About Match
The table reads 12th (Sparta Rotterdam, 5 pts) against 1st (PSV, 16 pts), 11 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.67/2.17 for Sparta Rotterdam and 3.67/1.17 for PSV (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.95. Sparta Rotterdam would climb to 8 points with a win and up to 9th (other results held equal).
Defeat has not touched PSV in 7 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Sparta Rotterdam have banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; PSV, 13.
Across 21 recorded meetings, Sparta Rotterdam have 0 wins to PSV's 18, with 3 draws, at 3.24 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 38% of the wins in this matchup. History points to goals: 62% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 62%. The last five meetings averaged 4.2 goals, well above the all-time 3.24.
The match takes place at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in Rotterdam (capacity 11,026).