The season is still fairly new and the Eredivisie table has to be read with caution. So far Sparta Rotterdam find themselves in 17th position and Heracles are placed 13th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Two Eredivisie home games so far for Sparta Rotterdam, who are yet to win here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. Only 1 point so far.
Rotterdam manager H. Fraser and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Feyenoord (placed 4th) in the Eredivisie. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 4-4 versus AZ Alkmaar.
The manager H. Fraser will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to ADO Den Haag in only three days.
Sparta Rotterdam has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Heracles form and stats
It's not happening yet for Heracles on their Eredivisie travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Heracles are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Heracles have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 239 minutes ago. R. Vloet was the goal scorer.
Heracles might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. RKC Waalwijk proved too strong as Heracles slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Polman Stadion. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vitesse wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Telstar in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Heracles has scored 0 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sparta Rotterdam won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Heracles has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Thy 2 goals |   R. Vloet 2 goals |  D. Abels 1 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Heracles missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Heracles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | 31 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 62 |
| 19 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 26% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- All of Heracles's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Heracles has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Eredivisie
- Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Heracles have failed to score a single goal away.
- Heracles have lost all their away matches so far.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam has the most conceded goals (12) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sparta Rotterdam have yet to win a game.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Sparta Rotterdam | Last season | Heracles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 30 | Scored | S | 9 | 40 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 77% | ||
| 69% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 42% | ||
| 42% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 38% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 23% | ||
| 62% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 46% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 322 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 327 | ||
| 98 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 120 | ||
| 42% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Ajax | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Willem II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |