Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Nijkerk & ADO Den Haag face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
ADO Den Haag could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.
Sparta Nijkerk form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.The Sparta Nijkerk fans got no joy from their last match, a Derde Divisie: Zaterdag game also here at Sportpark De Ebbenhorst: A 1-2 defeat against HSV Hoek.
Before that match, a Derde Divisie: Zaterdag win away at Ter Leede.Nijkerk are traveling soon after this match as the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag match at DVS '33 awaits in four days.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
Haag's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus Excelsior with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Sem Steijn got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Steijn hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).
Ahead of that match was the Eerste Divisie away draw versus Helmond Sport that ended 0-0.Haag have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Eerste Divisie fixture versus Graafschap. A rough fixture list for the visiting team!
The ADO Den Haag manager R. Brood has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. In the opposite end, ADO Den Haag have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 7 goals |  S. Steijn 5 goals | V. Besuijen 4 goals |
Sparta Nijkerk missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| Sparta Nijkerk | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Volendam | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Jong AZ | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Jong Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Telstar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | NAC Breda | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Almere City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 7 |