The manager Steijn wants to incite Sparta Rotterdam triumph vs SC Cambuur

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

We are looking at a noteworthy difference in form between these teams based on the league table so far, with Sparta Rotterdam in front of SC Cambuur by 37 points.

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For SC Cambuur it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

This promises to be an interesting fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The complete Eredivisie statistics playing at home this season for Sparta Rotterdam are 9-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Rotterdam lost their last game at FC Volendam (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak for Sparta Rotterdam in their last match as FC Volendam's Mbuyamba scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Saito, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Saito scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against PSV that was lost 0-1.

Goal party? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has contained three goals or more.

The Sparta Rotterdam fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 16 league matches. Rotterdam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

There's been little loot from SC Cambuur's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the Eredivisie. SC Cambuur only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. Football is a nightmare at the moment for SC Cambuur who have suffered through a eight match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.

Paulissen was the last player to score for the away team. SC Cambuur haven't scored a league goal in the last 472 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for SC Cambuur, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Vitesse (placed 13th). Defender Tol was the best team player with a rating of 7.03. Tol won 2 of 7 duels.

A 0-3 loss hosting FC Utrecht before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cambuur played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SC Cambuur as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SC Cambuur has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past result between these teams is the SC Cambuur - Sparta Rotterdam 0-3 played not long ago this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Rotterdam won five games, two matches ended with a draw and SC Cambuur got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

Sparta RotterdamT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
11 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
10 goals
Sparta RotterdamA. Verschueren
A. Verschueren
8 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Sparta Rotterdam SC Cambuur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
15 9 5 Won W 0 2 4
8 2 0 Drew D 0 4 4
9 5 0 Lost L 5 10 24
51 28 13 Scored S 3 11 21
36 17 3 Conceded C 16 32 65
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
72% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 69%
59% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 59%
41% 44% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 25%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 19%
44% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 31%
41% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 19%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 62%
 
4.2 4.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.6 4.3
5.4 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8.1 6.3
1.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.2 12.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.4 11
4.6 4.8 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.8 3.4
35% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 18% 19%
 
15.6 15.1 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 22 16.9 16.2
4.8 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.8 6.4 6.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the worst goal difference (-44) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have scored more than double the goals of SC Cambuur.

  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 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
4 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 31 4 6 21 29 61 15 3 3 9 18 26 16 1 3 12 11 35 -32 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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.