Sparta Rotterdam are opening their away dressing room to Willem II for another key game following their 0-4 result against 3rd-placed Feyenoord.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eredivisie
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Sparta Rotterdam's stadium, Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, has a artifical turf surface. Willem II 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 Willem II when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 15 matches. They have scored 25 goals in these games and conceded 31.
This could be an appealing game with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
With 1 Eredivisie win, 5 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Sparta Rotterdam are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Sparta Rotterdam hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, Go Ahead Eagles, PEC Zwolle and Heracles), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Sparta Rotterdam are slowly digging their own grave here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Fortuna Sittard match.
Dalmau was the last player to score a league goal for Rotterdam and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sparta Rotterdam haven't scored in 193 minutes.
Sparta Rotterdam lost their last game at Feyenoord (placed 3rd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Thy, a forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 6.84 (out of 10). Thy hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against FC Utrecht with the scoreline 0-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotterdam handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, five draws and one defeat.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sparta Rotterdam here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Willem II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Willem II so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Willem II, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Willem are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against RKC Waalwijk (placed 12th). Midfielder Svensson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Svensson signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus FC Twente.We have checked recent matches where Willem II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, two draws and five defeats.
Willem II find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Willem II have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the final score Willem II - Rotterdam 0-3 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Sparta Rotterdam wins - draws - Willem II wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nunnely 4 goals |   B. Vriends 3 goals |  S. Mijnans 3 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
Willem II missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 40 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 76% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 76% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 62% |
| 29% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 19% |
| 48% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 48% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 11.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 23% | 23% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 33% |
| 12.3 | 9.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.6 | 13.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest points (8) at home in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Willem II 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 59 | 51 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | AZ | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Willem II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 15 | Heracles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 16 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
