There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Eredivisie table so far. Here's the Willem II - Sparta Rotterdam latest:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Willem II and Sparta Rotterdam.
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 26 matches resulting in 4 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 27-53 (scored/conceded).
Willem II form and stats
4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Willem II so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Willem II Stadion after three straight home wins.
The Willem II supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie and win 4-0. Before that, Willem II played out a draw 3-3 when visiting ADO Den Haag.
As mentioned above, Willem II "killed" Sparta Rotterdam in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Willem II have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The Willem II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Willem II have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sparta Rotterdam so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sparta Rotterdam's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away games in a row for Sparta Rotterdam, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Willem II in the Eredivisie. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Vitesse.
Sparta Rotterdam lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have checked recent matches where Sparta Rotterdam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W0-D1-L2.
Sparta Rotterdam are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). The Sparta Rotterdam manager H. Fraser has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Willem II - Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Willem II, 2 draws and 4 wins for Sparta Rotterdam. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 8 goals |   M. Rayhi 5 goals |
Willem II missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Willem II | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 80% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 27% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 1.7 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 178 | 107 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 97 | 189 |
| 66 | 36 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 27 | 66 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 36% |
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 37 | 38 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 32 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Willem II | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Heracles | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 25 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -24 | 12 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 5 |