Go Ahead Eagles know they will have a demanding journey to Sparta Rotterdam and their Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. This guide has all the information you need ahead of the fixture.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (18) in Eredivisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It should be mentioned that Go Ahead Eagles play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Go Ahead Eagles on artifical turf are 11 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 34-18. You can compare this with overall results below.
This promises to be an interesting match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 11 points collected from 13 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-6.
The Sparta Rotterdam crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to PSV here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. The attacker Thy won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sparta Rotterdam with the rating of 7.4/10. Thy scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Willem II.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotterdam handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and one defeat.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sparta Rotterdam here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). Rotterdam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
There's been little loot from Go Ahead Eagles's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Eredivisie. Go Ahead Eagles only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.
Go Ahead Eagles played 1-1 against FC Utrecht in their previous match.
We have checked recent matches where Eagles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Go Ahead Eagles as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Go Ahead Eagles rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the result Go Ahead Eagles - Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rotterdam five wins, one draw and Go Ahead Eagles four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Córdoba Kerejeta 8 goals |  L. Brouwers 7 goals |   B. Vriends 3 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 18 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 37 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 42 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 74% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 43% | 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 26% | 23% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 48% | 54% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 43% | 38% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 36% |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.7 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 23% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 30% |
| 12.4 | 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 20.2 | 17.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (18) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Eredivisie
- 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 65 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 27 |
| 12 | Heracles | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
