National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's GVVV or Sparta Rotterdam that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Sparta Rotterdam played their last game only four days ago, a Eredivisie match. That game was also an away game, at RKC Waalwijk. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
GVVV form and stats
GVVV participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the 2nd preliminary round.There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with GVVV yet to win or draw a Tweede Divisie game here. The sad story at Sportpark Panhuis is: GVVV played 4 games, lost 4 games. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as GVVV have lost seven games in a row.
GVVV are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 248 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Haouat).
In their previous game, the manager D. van Meegdenburg led his GVVV to a defeat in the Tweede Divisie match away at Katwijk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark Panhuis.
Ahead of that match, GVVV lost 0-2 at home to HHC.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Excelsior Maassluis are coming to town in three days.
GVVV have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. GVVV have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Rotterdam's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 1st round.Playing away, Sparta Rotterdam have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Rotterdam has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Rotterdam as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against RKC Waalwijk (0-1). Attacker Sven Mijnans got a player rating of 7.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Mijnans hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting FC Groningen in the Eredivisie.After this away game Sparta Rotterdam return home for a Eredivisie game against Feyenoord. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Rotterdam's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. For Rotterdam, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bitter 2 goals |   B. Smeets 2 goals |  L. Thy 2 goals |
GVVV missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| GVVV | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 38% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | Katwijk | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | AFC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | De Treffers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Koninklijke HFC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Jong Sparta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | HHC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Noordwijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | TEC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Excelsior Maassluis | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | IJsselmeervogels | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Quick Boys | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Volendam II | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Scheveningen | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Spakenburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | ASWH | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | GVVV | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -17 | 1 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 22 |
| 2 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | AZ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | NEC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |