Match Report
43 points separated the sides: Sparta Rotterdam 8th on 49, Vitesse 18th on 6. On the form table Vitesse stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Per game in the league, Vitesse were scoring 0.88 and conceding 2.18, Sparta Rotterdam 1.5 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
16 meetings are on record — 7 won by Vitesse, 7 by Sparta Rotterdam, 2 drawn, at 2.69 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host.
The venue was GelreDome in Arnhem, with room for 25,000 spectators. The referee was E. van de Graaf, with 87 matches in our database and 1.4 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Sparta Rotterdam led 3-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-4.