Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Rotterdam & PSV face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
PSV play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. Relevant data for PSV when playing on artifical turf are 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from eight matches. They have scored {20 goals} and conceded 9 times in these fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam have not come this way in the KNVB Beker without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating OFC Oostzaan. Last season, Sparta Rotterdam's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 2nd round.16 points is a decent return from 8 Eredivisie games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel for Sparta Rotterdam. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The Sparta Rotterdam manager Steijn and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus PSV. Olij, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.81 out of 10 in that game. Olij topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Rotterdam hosted FC Twente and drew the Eredivisie game 1-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Excelsior are coming to town in four days.
The Sparta Rotterdam manager Steijn has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league.
PSV form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for PSV, as they won the KNVB Beker.4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of PSV playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
PSV are looking to quickly end their 220 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.
There were no winners in PSV's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Sparta Rotterdam. Veerman got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Veerman hit four key passes.
A loss against AZ was the result prior to that, in a Eredivisie home game.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. PSV's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
PSV have won or drawn the last 9 games (7-2-0) facing Sparta Rotterdam.Top Goalscorers
  X. Simons 8 goals |   V. van Crooij 6 goals |  A. Verschueren 6 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
PSV missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Scored | S | 26 | 65 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
