Open Play Suits Sparta Staying Close
Groningen sit eighth after ten matches while Sparta Rotterdam occupy fourteenth place. The home side average 2.4 goals scored and 2.1 conceded across their fixtures so far. Sparta have netted 1.7 per game on average but let in 2.4. Nine of Groningen’s ten league games have produced three or more goals and both teams have found the net in nine. Sparta’s away record shows them scoring two goals a game while conceding 2.5. Their head to head record includes eight wins for the visitors in the last ten meetings. Open exchanges at Euroborg may limit the margin between these sides.
