Match preview Eredivisie: Sparta Rotterdam - PEC Zwolle at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Sparta Rotterdam fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against PEC Zwolle.

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sparta Rotterdam and PEC Zwolle 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.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 12 points collected from 13 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-7.

Rotterdam manager H. Fraser and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Heracles (placed 9th) in the Eredivisie. Before that, Rotterdam had a home game versus RKC Waalwijk which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 ten games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost two.

Rotterdam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 22 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rotterdam defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for PEC Zwolle so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Zwolle's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Zwolle are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eredivisie against VVV-Venlo (placed 16th). A 0-2 loss hosting Ajax before that.

PEC Zwolle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

PEC Zwolle are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). The PEC Zwolle manager B. Konterman has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam and PEC Zwolle have met before this season: PEC Zwolle - Rotterdam 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Rotterdam victories, two draws and six PEC Zwolle wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sparta RotterdamL. Thy
L. Thy
10 goals
PEC ZwolleR. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
6 goals
RotterdamA. Harroui
A. Harroui
5 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

Sparta Rotterdam PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
8 3 3 Won W 0 2 6
7 3 0 Drew D 2 5 11
12 7 1 Lost L 2 6 10
37 22 10 Scored S 7 18 35
42 25 3 Conceded C 12 26 43
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
78% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 85%
37% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 52%
30% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 54% 37%
22% 38% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 15%
48% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 59%
26% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 15%
30% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1 1.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
12.9 14.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 12.4 13.1
4.3 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 4.1
32% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 37% 31%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 26 21 3 2 83 19 13 11 1 1 43 12 13 10 2 1 40 7 64 66
2 PSV 27 16 7 4 59 30 13 10 2 1 29 9 14 6 5 3 30 21 29 55
3 AZ Alkmaar 27 16 7 4 63 38 14 9 2 3 31 18 13 7 5 1 32 20 25 55
4 Vitesse 27 16 4 7 44 27 14 10 3 1 23 8 13 6 1 6 21 19 17 52
5 Feyenoord 27 13 9 5 54 28 13 7 5 1 30 10 14 6 4 4 24 18 26 48
6 FC Groningen 27 12 7 8 34 31 14 7 5 2 16 9 13 5 2 6 18 22 3 43
7 FC Utrecht 26 10 10 6 40 33 14 5 6 3 22 20 12 5 4 3 18 13 7 40
8 FC Twente 27 9 10 8 41 37 13 3 5 5 17 18 14 6 5 3 24 19 4 37
9 Heracles 27 10 6 11 31 40 14 6 3 5 20 15 13 4 3 6 11 25 -9 36
10 SC Heerenveen 27 8 10 9 36 38 13 6 4 3 20 12 14 2 6 6 16 26 -2 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 10 4 13 39 47 14 4 2 8 20 27 13 6 2 5 19 20 -8 34
12 Sparta Rotterdam 27 8 7 12 37 42 13 3 3 7 22 25 14 5 4 5 15 17 -5 31
13 PEC Zwolle 27 6 11 10 35 43 14 4 6 4 17 17 13 2 5 6 18 26 -8 29
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 8 13 26 40 14 4 4 6 18 20 13 2 4 7 8 20 -14 26
15 Willem II 27 5 7 15 31 56 13 4 2 7 19 29 14 1 5 8 12 27 -25 22
16 VVV-Venlo 27 6 4 17 39 72 13 3 3 7 17 36 14 3 1 10 22 36 -33 22
17 FC Emmen 27 2 9 16 24 56 13 1 4 8 17 34 14 1 5 8 7 22 -32 15
18 ADO Den Haag 27 2 9 16 21 60 13 0 6 7 12 25 14 2 3 9 9 35 -39 15

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.