It's advantage Sparta Rotterdam so far, with the 6th spot in the Eredivisie table and welcoming RKC Waalwijk (who are in 12th).
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Sparta Rotterdam have less rest than RKC Waalwijk in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at SC Cambuur.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel as Sparta Rotterdam have scored 18 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sparta Rotterdam are confident in defense, having played 297 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Rotterdam in their previous game, a fixture away at SC Cambuur (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Mijnans (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.74/10. Mijnans signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Sparta Rotterdam won a home game hosting Excelsior (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sparta Rotterdam handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rotterdam as they are travelling to their away game against NEC in the Eredivisie. That match is four days after this one.
Sparta Rotterdam have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in RKC Waalwijk's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There might be some fixture complaints from RKC Waalwijk as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against FC Volendam. Seuntjens, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Seuntjens scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs SC Heerenveen.Waalwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The RKC Waalwijk manager Oosting has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled previously this season: RKC Waalwijk - Sparta Rotterdam 2-2. Rotterdam-RKC Waalwijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sparta Rotterdam six wins, RKC Waalwijk one win, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 7 goals |  A. Verschueren 6 goals |  T. Lauritsen 6 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 26 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 71% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 59% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 41% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 47% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 12.6 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 14.5 | 14.6 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 25.5 | 19.2 | 16.1 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RKC Waalwijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored away.
- 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 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | AZ | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Ajax | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 19 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
