Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:30 UTC · Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam · half-time 1-0

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Excelsior 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

Excelsior beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. The half-time score was 1-0.

Aymen Sliti opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Aymen Sliti (24') and Nesto Groen (90+2'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Milan Zonneveld (48').

Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 10th on 3 points from 2 and Sparta Rotterdam 8th on 4 points from 3. In the current table Excelsior are 15th on 11 points and Sparta Rotterdam are 11th on 12 points.

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 Aymen Sliti of Excelsior (7.8), level with Milan Zonneveld (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Excelsior wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Jens ToornstraSparta Rotterdam
  • 24'Goal · Aymen SlitiExcelsior · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Simon JanssenExcelsior
  • 37'Yellow card · Ágúst Orri ThorsteinssonExcelsior
  • 48'Goal · Milan ZonneveldSparta Rotterdam · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Nesto GroenExcelsior · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Sparta Rotterdam113352026-612LDWLW
15Excelsior113261628-1211DLLLL

Full Eredivisie table

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Excelsior 2, draws 0, Sparta Rotterdam 3.

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Rick Meissen, Casper Widell, Jan Plug, Simon Janssen, Lennard Hartjes, Irakli Yegoian, Daniel van Vianen, Aymen Sliti, David Garden, Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson

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

Filip Bednarek, Lushendry Martes, Marvin Young, Bruno Martins Indi, Bas Kuipers, Julian Baas, Jens Toornstra, Robin van Cruijsen, Shunsuke Mito, Mitchell van Bergen, Milan Zonneveld

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