Sparta RotterdamAttacking momentumExcelsior
Preview
- Sparta Rotterdam welcome Excelsior on 2026-05-17 at 13:30 GMT in the Group Stage of the 2025-2026 Eredivisie at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.
- Expect 2-3 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 20 fouls this match from Referee A. Lindhout based on their last 10 games.
- M. Steijn versus R. den Uil across 1 meeting, record stands at 1-0 with no draws.
- Current league positions have Sparta Rotterdam 10th on 43 points and Excelsior 14th on 35 points.
- Sparta Rotterdam are missing 4 players: S. Bakari (Inactive), M. Kleijn (Inactive), B. Martins Indi (Yellow Cards), M. van Bergen (Injury) whereas Excelsior are missing 3 players: A. Carlen (Yellow Cards), S. Henderikx (Inactive), M. Jonathans (Knee Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Sparta Rotterdam should be met by Excelsior's expected 4-3-3.
- Sparta Rotterdam suffered a 0-4 defeat to Twente, while Excelsior managed a 1-1 draw versus Volendam.
- Sparta Rotterdam's form is 0-2-3 recently, but Excelsior are on a roll with 2-2-1 in their last 5 matches.
- Excelsior hold the upper hand H2H: of 18 meetings, they've triumphed 9 times, conceded 6 times and shared 3 draws.
- Our model forecasts 2-1 for Sparta Rotterdam, bolstered by their 6-5-5 home record and an average of 1.19 goals per game.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Sparta Rotterdam
Excelsior
Events
| 14' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 40' | V. van Crooij | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 50' | 0 - 2 | ||
| 53' | 1 - 2 | ||
| 54' | J. Baas | ||
| 62' | 1 - 3 | ||
| 64' | |||
| 71' | |||
| 71' | |||
| 71' | T. Quintero | ||
| 75' | |||
| 79' | |||
| 86' | |||
| 86' | |||
| 89' | P. van Aanholt | ||
| 90+1' | 2 - 3 | ||
| 90+4' | Goal cancelled | ||
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Commentary
Sparta Rotterdam is going head to head with Excelsior on 17/5/2026 12:30 GMT at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel for the Netherlands Eredivisie. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Sparta Rotterdam v Excelsior H2H statistics!