Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 1 October 2023

Result

Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 1 October 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

Excelsior won against Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 1 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jonathan de Guzmán opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Arthur Zagré (73') and Troy Parrott (90+4'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Jonathan de Guzmán (59').

Discipline: Excelsior received 4 yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 7th on 9 points from 6 and Sparta Rotterdam 5th on 11 points from 6. Excelsior went on to finish that season 16th with 29 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 9th with 49.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stijn van Gassel of Excelsior (8.1), ahead of Siebe Horemans (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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Redouan El YaakoubiExcelsior
  • 45'Yellow card · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior
  • 59'Goal · Jonathan de GuzmánSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 73'Goal · Arthur ZagréExcelsior · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Arthur ZagréExcelsior
  • 90'Yellow card · Bart VriendsSparta Rotterdam
  • 90+4'Goal · Troy ParrottExcelsior · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Troy ParrottExcelsior

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Casper Widell, Sven Nieuwpoort, Arthur Zagré, Julian Baas, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Cisse Sandra, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Nikolas Agrafiotis, Couhaib Driouech

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

Nick Olij, Saïd Bakari, Bart Vriends, Tijs Velthuis, Djevencio van der Kust, Jonathan de Guzmán, Joshua Kitolano, Pelle Clement, Charles-Andreas Brym, Agustín Anello, Tobias Lauritsen