Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam

2 - 1

🕒 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:00 Europe/London 📍 Abe Lenstra Stadion 🧑‍⚖️ Serdar Gozubuyuk 🔁 Regular Season - 20 🏁 match finished

Season

2017-2018 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 20

Regular Season Table

Heerenveen 8 · Sparta Rotterdam 17

Referee Stats

Serdar Gozubuyuk

25 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	60%
Draws	12%
Away wins	28%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (14-12).
Heerenveen controlled possession (62%).
Heerenveen had the sharper finishing (8-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

Heerenveen (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-5-6

Goals For / Against

25 / 27

Avg: 1.39 / 1.50

Points

Avg: 1.44

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sparta Rotterdam (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 1-4-12

Goals For / Against

13 / 39

Avg: 0.76 / 2.29

Points

Avg: 0.41

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Eredivisie fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.44

PPG

0.41

1.39

0.76

1.50

2.29

47%

O2.5

59%

53%

BTTS

47%

Score 1st

League-position context

Heerenveen rank8th

Sparta Rotterdam rank17th

Heerenveen points46

Sparta Rotterdam points27

Heerenveen: #8 · 46 pts · GD -5

33 pts off the top 2. 2 pts above the play-off edge. 12 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sparta Rotterdam: #17 · 27 pts · GD -41

52 pts off the top 2. 19 pts off the play-off line. 7 pts from safety.

19-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Heerenveen last 5 home

L W D D W

Points8/15

Weighted index44

Goals9-6

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Sparta Rotterdam last 5 away

L L L W L

Points3/15

Weighted index13

Goals4-14

Record1-0-4

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Heerenveen trend breakdown

Over 2.547%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.535%

1H Over 0.582%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 29% · 1H BTTS 24%

Sparta Rotterdam trend breakdown

Over 2.559%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.535%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 18%

Scoring reliability

Heerenveen score at home82%

Heerenveen clean sheet at home29%

Sparta Rotterdam score away53%

Sparta Rotterdam clean sheet away6%

First-goal patterns

Heerenveen score first0%

Heerenveen win after scoring first0%

Sparta Rotterdam score first0%

Sparta Rotterdam win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Heerenveen 0% · Sparta Rotterdam 0%

Vs league average

Heerenveen score at home1.39 vs 1.72

Heerenveen concede at home1.50 vs 1.42

Sparta Rotterdam score away0.76 vs 1.42

Sparta Rotterdam concede away2.29 vs 1.72

Heerenveen score 19% below league average, while Sparta Rotterdam score 46% below league average.

Defensive side: Heerenveen are 6% above league average at home, and Sparta Rotterdam are 33% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.00

BTTS60%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 1.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Heerenveen goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Sparta Rotterdam goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

62%

38%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

557

323

Passes Accurate

476

244

Passes %

85%

76%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	17
Home Wins	7
Draws	4
Away Wins	6
Over 2.5 Goals	12 (70.6%)
BTTS	10 (58.8%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	9
Home Wins	5
Draws	2
Away Wins	2
Over 2.5 Goals	6 (66.7%)
BTTS	5 (55.6%)

Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

28 Feb 2026 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 14 Dec 2025 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 0 - 3

2024-2025 Season

12 Apr 2025 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 3 - 1 26 Oct 2024 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 0

2023-2024 Season

19 May 2024 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 2 - 1 27 Aug 2023 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 3

2022-2023 Season

15 Apr 2023 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 4 - 0 05 Aug 2022 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 0 - 0

2021-2022 Season

03 Apr 2022 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 1 - 1 11 Dec 2021 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 0 - 0

2020-2021 Season

16 May 2021 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 2 01 Nov 2020 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 1 - 4

2019-2020 Season

09 Nov 2019 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1

2017-2018 Season

26 Jan 2018 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 03 Nov 2017 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 0 - 0

2016-2017 Season

04 Apr 2017 Heerenveen vs Sparta Rotterdam 3 - 0 04 Nov 2016 Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen 3 - 1