Match at a glance Sparta Rotterdam won 0–1.
Shots 17 – 19
Shots on target 4 – 7
Expected goals 1.55 – 1.65
Possession 53% – 47% Story Stats Shot map xG H2H Comparison Evidence More football Full time
What the match recorded Sparta Rotterdam beat Excelsior 1–0. Recorded in this match (Excelsior – Sparta Rotterdam): shots 17–19, shots on target 4–7, expected goals 1.55–1.65, possession 53%–47%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.
This match
Match statistics Excelsior Sparta Rotterdam
Shots 17 shots 19 shots Excelsior 17 shots, Sparta Rotterdam 19 shots Shots on target 4 shots 7 shots Excelsior 4 shots, Sparta Rotterdam 7 shots Expected goals 1.55 xG 1.65 xG Excelsior 1.55 xG, Sparta Rotterdam 1.65 xG Possession 53% 47% Excelsior 53%, Sparta Rotterdam 47% Corners 7 corners 2 corners Excelsior 7 corners, Sparta Rotterdam 2 corners Fouls 11 fouls 8 fouls Excelsior 11 fouls, Sparta Rotterdam 8 fouls Every shot
Shot map Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.
Share Sparta Rotterdam ← attacking attacking → Excelsior
Lance Duijvestijn · Sparta Rotterdam · 76′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blocked Patrick van Aanholt · Sparta Rotterdam · 85′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blocked Yoon Do-young · Excelsior · 87′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blocked Shurandy Sambo · Sparta Rotterdam · 8′ · 0.02 xG · on target Derensili Sanches Fernandes · Excelsior · 12′ · 0.02 xG · on target Casper Widell · Excelsior · 18′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blocked Irakli Yegoian · Excelsior · 26′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blocked Szymon Włodarczyk · Excelsior · 58′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blocked Sayfallah Ltaief · Sparta Rotterdam · 43′ · 0.03 xG · on target Lance Duijvestijn · Sparta Rotterdam · 77′ · 0.03 xG · on target Marvin Young · Sparta Rotterdam · 85′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blocked Chris-Kévin Nadje · Excelsior · 87′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blocked Mitchell Van Bergen · Sparta Rotterdam · 16′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blocked Derensili Sanches Fernandes · Excelsior · 31′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blocked Chris-Kévin Nadje · Excelsior · 69′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blocked Tobias Lauritsen · Sparta Rotterdam · 76′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blocked Tobias Lauritsen · Sparta Rotterdam · 19′ · 0.05 xG · on target Casper Widell · Excelsior · 26′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blocked Jens Toornstra · Sparta Rotterdam · 45′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blocked Joshua Kitolano · Sparta Rotterdam · 49′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blocked Rick Meissen · Excelsior · 1′ · 0.06 xG · on target Arthur Zagre · Excelsior · 31′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blocked Irakli Yegoian · Excelsior · 57′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blocked Mike van Duinen · Excelsior · 83′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blocked Mitchell Van Bergen · Sparta Rotterdam · 20′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blocked Tobias Lauritsen · Sparta Rotterdam · 31′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blocked Jens Toornstra · Sparta Rotterdam · 88′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blocked Jens Toornstra · Sparta Rotterdam · 90′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blocked Casper Widell · Excelsior · 6′ · 0.11 xG · off target or blocked Tobias Lauritsen · Sparta Rotterdam · 80′ · 0.12 xG · off target or blocked Tobias Lauritsen · Sparta Rotterdam · 19′ · 0.13 xG · on target Derensili Sanches Fernandes · Excelsior · 47′ · 0.13 xG · on target Mitchell Van Bergen · Sparta Rotterdam · 88′ · 0.20 xG · on target Arthur Zagre · Excelsior · 41′ · 0.32 xG · on target Ayoub Oufkir · Sparta Rotterdam · 90′ · 0.41 xG · goal Noah Naujoks · Excelsior · 30′ · 0.44 xG · off target or blocked size = xG Excelsior: 17 shots, 4 on target, 1.51 xG. Sparta Rotterdam: 19 shots, 7 on target, 1.60 xG.
How the match built
Expected-goals timeline Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.
Share Excelsior 1.51 xG Sparta Rotterdam 1.60 xG
0 1 2 0′ HT 90′ Ayoub Oufkir · Sparta Rotterdam · 90′ The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Excelsior 1.51 xG · Sparta Rotterdam 1.60 xG.
History
Head-to-head Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
1 Excelsior
0 Draws
3 Sparta Rotterdam
17 Feb 2024 Sparta Rotterdam — Excelsior · Eredivisie 4–2
1 Oct 2023 Excelsior — Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie 2–1
5 Mar 2023 Excelsior — Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie 1–4
14 Jan 2023 Sparta Rotterdam — Excelsior · Eredivisie 1–0
Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings
Metric comparison
Team comparison Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Where the edge is Season: Excelsior favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Sparta Rotterdam in 9
▲ led this metric● higher value (descriptive)
Season Last 10 Last 5 Home–Away Style profile Rest and recent workload
Excelsior 5 matches Sparta Rotterdam 5 matches
0.6 goals/match Goals scored5/5 ▲ 1.4 goals/match
2.4 goals/match Goals allowed5/5 ▲ 2.2 goals/match
1.03 xG/match Expected goals5/5 ▲ 1.28 xG/match
11.2 shots/match Shots5/5 ▲ 12.4 shots/match
4 shots/match Shots on target5/5 ▲ 4.6 shots/match
43.6% ● Possession5/5 39.2%
4 corners/match ● Corners5/5 2.8 corners/match
14 fouls/match Fouls5/5 6.4 fouls/match
Excelsior 5 matches Sparta Rotterdam 5 matches
0.6 goals/match Goals scored5/5 ▲ 1.4 goals/match
2.4 goals/match Goals allowed5/5 ▲ 2.2 goals/match
1.03 xG/match Expected goals5/5 ▲ 1.28 xG/match
11.2 shots/match Shots5/5 ▲ 12.4 shots/match
4 shots/match Shots on target5/5 ▲ 4.6 shots/match
43.6% ● Possession5/5 39.2%
4 corners/match ● Corners5/5 2.8 corners/match
14 fouls/match Fouls5/5 6.4 fouls/match
Excelsior 5 matches Sparta Rotterdam 5 matches
0.6 goals/match Goals scored5/5 ▲ 1.4 goals/match
2.4 goals/match Goals allowed5/5 ▲ 2.2 goals/match
1.03 xG/match Expected goals5/5 ▲ 1.28 xG/match
11.2 shots/match Shots5/5 ▲ 12.4 shots/match
4 shots/match Shots on target5/5 ▲ 4.6 shots/match
43.6% ● Possession5/5 39.2%
4 corners/match ● Corners5/5 2.8 corners/match
14 fouls/match Fouls5/5 6.4 fouls/match
Excelsior 3 matches Sparta Rotterdam 3 matches
0.67 goals/match Goals scored3/3 ▲ 1.67 goals/match
1 goal/match ▲ Goals allowed3/3 2 goals/match
1.04 xG/match Expected goals3/3 ▲ 1.5 xG/match
11.7 shots/match Shots3/3 ▲ 13.3 shots/match
3.33 shots/match Shots on target3/3 ▲ 5.33 shots/match
43.3% ● Possession3/3 37.7%
4.33 corners/match ● Corners3/3 2.67 corners/match
13.7 fouls/match Fouls3/3 6 fouls/match
Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.
Possession control Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Attacking volume Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Defensive resistance Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Directness proxy Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Physicality Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50% Set-piece relevance Corner volume relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Tempo and pressure proxy Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% 14.6 days Rest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/1 13.9 days
0 matches Matches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/1 1 match
Excelsior / Sparta Rotterdam
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis Grade B · Useful evidence Useful evidence — limited
Season samples 5 / 5 home / away teams
Recent samples 5 / 5 last-five windows
Freshness Less than one day from nearest prior match
Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold. Known unknowns Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset. Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards. The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season. Analysis cutoff: Sun, 14 Sept 2025, 14:15 UTC · analysis-v4 Team rankings in Eredivisie 
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