Eredivisie: Sparta Rotterdam - Vitesse preview and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sparta Rotterdam have their presumed home advantage while Vitesse are ahead 20 points in the Eredivisie table.

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. Vitesse have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Vitesse when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 18.

Vitesse are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Rotterdam here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Ahead of that match, Sparta Rotterdam won a home game hosting VVV-Venlo (2-0).

A decent goal production from Rotterdam in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Vitesse form and stats

7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Vitesse playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Vitesse go into this game after a win, the home game against PEC Zwolle that ended 2-1. Before that, Vitesse travelled to Feyenoord and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager T. Letsch when Idrissa Toure scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute. The end of the last match, against PEC Zwolle, was very satisfying as Idrissa Toure scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Vitesse has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. Vitesse have conceded 20 goals in 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

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Vitesse - Rotterdam 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rotterdam one win, two draws and Vitesse seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sparta RotterdamL. Thy
L. Thy
12 goals
VitesseA. Broja
A. Broja
10 goals
VitesseO. Darfalou
O. Darfalou
8 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Rotterdam Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
11 5 0 Won W 2 7 18
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
13 7 3 Lost L 1 6 7
44 27 7 Scored S 5 23 48
47 27 12 Conceded C 3 20 29
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
81% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 74%
39% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 60% 48%
29% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 26%
23% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
48% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 55%
26% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 39%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 13% 16%
 
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 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
12.9 14.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 15.7 14.7
4.3 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.6 4.6
33% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 34%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Ajax 31 25 4 2 93 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 72 79
2 PSV 31 19 8 4 67 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 65
3 AZ Alkmaar 31 19 7 5 69 41 15 10 2 3 33 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 28 64
4 Vitesse 31 18 6 7 48 29 16 11 4 1 25 9 15 7 2 6 23 20 19 60
5 Feyenoord 31 15 10 6 60 32 15 8 6 1 32 10 16 7 4 5 28 22 28 55
6 FC Utrecht 31 13 11 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 15 7 5 3 25 16 11 50
7 FC Groningen 31 13 7 11 36 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 15 6 2 7 19 23 0 46
8 Heracles 31 12 6 13 40 46 16 8 3 5 28 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -6 42
9 Sparta Rotterdam 31 11 7 13 44 47 15 5 3 7 27 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 -3 40
10 Fortuna Sittard 31 12 4 15 46 52 16 5 2 9 24 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -6 40
11 SC Heerenveen 31 9 11 11 41 44 15 6 4 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 38
12 FC Twente 31 9 10 12 43 45 15 3 5 7 19 22 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 37
13 PEC Zwolle 31 8 11 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 18 17 16 3 5 8 23 31 -7 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 6 8 17 28 48 16 4 4 8 19 24 15 2 4 9 9 24 -20 26
15 Willem II 31 6 7 18 34 64 15 5 2 8 20 30 16 1 5 10 14 34 -30 25
16 FC Emmen 31 5 9 17 33 63 15 3 4 8 23 36 16 2 5 9 10 27 -30 24
17 VVV-Venlo 31 6 4 21 39 81 15 3 3 9 17 39 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 22
18 ADO Den Haag 31 3 10 18 25 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 15 2 4 9 9 35 -44 19

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 Ajax 31 25 4 2 93 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 72 79
2 PSV 31 19 8 4 67 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 65
3 AZ Alkmaar 31 19 7 5 69 41 15 10 2 3 33 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 28 64
4 Vitesse 31 18 6 7 48 29 16 11 4 1 25 9 15 7 2 6 23 20 19 60
5 Feyenoord 31 15 10 6 60 32 15 8 6 1 32 10 16 7 4 5 28 22 28 55
6 FC Utrecht 31 13 11 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 15 7 5 3 25 16 11 50
7 FC Groningen 31 13 7 11 36 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 15 6 2 7 19 23 0 46
8 Heracles 31 12 6 13 40 46 16 8 3 5 28 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -6 42
9 Sparta Rotterdam 31 11 7 13 44 47 15 5 3 7 27 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 -3 40
10 Fortuna Sittard 31 12 4 15 46 52 16 5 2 9 24 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -6 40
11 SC Heerenveen 31 9 11 11 41 44 15 6 4 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 38
12 FC Twente 31 9 10 12 43 45 15 3 5 7 19 22 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 37
13 PEC Zwolle 31 8 11 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 18 17 16 3 5 8 23 31 -7 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 6 8 17 28 48 16 4 4 8 19 24 15 2 4 9 9 24 -20 26
15 Willem II 31 6 7 18 34 64 15 5 2 8 20 30 16 1 5 10 14 34 -30 25
16 FC Emmen 31 5 9 17 33 63 15 3 4 8 23 36 16 2 5 9 10 27 -30 24
17 VVV-Venlo 31 6 4 21 39 81 15 3 3 9 17 39 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 22
18 ADO Den Haag 31 3 10 18 25 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 15 2 4 9 9 35 -44 19

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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.