Eredivisie duel: Close contest expected between Sparta Rotterdam and SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

It's looking good for Sparta Rotterdam so far, with the 5th position in the Eredivisie table and eagerly waiting for SC Heerenveen (who are placed 8th).

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not SC Heerenveen's everyday surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf SC Heerenveen have performed like this: Played nine matches earning 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats with the goal numbers 11-4 (scored/conceded).

Sparta Rotterdam and SC Heerenveen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam at their home stadium (Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel) is 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

A strong away win for Sparta Rotterdam against AZ the last match, as Lauritsen were on target. Eerdhuijzen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Eerdhuijzen won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Rotterdam lost 1-3 at home to Feyenoord.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sparta Rotterdam perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sparta Rotterdam as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Sparta Rotterdam has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Rotterdam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Sparta Rotterdam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

van Hooijdonk (2) scored in Heerenveen's previous match, the home game against FC Volendam that ended 2-1. Which player has bagged at least one goal four games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is van Hooijdonk and that is impressive stuff! Midfield player Haye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Haye hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 65 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AZ that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by SC Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for SC Heerenveen, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

SC Heerenveen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing SC Heerenveen.

SC Heerenveen - Rotterdam 0-0 was the output when these participants last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
13 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
9 goals
Sparta RotterdamT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
9 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
14 8 3 Won W 0 5 10
7 2 1 Drew D 3 6 8
7 4 1 Lost L 1 3 10
43 24 7 Scored S 4 17 34
30 16 5 Conceded C 9 15 38
86% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 82%
71% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 71%
57% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 54%
39% 43% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 29%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 14%
43% 57% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 54%
43% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 43% 29%
29% 21% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
4.1 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4 4.5
5 4.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 9.8 5.9 5.4
1.1 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.5 13.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.9 13.1
4.8 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.5
32% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 27%
 
15.4 14.8 14.6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 13.6 12.7
4.6 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie

  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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
3 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
6 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

Table
  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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
3 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
6 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

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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.