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Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 22nd Dec, 11:15 BST, Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

We’ve Eredivisie action to look forward to on Sunday morning, as Jeroen Rijsdijk and his Sparta Rotterdam side host Francesco Farioli’s Ajax at the Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our expansive database and pulled out the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. The best odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither S.Rotterdam or Ajax are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 80% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 56% chance of Ajax coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
S.Rotterdam
22%
4/1-
Draw
22%
10/3-
Ajax
56%
4/7-
Draw 1-1
10%
15/2-
Ajax 2-1
10%
15/2-
Ajax 1-0
9%
15/2-
Ajax 2-0
9%
15/2-
Ajax 3-1
6%
11/1-
S.Rotterdam 2-1
6%
16/1-
Ajax 3-0
6%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
S.Rotterdam 1-0
5%
16/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
14/1-
Ajax 3-2
3%
20/1-
Ajax 4-1
3%
20/1-
S.Rotterdam 2-0
3%
28/1-
Ajax 4-0
3%
20/1-
S.Rotterdam 3-1
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
3/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
13/10-
Home 1st Goal
43%
2/1-
Away 1st Goal
55%
2/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
57%
7/10-
BTTS - No
43%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
12%
15/2-
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
28%
2/1-
Home/draw
44%
13/10-
Away/draw
78%
1/6-
Home/away
78%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
2/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
7/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
6/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
1/2-
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/5-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
8/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/14-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1-
Home DNB
37%
3/1-
Away DNB
72%
2/9-
S.Rotterdam win to nil
10%
9/1-
Ajax win to nil
28%
2/1-
S.Rotterdam / S.Rotterdam
9%
8/1-
S.Rotterdam / Ajax
4%
18/1-
S.Rotterdam / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / S.Rotterdam
8%
10/1-
Draw / Ajax
18%
7/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Ajax / S.Rotterdam
2%
33/1-
Ajax / Ajax
35%
7/5-
Ajax / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

S.Rotterdam have played 15 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league. S.Rotterdam are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 1. S.Rotterdam have conceded 20 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

S.Rotterdam have played 8 games at home, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Ajax lay in 3rd place on 33 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ajax have conceded 12 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Ajax have played 8 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
S.Rotterdam
Ajax
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1514014442 
May 18
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2A
Mar 30
2
Utrecht151122935 
l
 
1-4A
May 14
d
 
2-2A
May 4
3
Ajax Away1510321633 
Dec 22
Apr 27
-
-
4
Feyenoord159511932 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 9
Feb 2
w
 
0-2F
5
Twente158431028 
May 4
d
 
1-1A
May 18
d
 
2-2A
6
AZ Alkmaar158251226 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 26
Mar 16
l
 
2-1A
7
NAC15717-622 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 9
Apr 6
l
 
2-1A
8
GA Eagles15636221 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 16
Jan 26
d
 
1-1A
9
Fortuna15546-419 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 30
w
 
5-0F
Feb 9
10
Heerenveen15537-1218 
Apr 13
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
Jan 19
11
NEC15519216 
Apr 6
Dec 15
May 11
w
 
1-2A
12
Willem II15447-216 
Mar 2
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
13
PEC Zwolle15447-916 
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 9
14
Groningen15447-1016 
Feb 2
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1F
May 14
15
Heracles15357-1214 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 11
Feb 16
w
 
3-4A
16
S.Rotterdam H15258-1011 
-
-
Apr 27
Dec 22
17
Waalwijk151311-226 
Jan 17
w
 
1-2F
Jan 11
w
 
0-2F
18
Almere City151311-276 
d
 
2-2A
May 11
Dec 15
Mar 2
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
S.Rotterdam have lost 3 consecutive home league games
8
S.Rotterdam have not won in 8 consecutive home league games
S.Rotterdam 16TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
Ajax 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
13
Draw
5
L
2
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
14
Ajax have not lost to S.Rotterdam in 14 consecutive league meetings
League games at S.Rotterdam since 2016
S.Rotterdam
Ajax
Goals: Scored
6
17
Games: Scored
4 / 7
7 / 7
Clean sheets
0 / 7
3 / 7
D
1
AJA
6
League games at Ajax since 2017
Ajax
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
20
5
Games: Scored
7 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
0 / 7
AJA
7
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Sparta Rotterdam of late. It has been 6 Eredivisie matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Sunday morning against Ajax.

Ajax have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 20 consecutive Eredivisie games. Their PG of 1.9 against Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

S.Rotterdam 16th Ajax 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that S.Rotterdam will score no more than 1 goal
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Ajax will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-20
S.Rotterdam have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Ajax’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
2.1
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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S.Rotterdam
PG (predicted goals)
Ajax
1.1
1.9
Attack rating
SPA
AJA
48%
better
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Games scored10
15
Failed to score5
0
Scored first5
7
Goals scored13
32
Avg. goals scored0.9
2.1
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal12
5
Conversion rate for9
21
Avg. XG for1.3
1.8
KickOff rating
+48%
Defence rating
SPA
AJA
29%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
9
Clean sheets1
6
Conceded first9
8
Goals conceded23
16
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
13%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+29%

S.Rotterdam v Ajax Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15425
N OlijC NeghliM NassohM Eerdhuijzen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Olij GLK15
2
-
M Nassoh MID1512
-
A Verschueren MID151
2
-
C Neghli FWD1541
1
-
M Eerdhuijzen DEF14
4
1
P Clement MID1421
5
-
J Kitolano MID142
1
-
T Lauritsen FWD1441
-
B Reith DEF12
2
-
D Kust DEF12
3
1
Metinho MID11
3
-
S Mito FWD111
-
C Brym FWD111
-
R Meissen DEF10
1
-
J Baas MID102
-
S Bakari DEF7
1
-
T Quintero DEF61
-
M Kleijn DEF4
-
Kayky FWD4
-
J Guzmán MID1
-
Ajax Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14544
J SutaloW WeghorstK TaylorJ Hato
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Sutalo DEF151
3
-
K Taylor MID1524
-
B Traoré FWD1542
-
R Pasveer GLK141
-
J Hato DEF1424
4
-
J Henderson MID132
2
-
B Brobbey FWD1312
4
-
Y Baas  DEF121
2
-
K Fitz-Jim MID121
-
M Godts FWD1231
1
-
C Akpom FWD1221
-
A Gaaei DEF1111
3
-
W Weghorst FWD1151
2
-
D Rensch DEF101
1
-
B Boomen MID10
-
S Berghuis  FWD81
1
-
C Rasmussen  FWD6
1
-
D Rugani DEF4
-
O Wijndal DEF3
1
-
A Kaplan DEF3
1
-
K Hlynsson MID31
-
D. Janse DEF2
-
S Mannsverk MID2
1
-
D Ramaj GLK1
-
B Tahirovic MID1
-
S Bergwijn  FWD1
-