About Match
The table reads 12th (Sparta Rotterdam, 5 pts) against 5th (Ajax, 10 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, Sparta Rotterdam score 1.67 and conceding 2.17, Ajax 2.8 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.95 goals per team per game. Victory would move Sparta Rotterdam to 8 points and up to 9th, with other results unchanged.
The head-to-head ledger counts 20 games: 0 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 16 for Ajax, 4 draws, at 3.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. History points to goals: 65% of the meetings had three or more.
Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in Rotterdam stages the fixture, a ground that holds 11,026.