Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 January 2023

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sparta Rotterdam · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 Excelsior: match report

Sparta Rotterdam won against Excelsior 1-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joshua Kitolano of Sparta Rotterdam in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 6th on 25 points from 15 and Excelsior 12th on 16 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Eredivisie season and is kept for reference.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joshua Kitolano of Sparta Rotterdam (8.4), ahead of Tobias Lauritsen (8.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jeremy van MullemSparta Rotterdam
  • 90'Yellow card · Mike van DuinenExcelsior
  • 90+1'Goal · Joshua KitolanoSparta Rotterdam · 1-0

Team news

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

Nick Olij, Shurandy Sambo, Bart Vriends, Adil Auassar, Mica Pinto, Sven Mijnans, Jeremy van Mullem, Joshua Kitolano, Vito van Crooij, Tobias Lauritsen, Koki Saito

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

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Julian Baas, Adrian Fein, Marouan Azarkan, Kenzo Goudmijn, Couhaib Driouech, Reda Kharchouch