for Sparta Rotterdam right now, a competent showing. The home team followers hope for more glory as 11th-placed Fortuna Sittard visit Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.
- 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 Fortuna Sittard have scored away.
Sparta Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. Fortuna Sittard 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 Fortuna Sittard when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from twelve matches. They have scored {21 goals} in these games and conceded 14.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. After failing to beat Ajax here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Sparta Rotterdam faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Utrecht (1-3). The first defeat after collecting points in four league fixtures. Olij had a busy but productive day in the FC Utrecht match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The forward Mijnans bettered all teammates in that game and managed a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Mijnans hit three key passes.
In the game before, a strong away win at OFC Oostzaan. A KNVB Beker game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sparta Rotterdam have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Rotterdam are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Fortuna Sittard are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Feyenoord (placed 3rd). Pandur had red hot gloves after the game against Feyenoord, shaping the outcome of the game with ten saves made.
A loss, in the KNVB Beker away at NEC, earlier. We have checked recent matches where Fortuna Sittard have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Fortuna have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Sparta Rotterdam, four draws and two wins for Fortuna Sittard. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 5 goals |   B. Yılmaz 4 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 10 | 7.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 12.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 4 |
| 33% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 32% |
| 14.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 25 | 20.6 | 18.3 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
- All of Fortuna Sittard's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Fortuna Sittard have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Sittard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 Fortuna Sittard 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 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | AZ | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 13 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | NEC | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 6 |
