Sparta Rotterdam have delivered well so far this season, proven by 6th spot in the table. Go Ahead Eagles have a view both ways from their 12th position.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Go Ahead Eagles's everyday surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf Go Ahead Eagles have performed like this: Played 13 matches with the results 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats with the goal numbers 21-17 (scored/conceded).
The visiting Go Ahead Eagles played their last game only three days ago, a KNVB Beker match. That game, against ADO Den Haag, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Go Ahead Eagles.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. The last three games played by Sparta Rotterdam, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel after drawing with Fortuna Sittard (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Sparta Rotterdam's goalie Olij played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Fortuna Sittard with a stunning seven saves. The goalie Olij was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.53 out of ten. Olij topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Sparta Rotterdam played out a draw 1-1 when visiting NEC.Rotterdam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 18 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sparta Rotterdam have conceded only 8 goals.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Go Ahead Eagles so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Go Ahead Eagles are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away matches in a row for Go Ahead Eagles, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs ADO Den Haag in the KNVB Beker. Midfielder Rommens was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Rommens hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 67 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against NEC in the Eredivisie.Eagles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Go Ahead Eagles - Sparta Rotterdam 0-1. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Rotterdam won six games, one match ended with a draw and Go Ahead Eagles have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 7 goals |  A. Verschueren 7 goals |  T. Lauritsen 6 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 35 |
| 80% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 60% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 12.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 35% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | 41% |
| 15.1 | 14.4 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 15.6 | 14.3 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 5.3 |
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
