Sparta Rotterdam vs SBV Excelsior, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sparta Rotterdam vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie at Het Kasteel.
- Sparta Rotterdam 34 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- SBV Excelsior 34 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# 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 17 May SBV Excelsior H 2–3 L 10 May FC Twente '65 A 0–4 L 03 May Go Ahead Eagles H 2–2 D 22 Apr Telstar 1963 A 1–4 L 11 Apr PSV H 0–2 L 05 Apr NAC Breda A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Sparta Rotterdam A 3–2 W 10 May FC Volendam H 1–1 D 02 May FC Groningen A 3–2 W 26 Apr FC Utrecht H 5–0 W 12 Apr PEC Zwolle A 2–2 D 04 Apr NEC H 0–2 L Season Stats
Sparta Rotterdam SBV Excelsior #10 Position #13 43 Points 38 34 Played 34 12 / 7 / 15 W / D / L 10 / 8 / 16 40 Scored 43 62 Conceded 56 -22 GD -13 1.26 PPG 1.12 35% Win % 29% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season18% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this seasonSparta Rotterdam are 10th (43 pts). SBV Excelsior are 13th (38 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sparta Rotterdam0-15–/–16-30–/–31-452/246-602/461-75–/376+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededSBV Excelsior0-151/316-301/131-452/–46-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sparta Rotterdam to score. At the same time, SBV Excelsior does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' 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.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with SBV Excelsior winning 50% of all matches.
- 14' Giannino Vianello puts Sparta Rotterdam on the lead.
- 19' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Arthur Zagre suffering a number of foals already.
- 24' It looks like no one’s ball. SBV Excelsior is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 29' Sparta Rotterdam started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 29.
- 34' Teo Quintero has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 39' It’s high time Maurice Steijn made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' Sparta Rotterdam player sees a card in front of him.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 50' GOAL! Arthur Zagre scores on 50.
- 53' Goal! Ayoni Santos scores his 1 goal in 230 matches.
- 54' The referee calls foul for Julian Baas. He receives a card.
- 59' 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.
- 62' What an equalizer from Noah Naujoks!
- 67' Sparta Rotterdam is showing some good football. However, Sparta Rotterdam are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 71' Sparta Rotterdam player sees a card in front of him.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 81' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 86' SBV Excelsior looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Arthur Zagre scoring 1 goals.
- 89' It’s gonna be a card for Patrick van Aanholt.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sparta Rotterdam.
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Lineups
Sparta Rotterdam Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 8
- 11
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 5
Bench
- 15
- 21
- 20
- 18
- 17
- 16
- 30
- 12
- 14
- 19
- 13
Coach Maurice SteijnSBV Excelsior Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 29
- 12
- 1
- 20
- 3
- 11
- 10
- 14
- 23
- 4
- 30
Bench
- 15
- 9
- 16
- 2
- 8
- 6
- 24
- 33
- 34
Coach Ruben den Uil -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Tobias Lauritsen 4 Redouan El Yaakoubi 2 Arthur Zagre 2 Couhaib Driouech 2 Milan Zonneveld 1 Troy Parrott 1 Jonathan de Guzman 1 Kik Pierie 1 Head to Head
Sparta Rotterdam Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.75 Sparta Rotterdam xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.85 SBV Excelsior xGI would bet for: Sparta Rotterdam or SBV Excelsior 74% + Both teams to score 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SBV Excelsior winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.6Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
Sparta Rotterdam or Draw 61%Draw or SBV Excelsior 64%Sparta Rotterdam or SBV Excelsior 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SBV Excelsior win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.7%1 – 2 7.9%2 – 1 7.5%2 – 2 6.8%1 – 3 4.8%0 – 2 4.7%0 – 1 4.5%3 – 1 4.3%2 – 0 4.2%2 – 3 Actual1 – 0 4.2%0 – 0 4.1%Asian Handicap — Sparta Rotterdam
Handicap Sparta Rotterdam covers Push SBV Excelsior covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 11% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 17% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 60% — 40% +1 60% 18% 22% +1.5 78% — 22% +2 78% 12% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet 17% ✓SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.