Sparta Rotterdam and Heracles regulars look forward to Eredivisie meet at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel

Sparta Rotterdam and Heracles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

In the previous season, Sparta Rotterdam's league results were 13 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 8th place in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and gave away 48. Appearing as the host team in the last season Sparta Rotterdam generated 6-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 27 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Sparta Rotterdam's attacking players as they have now played 254 minutes without scoring in a league game. W. Burger was their last goal scorer.

Rotterdam faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Utrecht (0-4). Lennart Thy, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.15 (out of 10). Thy hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. As you see from the result above, Sparta Rotterdam suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Heartbreak before that as Rotterdam lost 0-2 at Feyenoord's place.

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 Rotterdam have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost two.

Heracles form and stats

Let's have a look at how Heracles performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 13/37 goals scored/conceded.

S. Bakis was the last player to score for the away team. Heracles haven't scored a league goal in the last 202 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Heracles in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting PSV, 0-2. Defender Mats Knoester was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Knoester won 6 of 6 duels.

A 0-5 defeat away at AZ before that.

We have checked recent matches where Heracles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, three draws and one defeat.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these sides: Rotterdam won three, Heracles triumphed in three and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Heracles missing players