National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's ADO Den Haag or Sparta Rotterdam that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither ADO Den Haag nor Sparta Rotterdam as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 1st round.Two Eredivisie home games so far for ADO Den Haag, who are yet to win here at Cars Jeans Stadion. Only 0 points so far.
The spoils were shared in Haag's previous game, also at home. Visiting AZ travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a Eredivisie defeat to Vitesse (0-2).
The hometeam coach A. Rankovic made a successful contribution in the game against AZ, bringing on Michiel Kramer who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
This is expected to be a close game, with ADO Den Haag perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Haag as a small favourite), we find five games. ADO Den Haag has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.
There will be little rest for ADO Den Haag after this match as they are travelling to PSV for a Eredivisie game in only four days.
ADO Den Haag has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Sparta Rotterdam have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
There were no winners in Rotterdam's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 1-1 vs Heracles. Before that, Rotterdam travelled to Feyenoord and returned home with a draw after the Eredivisie game finished 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Sparta Rotterdam win, two draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Rotterdam, the Eredivisie home match versus SC Heerenveen. Busy days.
Rotterdam are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. For Rotterdam, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Haag three wins, two draws and Sparta Rotterdam five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.ADO Den Haag missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| ADO Den Haag | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | ||
| 48 | 14 | Conceded | C | 30 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 189 | 104 | Total Shots | T S | 140 | 246 | ||
| 66 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 79 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Willem II | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -13 | 5 |
| 12 | AZ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |