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Sparta Rotterdam vs PSV, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2024-25
Sparta Rotterdam
1 – 3
Full Time
PSV
Sun 18 May 2025 · 12:30 UTC Het Kasteel 10,599 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 27' Ivan Perisic
Gjivai Zechiel 52' 1–1
1–2 58' Luuk de Jong
1–3 84' Malik Tillman
Gjivai Zechiel 42' Y
Y 43' Malik Tillman
Y 64' Olivier Boscagli

Overview

Match Preview

Sparta Rotterdam vs PSV — Eredivisie at Het Kasteel.

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
  • Assistant 1 Erwin Zeinstra
  • Assistant 2 Patrick Inia
6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

2
12
Sparta Rotterdam 14 games · Avg 3.6 goals PSV
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-18 Sparta Rotterdam 1–3 PSV 2024-10-05 PSV 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam 2024-05-05 PSV 4–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2023-10-08 Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 PSV 2023-05-06 Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 PSV

Recent Form

Sparta Rotterdam
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May PSV H 1–3 L
14 May FC Utrecht A 1–1 D
10 May Almere City FC A 3–0 W
04 May FC Twente '65 H 0–2 L
27 Apr AFC Ajax A 1–1 D
12 Apr SC Heerenveen H 3–1 W
PSV
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May Sparta Rotterdam A 3–1 W
14 May Heracles Almelo H 4–1 W
11 May Feyenoord Rotterdam A 3–2 W
03 May Fortuna Sittard H 4–1 W
24 Apr FC Twente '65 A 3–1 W
12 Apr Almere City FC H 5–0 W

Season Stats

Sparta Rotterdam PSV
#12 Position #3
5 Points 16
7 Played 7
1 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 1 / 1
10 Scored 24
17 Conceded 10
-7 GD +14
0.71 PPG 2.29
14% Win % 71%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season
0% Clean Sheets
PSV this season

Sparta Rotterdam are 12th (5 pts). PSV are 3rd (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sparta Rotterdam
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/5
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
PSV
0-15
3/4
16-30
3/1
31-45
5/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
2/–
76+
6/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sparta Rotterdam
Milan Zonneveld 5 G 1 A
Marvin Young 2 G
Nokkvi THorisson 1 G
PSV
Sven Mijnans 4 G 1 A
Guus Til 4 G
Ricardo Pepi 3 G
Sergino Dest 2 G 2 A
Ruben van Bommel 2 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sparta Rotterdam and PSV get this one started.
  • 5' Nick Olij, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Maurice Steijn might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 25' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 27' What composure from Ivan Perisic! The Croatia international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 32' Noa Lang needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 37' Mauro Junior has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 42' It’s a booking for Sparta Rotterdam player. Gjivai Zechiel gets a card.
  • 43' A moment of madness from Malik Tillman on 43 minutes earns him a card. PSV will be frustrated.
  • 46' It is a substitution in Sparta Rotterdam team. Shunsuke Mito is replaced by Mohamed Nassoh on 46 minute.
  • 51' It’s high time Peter Bosz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 52' What a strike from Gjivai Zechiel! The score is 1-1.
  • 57' PSV are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 58' Luuk de Jong doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 63' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 64' It’s gonna be a card for Olivier Boscagli.
  • 69' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sparta Rotterdam and PSV are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 72' The crowd applauds Olivier Boscagli as he leaves the pitch. Guus Til steps in for PSV.
  • 77' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 82' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 84' GOAL! Malik Tillman scores on 84. Assisted by Guus Til
  • 86' Another substitution for Sparta Rotterdam to replace Kristian Hlynsson by Pelle Clement on 86 minute.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maurice Steijn

PSV Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Bosz

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Luuk de Jong 3
Sven Mijnans 3
Donyell Malen 3
Mauro Junior 2
Malik Tillman 2
Johan Bakayoko 2
Lennart Thy 2
Ritsu Doan 2

Head to Head

2025-05-18 Sparta Rotterdam 1–3 PSV 2024-10-05 PSV 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam 2024-05-05 PSV 4–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2023-10-08 Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 PSV 2023-05-06 Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 PSV

Sparta Rotterdam Form

2025-05-18 Sparta Rotterdam 1–3 PSV L 2025-05-14 FC Utrecht 1–1 Sparta Rotterdam D 2025-05-10 Almere City FC 0–3 Sparta Rotterdam W 2025-05-04 Sparta Rotterdam 0–2 FC Twente '65 L 2025-04-27 AFC Ajax 1–1 Sparta Rotterdam D 2025-04-12 Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 SC Heerenveen W

PSV Form

2025-05-18 Sparta Rotterdam 1–3 PSV W 2025-05-14 PSV 4–1 Heracles Almelo W 2025-05-11 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2–3 PSV W 2025-05-03 PSV 4–1 Fortuna Sittard W 2025-04-24 FC Twente '65 1–3 PSV W 2025-04-12 PSV 5–0 Almere City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.17 Sparta Rotterdam xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
3.5 PSV xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + PSV to win 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sparta Rotterdam14% Draw16% PSV70%
Actual: PSV win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 4.67
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 94%
6%
± 2.5 83%
17%
± 3.5 66%
34%
± 4.5 48%
52%

Double Chance

Sparta Rotterdam or Draw
30%
Draw or PSV
86%
Sparta Rotterdam or PSV
84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sparta Rotterdam10% Draw29% PSV61%
Actual: PSV win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 3
Actual
1 – 2
6.9%
0 – 3
6.8%
1 – 4
6.7%
0 – 2
6.1%
0 – 4
5.8%
1 – 5
4.7%
1 – 1
4.6%
2 – 3
4.5%
0 – 5
4.1%
2 – 4
3.9%
2 – 2
3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sparta Rotterdam

Handicap Sparta Rotterdam covers Push PSV covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 2% 97%
-1.5 3% — 97%
-1 3% 6% 91%
-0.5 9% — 91%
+0.5 21% — 79%
+1 21% 17% 62%
+1.5 38% — 62%
+2 38% 19% 43%
+2.5 57% — 43%

Clean Sheet

Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet
4% ✓
PSV keeps clean sheet
32% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.