Delightful dogfight as daring Sparta Rotterdam duel with determined SC Cambuur

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

This is it, this is Eredivisie and this is Sparta Rotterdam - SC Cambuur. Get our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game at home.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sparta Rotterdam and SC Cambuur.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Eredivisie games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.

Rotterdam travelled for their previous game, a trip to PEC Zwolle that ended 1-1. Midfield player Mohammed Osman got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Osman hit one key pass.

Before that, Sparta Rotterdam drew at home versus NEC.

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 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn five and lost one.

Sparta Rotterdam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 5 goals in 3 league matches. On the other hand, Rotterdam have conceded 3 goals.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

No Eredivisie points yet away for SC Cambuur, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, SC Cambuur are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Michael Breij and Mees Hoedemakers scored in SC Cambuur's previous match, the home game against Heracles that ended 2-1. Sonny Stevens was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.44. The agile goalkeeper Stevens stopped the opponent with four saves.

Prior to that match, the Cambuur manager H. de Jong faced defeat when travelling to Ajax and losing 0-9.

Cambuur are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

It's early days yet, but SC Cambuur has scored 1 and conceded 13 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Rotterdam won five games, one match ended in a draw and SC Cambuur have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3 goals
SC CambuurT. Boere
T. Boere
2 goals
Sparta RotterdamB. Vriends
B. Vriends
1 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Sparta Rotterdam SC Cambuur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 2 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 5 1 Scored S 0 1 11
10 3 1 Conceded C 0 13 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 17%
 
3.8 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3
5.7 6.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 7.5
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 12.2
2.8 3.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 5
35% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 37%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of SC Cambuur's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • All of Sparta Rotterdam's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SC Cambuur have lost all their away matches so far.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (13) away in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SC Cambuur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 5 1 0 27 1 3 3 0 0 19 0 3 2 1 0 8 1 26 16
2 PSV 6 5 0 1 16 8 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 7 1 8 15
3 Willem II 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 13
4 Feyenoord 5 4 0 1 14 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 9 3 10 12
5 FC Utrecht 6 3 2 1 12 4 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 8 11
6 FC Twente 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 10
7 SC Heerenveen 6 3 1 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 10
8 SC Cambuur 6 3 0 3 11 18 4 3 0 1 10 5 2 0 0 2 1 13 -7 9
9 Vitesse 6 3 0 3 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 4 3 0 1 4 6 -8 9
10 NEC 6 2 2 2 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 6 -5 8
11 Go Ahead Eagles 6 2 0 4 6 10 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 7 -4 6
12 Sparta Rotterdam 6 1 3 2 6 10 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -4 6
13 RKC Waalwijk 6 1 2 3 9 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 2 1 6 7 -2 5
14 FC Groningen 6 1 2 3 6 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 8 -4 5
15 Heracles 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 4
16 Fortuna Sittard 5 1 1 3 5 12 3 1 1 1 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 -7 4
17 AZ Alkmaar 5 1 0 4 6 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 3 6 8 -5 3
18 PEC Zwolle 6 0 1 5 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 1

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.