Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel: Sparta Rotterdam vs Vitesse Eredivisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sun 24.November
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Sparta Rotterdam will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Vitesse.

Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse 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.

Vitesse play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Vitesse when playing on artificial turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam at their home stadium (Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Sparta Rotterdam will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against SC Heerenveen (placed 8th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus PSV.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), Sparta Rotterdam's attacking play is working. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 10 from these games.

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Vitesse form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. It's a growing despair in Vitesse as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Vitesse failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs FC Groningen (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting FC Emmen's place.

Vitesse has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vitesse have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Sparta Rotterdam won 0, Vitesse won 7 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseB. Linssen
B. Linssen
7 goals
Sparta RotterdamM. Rayhi
M. Rayhi
5 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Vitesse missing players

Sparta Rotterdam Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
4 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 4
22 14 4 Scored S 1 10 24
24 10 8 Conceded C 1 9 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 77%
54% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 31%
23% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
77% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4 4.7 5.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.5
6.5 5.5 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.6
1.8 1.3 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.8
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Sparta Rotterdam's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Vitesse's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sparta Rotterdam
All EP ER ED CF KB
All Home Away Home vs top
20-10-19 ER FC Groningen 2 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam
27-10-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 2 FC Utrecht
30-10-19 KB Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 0 FC Volendam
02-11-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 2 PSV
09-11-19 ER SC Heerenveen 2 - 1 Sparta Rotterdam
24-11-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 16:45 Vitesse
30-11-19 ER Willem II 18:30 Sparta Rotterdam
08-12-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 16:45 Heracles
15-12-19 ER FC Emmen 12:15 Sparta Rotterdam
18-12-19 KB Willem II 19:45 Sparta Rotterdam
Vitesse
All Eredivisie Europa League KNVB Beker
All Home Away Away on artificial turf Away vs mid
19-10-19 ER VVV-Venlo 0 - 4 Vitesse
26-10-19 ER Vitesse 0 - 2 ADO Den Haag
29-10-19 KB Vitesse 2 - 0 Graafschap
03-11-19 ER FC Emmen 2 - 1 Vitesse
08-11-19 ER Vitesse 1 - 2 FC Groningen
24-11-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 16:45 Vitesse
29-11-19 ER SC Heerenveen 20:00 Vitesse
08-12-19 ER Vitesse 12:15 Feyenoord
14-12-19 ER FC Twente 20:45 Vitesse
17-12-19 KB Vitesse 19:45 ODIN '59

  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 13 11 2 0 43 9 6 6 0 0 24 1 7 5 2 0 19 8 34 35
2 AZ Alkmaar 13 9 2 2 31 8 7 5 1 1 19 5 6 4 1 1 12 3 23 29
3 PSV 13 7 3 3 29 17 6 4 1 1 16 8 7 3 2 2 13 9 12 24
4 FC Utrecht 13 7 2 4 28 18 6 5 0 1 18 4 7 2 2 3 10 14 10 23
5 Vitesse 13 7 2 4 24 19 7 4 1 2 14 10 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 23
6 Willem II 13 7 1 5 16 18 7 4 1 2 8 7 6 3 0 3 8 11 -2 22
7 Heracles 13 6 3 4 24 18 7 4 1 2 17 9 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 21
8 SC Heerenveen 13 5 6 2 20 14 7 2 5 0 7 5 6 3 1 2 13 9 6 21
9 FC Groningen 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 4 0 2 11 5 7 2 2 3 6 9 3 20
10 Feyenoord 13 5 5 3 25 24 7 3 3 1 15 12 6 2 2 2 10 12 1 20
11 FC Twente 13 5 3 5 23 24 7 3 2 2 15 11 6 2 1 3 8 13 -1 18
12 Sparta Rotterdam 13 4 4 5 22 24 6 3 1 2 14 10 7 1 3 3 8 14 -2 16
13 FC Emmen 13 4 1 8 16 28 7 4 1 2 13 9 6 0 0 6 3 19 -12 13
14 Fortuna Sittard 13 3 3 7 18 32 7 3 2 2 14 10 6 0 1 5 4 22 -14 12
15 ADO Den Haag 13 3 1 9 14 23 6 1 1 4 5 10 7 2 0 5 9 13 -9 10
16 PEC Zwolle 13 3 1 9 19 32 6 2 1 3 14 16 7 1 0 6 5 16 -13 10
17 VVV-Venlo 13 3 0 10 12 37 6 2 0 4 6 16 7 1 0 6 6 21 -25 9
18 RKC Waalwijk 13 1 1 11 14 36 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 0 1 6 9 24 -22 4

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