Excelsior 1-4 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 5 March 2023

Result

Excelsior 1-4 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 5 March 2023, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Excelsior 1-4 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

Excelsior were beaten by Sparta Rotterdam 1-4 in Eredivisie on Sunday 5 March 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Excelsior's goal came from Couhaib Driouech (45'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through an own goal by Redouan El Yaakoubi (20'), K. Saito (49'), Tobias Lauritsen (56') and Bart Vriends (60').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 15th on 20 points from 23 and Sparta Rotterdam 6th on 37 points from 23. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 32 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 6th with 63.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vito van Crooij of Sparta Rotterdam (8.4), ahead of Tobias Lauritsen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Going into the match Excelsior's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Sparta Rotterdam's L-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Own goal · Redouan El YaakoubiSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · K. SaitoSparta Rotterdam · 1-2
  • 56'Goal · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam · 1-3
  • 60'Goal · Bart VriendsSparta Rotterdam · 1-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Serano Seymor, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Peer Koopmeiners, Kenzo Goudmijn, Marouan Azarkan, Noah Naujoks, Lazaros Lamprou, Nikolas Agrafiotis

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nick Olij, Shurandy Sambo, Bart Vriends, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Mica Pinto, Joshua Kitolano, Jonathan de Guzmán, Vito van Crooij, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito, Tobias Lauritsen