The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sparta Rotterdam are in the 12th position while the guesting RKC Waalwijk worry at 14th.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
The hosts Rotterdam saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at VVV-Venlo.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam's struggle is real here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with only 9 points collected from 12 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7. Sparta Rotterdam are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, having lost their two previous games here.
It's back home for Sparta Rotterdam, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating VVV-Venlo away with the result 1-0. 1-1 away at FC Emmen before that.
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 nine games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost two.
Rotterdam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 20 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Rotterdam with 25 goals conceded in these matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. It's three draws from Waalwijk's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
RKC Waalwijk might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Utrecht proved too strong as RKC Waalwijk slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Mandemakers Stadion. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus ADO Den Haag that ended 0-0.
Late heartbreak for Waalwijk in the FC Utrecht match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
We have checked recent matches where Waalwijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, zero draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Waalwijk when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As for defending, Waalwijk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result RKC Waalwijk - Rotterdam 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rotterdam six wins, three draws and RKC Waalwijk one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Thy 9 goals |  A. Harroui 5 goals |   F. Stokkers 5 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 41 | 25 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 76% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 80% |
| 40% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 40% |
| 32% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 16% |
| 24% | 42% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 48% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | 52% |
| 24% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 20% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 13.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.3 | 11.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 22% | 23% |
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored 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 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 57 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 54 |
| 3 | AZ | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 49 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 46 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Heracles | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -10 | 32 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -30 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -27 | 18 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -32 | 13 |