Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Sparta Rotterdam play Heerenveen in Eredivisie (Netherlands). The match date is 14 December 2025 at 12:15. Final score: 0:3.

Current form

Sparta Rotterdam: 0-1-4, 0.20 points/match. Heerenveen: 2-1-2, 1.40 points/match.

Goal statistics

Sparta Rotterdam scores 1.18 and concedes 1.82 goals per match. Heerenveen scores 1.69 and concedes 1.60. League average: 3.17 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Sparta Rotterdam 44%, Heerenveen 66%. Over 2.5: Sparta Rotterdam 53%, Heerenveen 71%. League level: BTTS 63%, Over 2.5 61%.

xG, shots and style

Heerenveen has higher xG: 1.67 vs 1.46. Sparta Rotterdam: 13.0 shots per match, Heerenveen: 14.9.

Match halves

Sparta Rotterdam: half-time lead 32%, second-half goals 0.74. Heerenveen: half-time lead 37%, second-half goals 0.97.

Goals by minute

Sparta Rotterdam: 76-90+ (13 goals). Heerenveen: 31-45+ (14 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Eredivisie: 3.17 goals per match, BTTS 63%, Over 2.5 61%.

Head-to-head

1 H2H matches: 0-0-1. Average goals 3.00, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

0 : 1
1st half
0 : 2
2nd half

Match statistics

53Possession (%)47
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
11Shots20
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
3Shots on target5
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.21xG1.91
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
5Corners10
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
41Dangerous attacks41
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
10Fouls15
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1Cards2
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.18Goals scored / match1.69
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.82Goals conceded / match1.6
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
47%Average possession51%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
4.38Shots on target / match5.37
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13Shots per match14.94
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
4.38Shots on target5.37
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
9%Shot conversion11.3%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
47%Possession51%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.46xG for1.67
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.82xG against1.59
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Shooting quality

Sparta Rotterdam: BalancedHeerenveen: Attacking
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
Accuracy (shots on target)34%36%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.270.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Heerenveen is 600% better for: last-5 form.

0.2 pts / match - Sparta Rotterdam · 1.4 pts / match - Heerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam
LLDLL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
35% W21% R44% P
Season (W-D-L)
12-7-15
1.26 pts / match · goal difference -22
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-1-4
0.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
6-5-6
Last 5 at home
1-2-2
DWLDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 3.0xG: 1.39Opponent xG: 1.92BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 80%
Heerenveen
WWLDL
Season result split
40% W26% R34% P
Season (W-D-L)
14-9-12
1.46 pts / match · goal difference +3
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
6-3-9
Last 5 away
1-1-3
DLWLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.52Opponent xG: 1.97BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Heerenveen is 43% better for: goals scored per match.

1.18 goals / match - Sparta Rotterdam · 1.69 goals / match - Heerenveen

Heerenveen is 14% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.82 goals / match - Sparta Rotterdam · 1.6 goals / match - Heerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam scoring profile: very strong

Sparta Rotterdam scores in 74% of matches (25 of 34 matches), while Heerenveen keeps a clean sheet in 14% (5 of 35 matches).

Heerenveen scoring profile: very strong

Heerenveen scores in 77% of matches (27 of 35 matches), while Sparta Rotterdam keeps a clean sheet in 32% (11 of 34 matches).

40Goals scored (season)59
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
62Goals conceded (season)56
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
3Average goals in match3.29
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
5Goals scored (last 5)6
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
15Goals conceded (last 5)6
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

How often they score at least...

74%1 goal77%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
32%2 goals57%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
9%3 goals29%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
3%4 goals6%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

How often they concede at least...

68%1 goal86%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
50%2 goals54%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
38%3 goals14%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
18%4 goals3%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

44%
Sparta Rotterdam - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.15 of 34 matches
63%
League average

Goal patterns

9%BTTS at half-time31%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
3%BTTS in both halves9%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
21%Scored in both halves43%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

BTTS and goal count

35%Min. 3 goals and BTTS57%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
18%Min. 3 goals without BTTS14%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
60%BTTS - last 540%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

74%Min. 1 goal before half-time83%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
21%Min. 2 goals before half-time43%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
3%Min. 3 goals before half-time17%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

2nd half

82%Min. 1 goal after half-time89%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
62%Min. 2 goals after half-time60%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
32%Min. 3 goals after half-time20%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Heerenveen is 8% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.32 pts / match - Sparta Rotterdam · 1.43 pts / match - Heerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam - half-time state
32% leading35% draw32% trailing
Heerenveen - half-time state
37% leading31% draw31% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.32Points per match (1st half)1.43
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
0.44Goals scored (1st half)0.71
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
0.53Goals conceded (1st half)0.71
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
0.97Average goals (1st half)1.43
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
59%Clean sheet before half-time46%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
59%No goal before half-time40%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

After half-time (2nd half)

1.03Points per match (2nd half)1.29
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
0.74Goals scored (2nd half)0.97
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
1.29Goals conceded (2nd half)0.89
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
2.03Average goals (2nd half)1.86
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
35%Clean sheet after half-time40%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen
47%No goal after half-time40%
Sparta RotterdamHeerenveen

Sparta Rotterdam - second-half results

21% W41% R38% P
45
Half-time points
15
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
35
Second-half points
-19
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.32
PPG before half-time
Lead holding109%

Leads at half-time in 32% of matches and wins 35%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.8

Concedes 0.8 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Heerenveen - second-half results

31% W34% R34% P
50
Half-time points
25
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
45
Second-half points
+3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.43
PPG before half-time
Lead holding108%

Leads at half-time in 37% of matches and wins 40%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Sparta Rotterdam - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.000.20
Goals scored / match0.40.6
Goals conceded / match0.62.4
Average goals in match1.03.0
1 goal80%100%
2 goals20%80%
3 goals0%80%
Clean sheet40%0%
No goal60%60%
Goal difference-1-9
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 20% draw - 80% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2
Heerenveen - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.40
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match0.40.8
Average goals in match0.81.6
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%20%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference00
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Sparta Rotterdam
ScoredConceded
4
4
0-15
4
3
16-30
7
11
31-45
6
11
46-60
6
16
61-75
13
17
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (13 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (17). Late-goal balance (76-90): -4 - late phases are a weakness.

Heerenveen
ScoredConceded
3
7
0-15
8
11
16-30
14
7
31-45
11
12
46-60
10
8
61-75
13
11
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (14 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (12). Late-goal balance (76-90): +2 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

3.15
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.8
Estimated goal split
home : away
99%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
55%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-5%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
57%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
6%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 17 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Sparta Rotterdam

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.36
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.28
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+13.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.28
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
0.00
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
66%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
133%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-1.06
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
33% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 10% come in the first quarter-hour.
33%

Heerenveen

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.08
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.01
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-4.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.02
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.01
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
123%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
89%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.06
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 5% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Eredivisie).

Teams vs league

Sparta RotterdamLigaHeerenveen
Average goals in match 3.003.17 3.29
Both teams scored 44%63% 66%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 53%61% 71%
Clean sheets 32%20% 14%
Goal before half-time 74%80% 83%
Goal after half-time 82%84% 89%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.17
Average goals per match
63%
Both teams scored
61%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
20%
Clean sheets
1.80
Home goals / match
1.37
Away goals / match
+31%
Home attack advantage
+24%
Home defence advantage
+16%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
43%
2 goals
16%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
84%
1 goal
54%
2 goals
22%
3 goals
11%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Sparta Rotterdam 0 - 0 - 1 Heerenveen. Average goals 3.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

FAQ

What was the result of Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen?

The Eredivisie match finished Sparta Rotterdam 0:3 Heerenveen. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen?

Sparta Rotterdam score 1.18 goals per game on average and Heerenveen 1.69. The Eredivisie average is 3.17 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 61% of games. Both teams score in 44% of Sparta Rotterdam's matches and 66% of Heerenveen's.

What form are Sparta Rotterdam and Heerenveen in?

Over the last 5 games Sparta Rotterdam have a 0-1-4 record (0.20 points per game) and Heerenveen 2-1-2 (1.40 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.