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Verschueren (74')
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  • Match Ended
  • 90'
    Substitution
    • Saito, Koki
    • Velthuis, Tijs

    Jeroen Rijsdijk is making the team's third substitution at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel with Tijs Velthuis replacing Koki Saito.

  • 84'
    Substitution
    • Wolfe, David Moller
    • De Wit, Mees

    The away team replace David Moller Wolfe with Mees De Wit.

  • 84'
    Substitution
    • Belic, Kristijan
    • Zeefuik, Lequincio

    Lequincio Zeefuik is on a sub for Kristijan Belic for Alkmaar.

  • 77'
    Yellow Card
    • Belic, Kristijan

    At Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, Kristijan Belic has been yellow-carded for the away team.

  • 76'
    Substitution
    • Mijnans, Sven
    • Poku, Ernest

    Maarten Martens (Alkmaar) is making a third substitution, with Ernest Poku replacing Sven Mijnans.

  • 76'
    Substitution
    • van Bommel, Ruben
    • Van Brederode, Myron

    Myron Van Brederode is replacing Ruben van Bommel for the away team.

  • 74'
    Goal !
    • Verschueren, Arno (Scorer)
    • Brym, Charles-Andreas (Assist)

    Arno Verschueren scores with his head for Sparta to level the match at 1-1.

    Charles-Andreas Brym with an assist there.

  • 74'
    Substitution
    • De Guzman, Jonathan
    • Clement, Pelle

    The home team have replaced Jonathan De Guzman with Pelle Clement. This is the second substitution made today by Jeroen Rijsdijk.

  • 73'
    Substitution
    • Mito, Shunsuke
    • Brym, Charles-Andreas

    Charles-Andreas Brym is replacing Shunsuke Mito for Sparta at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel.

  • 56'
    Substitution
    • Sugawara, Yukinari
    • Stam, Finn

    Finn Stam (Alkmaar) has replaced the possibly injured Yukinari Sugawara at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel.

  • 38'
    Yellow Card
    • Clasie, Jordy

    Jordy Clasie (Alkmaar) has received a first yellow card.

  • 25'
    Goal !
    • Sugawara, Yukinari (Scorer)
    • Mijnans, Sven (Assist)

    Yukinari Sugawara is on target to give Alkmaar a 0-1 advantage.

    That's a fine assist from Sven Mijnans.

  • Match Started

Line-ups

Sparta Rotterdam
(4-2-3-1)
(4-2-3-1)
AZ
1Olij2Bakari3Meissen4Eerdhuijzen5Van der Kust6De Guzman8Kitolano7Mito10Verschueren11Saito9Lauritsen1Ryan2Sugawara3Goes5Penetra18Wolfe14Belic8Clasie16Mijnans10De Wit15van Bommel9Pavlidis
AZ
(4-2-3-1)

Statistics

Ball possession
Sparta Rotterdam51%
49% AZ
Shots
6Off goal45On goal5

4
Shots blocked
5
5
Corner kicks
6
1
Offsides
1
5
Saves
4
4
Fouls
18
0
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0

Sparta Rotterdam vs AZ Betting tips

The most common result of matches between Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar when Sparta Rotterdam is playing at home is 0-2. 3 matches have ended with this result.
The most common result of matches between Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar is 0-2. 7 matches have ended with this result.
During the last 16 meetings with Sparta Rotterdam playing at home, Sparta Rotterdam have won 1 times, there have been 5 draws while AZ Alkmaar have won 10 times. The goal difference is 34-17 in favour of AZ Alkmaar.
During the last 34 meetings, Sparta Rotterdam have won 3 times, there have been 8 draws while AZ Alkmaar have won 23 times. The goal difference is 76-26 in favour of AZ Alkmaar.
Sparta Rotterdam's last home win against AZ Alkmaar was in 2019.
Last season's matches: 2-3 (Sparta Rotterdam at home) and 0-1 (AZ Alkmaar at home).
Did you know that Sparta Rotterdam scores 28% of their goals between the minutes 46-60?
Did you know that AZ Alkmaar scores 31% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?
Sparta Rotterdam haven't scored in 3 of their 11 home matches in Eredivisie this season.
AZ Alkmaar haven't scored in 2 of their 11 away matches in Eredivisie this season.
Tobias Lauritsen is Sparta Rotterdam's top scorer with 7 goals. Vangelis Pavlidis has scored 21 times for AZ Alkmaar.
Tobias Lauritsen has assisted the most goals for Sparta Rotterdam with 6. Yukinari Sugawara is AZ Alkmaar's biggest assister (4).
Jonathan de Guzman has more yellow cards (5) than any other player at Sparta Rotterdam. Dani De Wit has collected 5 for AZ Alkmaar.
Sparta Rotterdam have conceded a goal in each of their last 6 matches.
Sparta Rotterdam wins 1st half in 40% of their matches, AZ Alkmaar in 39% of their matches.
Sparta Rotterdam wins 40% of halftimes, AZ Alkmaar wins 39%.
The winner of their last meeting was AZ Alkmaar.
On their last meeting AZ Alkmaar won by 2 goals.
When Sparta Rotterdam leads 1-0 at home, they win in 66% of their matches.
When AZ Alkmaar leads 0-1 away, they win in 52% of their matches.
When Sparta Rotterdam is down 0-1 home, they win 23% of their matches.
When AZ Alkmaar is down 1-0 away, they win 44% of their matches.
In Eredivisie, AZ Alkmaar has better performance than Sparta Rotterdam.
AZ Alkmaar's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Sparta Rotterdam's.
AZ Alkmaar have lost just 1 of their last 5 games against Sparta Rotterdam (in all competitions).
In the last 5 meetings Sparta Rotterdam won 1, AZ Alkmaar won 3, 1 draws.
AZ Alkmaar have lost just 1 of their last 5 Eredivisie games against Sparta Rotterdam.
Sparta Rotterdam have won just 1 of their last 5 Eredivisie games against AZ Alkmaar.
Sparta Rotterdam scores 1 goals in a match against AZ Alkmaar and AZ Alkmaar scores 1.8 goals against Sparta Rotterdam (on average).
Average number of goals in meetings between Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar is 2.8.
Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar is 1.6.
Sparta Rotterdam scores 1.64 goals when playing at home and AZ Alkmaar scores 1.54 goals when playing away (on average).
Did you know that AZ Alkmaar scores 30% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?
If Arno Verschueren scores against AZ Alkmaar it will be his 5th goal for Sparta Rotterdam this season.
If David Moller Wolfe receives a yellow card in today's match, he will be suspended after collecting 5 yellow cards so far this season.
This was Arno Verschueren's 5th goal for the season.
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Head to head

Sparta Rotterdam
Matches:10
AZ
20%
Wins: 2
30%
Draws: 3
50%
Wins: 5
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Form

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    1 : 4
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    4 : 0
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    2 : 2
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AZAZ
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    3 : 2
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    5 : 1
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    5 : 0
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    2 : 0
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Sparta Rotterdam vs AZ Standings

PosTeamWDLMPts
3FC Twente18663060
4AZ16773055
5Ajax13983048
...
8Go Ahead Eagles119103042
9Sparta Rotterdam117123040
10Heerenveen106143036

Match information

In the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam will host AZ Alkmaar at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel on Saturday, 2 March 2024, at 20:00 UTC. Sparta Rotterdam is currently 9th in the standings, while AZ Alkmaar holds the 4th position.

The last encounter between these two teams took place on 17th September 2023, where AZ Alkmaar emerged victorious with a 2-0 score at home. Overall, they have met 9 times, with Sparta Rotterdam winning twice, AZ Alkmaar winning five times, and two matches ending in draws. At their home ground, Sparta has won once, mirroring their single away win, while AZ has a stronger record with four home wins and one away.

Statistical predictions for the upcoming match give Sparta Rotterdam a 32.25% chance of winning, a 24.58% likelihood of a draw, and AZ Alkmaar a 43.16% chance of victory. The betting odds according to bet365 are 3.8 for Sparta Rotterdam to win, 3.8 for a draw, and 1.85 for an AZ Alkmaar win.

The match will be streamed live in the United Kingdom via bet365, a bookmaker channel. Interested viewers can tune in to follow the live action as the two Dutch sides vie for important points in the league standings.