This season has been demanding for Sparta Rotterdam up to now, while PSV have enjoyed many victories. Will the away side take another scalp at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel?
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (17) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
7-2-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for PSV when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 25-8 (scored/conceded).
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Maccabi Tel Aviv. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. Sparta Rotterdam have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.
The Sparta Rotterdam fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Willem II and win 1-0. Durmisi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Durmisi hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Feyenoord.Sparta Rotterdam have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Rotterdam have conceded 17 goals.
PSV form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie. A great winning streak in away games for PSV as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the SC Heerenveen have they travelled home without three points.
Júnior, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Júnior hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.The schedule is very tough for PSV now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A KNVB Beker game at Go Ahead Eagles is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, PSV have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders played each other earlier this season; PSV - Sparta Rotterdam 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sparta Rotterdam one win, one draw and PSV eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gakpo 7 goals |  Y. Vertessen 6 goals |  E. Zahavi 5 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
PSV missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | 57 |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 41% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| 27% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 48% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 45% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 65% |
| 14% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 26% |
| 45% | 42% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 11.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 17 | 17.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 23% | 23% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | 36% |
| 12 | 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most scored goals (25) away in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (17) 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 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 65 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 51 |
| 4 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -9 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | NEC | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Heracles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
