Sparta Rotterdam vs PSV, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sparta Rotterdam vs PSV — Eredivisie at Het Kasteel.
- Sparta Rotterdam 34 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- PSV 34 games · 84 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alex Bos
- Assistant 1 Kevin Bodde
- Assistant 2 Nils van Kampen
18 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.7 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Apr PSV H 0–2 L 05 Apr NAC Breda A 0–0 D 21 Mar FC Volendam H 2–0 W 14 Mar AFC Ajax A 0–4 L 08 Mar PEC Zwolle H 1–1 D 28 Feb SC Heerenveen A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Apr Sparta Rotterdam A 2–0 W 04 Apr FC Utrecht H 4–3 W 22 Mar Telstar 1963 A 1–3 L 14 Mar NEC H 2–3 L 07 Mar AZ H 2–1 W 28 Feb Heracles Almelo A 3–1 W Season Stats
Sparta Rotterdam PSV #10 Position #1 43 Points 84 34 Played 34 12 / 7 / 15 W / D / L 27 / 3 / 4 40 Scored 101 62 Conceded 45 -22 GD +56 1.26 PPG 2.47 35% Win % 79% Key Stats
62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season21% Clean Sheets
PSV this seasonSparta Rotterdam are 10th (43 pts). PSV are 1st (84 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sparta Rotterdam0-15–/–16-30–/–31-452/246-602/461-75–/376+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededPSV0-153/316-302/231-453/–46-605/161-752/176+7/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sparta Rotterdam and PSV has kicked off!
- 5' Teo Quintero has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 7' The referee calls foul for Ryan Flamingo. He receives a card.
- 12' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 12 minutes.
- 17' The travelling PSV supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 21' It’s a booking for Sparta Rotterdam player. Teo Quintero gets a card.
- 26' It’s high time Peter Bosz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 31' PSV looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ricardo Pepi scoring 1 goals.
- 36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sparta Rotterdam that had 219 games and scored 237 goals.
- 40' Guus Til is having his name booked by the referee on 40.
- 45' Sparta Rotterdam seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 46' What a strike from Ricardo Pepi! The score is 0-1.
- 51' It looks surprising Sparta Rotterdam does not make any changes. Vito van Crooij has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 58' The whistle greets Shunsuke Mito as he departs to be replaced by Casper Terho.
- 60' The referee calls foul for Noah Fernandez. He receives a card.
- 64' The supporters are chanting for Giannino Vianello. He replaces Mike Kleijn on 64 minute.
- 65' PSV receives a card for a hard tackle on 65.
- 70' Another substitution for PSV to replace Ivan Perisic by Couhaib Driouech on 70 minute.
- 73' That looks like a foul for a card for Joel van den Berg.
- 77' Kiliann Sildillia was booked on 77.
- 80' GOAL! Ismael Saibari scores on 80. Assisted by Couhaib Driouech
- 81' Another change for Sparta Rotterdam made on 81 minute. Julian Baas leaves to be changed by Milan Zonneveld.
- 82' It is a substitution in PSV team. Ricardo Pepi is replaced by Esmir Bajraktarevic on 82 minute.
- 87' Fabian Merien is replacing Ryan Flamingo for the PSV side.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for PSV players.
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Lineups
Sparta Rotterdam Lineups
4-4-1-1Starting XI
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Julian Baas ↓ Milan Zonneveld 81'
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Shurandy Sambo ↓ Said Bakari 81'
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11
Shunsuke Mito ↓ Casper Terho 58'
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Mike Kleijn ↓ Giannino Vianello 64'
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7
Ayoni Santos ↓ Pelle Clement 81'
Bench
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Pelle Clement ↑ 81'
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Said Bakari ↑ 81'
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Casper Terho ↑ 58'
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Milan Zonneveld ↑ 81'
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Giannino Vianello ↑ 64'
Coach Maurice SteijnPSV Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Ivan Perisic ↓ Couhaib Driouech 70'
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Ismael Saibari ↓ Myron Boadu 81'
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Ryan Flamingo ↓ Fabian Merien 87'
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Bench
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Myron Boadu ↑ 81'
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Couhaib Driouech ↑ 70'
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Esmir Bajraktarevic ↑ 82'
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Joel van den Berg ↑ 70'
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Fabian Merien ↑ 87'
Coach Peter Bosz -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Donyell Malen 3 Luuk de Jong 3 Ritsu Doan 2 Mauro Junior 2 Malik Tillman 2 Johan Bakayoko 2 Lennart Thy 2 Ragnar Ache 1 Head to Head
Sparta Rotterdam Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.1 Sparta Rotterdam xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.8 PSV xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + PSV to win 64%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: PSV winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.9Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 73% 27% ± 3.5 53% 47% ± 4.5 34% 66% Double Chance
Sparta Rotterdam or Draw 36%Draw or PSV 83%Sparta Rotterdam or PSV 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: PSV win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 2 8.6%0 – 2 Actual1 – 3 7.8%0 – 3 7.3%1 – 1 7%0 – 1 5.5%1 – 4 5.5%0 – 4 5%2 – 2 4.6%2 – 3 4.3%2 – 1 3.4%1 – 5 3.1%Asian Handicap — Sparta Rotterdam
Handicap Sparta Rotterdam covers Push PSV covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 3% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 8% 88% -0.5 12% — 88% +0.5 29% — 71% +1 29% 20% 51% +1.5 49% — 51% +2 49% 20% 32% +2.5 68% — 32% Clean Sheet
Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet 7% ✓PSV keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

