Eredivisie prediction and preview: Willem II modest favorites to beat Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 13.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Willem II hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 15th position in the Eredivisie table. Visiting Sparta Rotterdam holds 9th place with 12 pts.

Insights:
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Eredivisie

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

This pitch has grass, which is not Sparta Rotterdam's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Sparta Rotterdam have performed like this: Played 23 matches resulting in 3 wins, 5 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 22-47 (scored/conceded).

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II have played 5 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Willem in their previous match, an away game at Fortuna Sittard that ended in defeat 2-3. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Groningen (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Willem handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vitesse are coming to town in four days.

The Willem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Willem have conceded 11 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sparta Rotterdam in their Eredivisie matches away.

Sparta Rotterdam are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eredivisie against FC Emmen (placed 18th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting PSV's place.

We have checked recent matches where Rotterdam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, zero draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rotterdam struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Willem won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Sparta Rotterdam has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Sparta RotterdamL. Thy
L. Thy
6 goals
Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
5 goals
Sparta RotterdamA. Harroui
A. Harroui
5 goals

Willem II missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Willem II Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 5 11
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 3 0 Lost L 0 3 5
11 8 0 Scored S 0 3 17
21 11 0 Conceded C 0 8 19
91% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
82% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
64% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 45%
36% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
45% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 45%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.4 10.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.4 11.5
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 4.5
31% 53% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 35%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of Willem II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Sparta Rotterdam has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sparta Rotterdam have scored away.
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 11 9 0 2 43 7 6 5 0 1 21 6 5 4 0 1 22 1 36 27
2 Vitesse 11 8 1 2 21 8 5 5 0 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 9 6 13 25
3 PSV 11 7 3 1 23 8 5 5 0 0 12 1 6 2 3 1 11 7 15 24
4 Feyenoord 11 6 5 0 23 11 6 2 4 0 9 5 5 4 1 0 14 6 12 23
5 FC Twente 11 6 3 2 23 12 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 3 1 1 11 6 11 21
6 FC Groningen 11 6 2 3 13 12 6 3 2 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 1 20
7 SC Heerenveen 11 5 4 2 20 15 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 19
8 AZ 10 4 5 1 22 15 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 3 0 14 10 7 17
9 Sparta Rotterdam 11 3 3 5 17 19 6 2 2 2 14 11 5 1 1 3 3 8 -2 12
10 FC Utrecht 10 2 6 2 11 14 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 4 1 4 7 -3 12
11 PEC Zwolle 11 2 6 3 14 18 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 0 4 1 7 11 -4 12
12 RKC Waalwijk 11 3 3 5 11 18 6 1 3 2 7 9 5 2 0 3 4 9 -7 12
13 Heracles 11 2 3 6 11 21 5 2 1 2 8 5 6 0 2 4 3 16 -10 9
14 VVV-Venlo 11 2 3 6 18 33 5 1 2 2 7 20 6 1 1 4 11 13 -15 9
15 Willem II 11 2 2 7 11 21 5 2 0 3 8 11 6 0 2 4 3 10 -10 8
16 Fortuna Sittard 11 1 3 7 15 29 6 1 2 3 11 16 5 0 1 4 4 13 -14 6
17 ADO Den Haag 11 1 3 7 10 28 5 0 2 3 5 10 6 1 1 4 5 18 -18 6
18 FC Emmen 11 0 3 8 12 29 5 0 2 3 8 16 6 0 1 5 4 13 -17 3

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.