Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Utrecht — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 12:30 UTCHet Kasteel

Sparta Rotterdam

2–1Historical match

FC Utrecht

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Sparta Rotterdam won 2–1.

Shots: 1520
Shots on target: 55
Expected goals: 1.341.35
Possession: 45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sparta Rotterdam beat FC Utrecht 2–1. Recorded in this match (Sparta Rotterdam – FC Utrecht): shots 15–20, shots on target 5–5, expected goals 1.34–1.35, possession 45%–55%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots20 shotsSparta Rotterdam 15 shots, FC Utrecht 20 shots
Shots on target5 shots5 shotsSparta Rotterdam 5 shots, FC Utrecht 5 shots
Expected goals1.34 xG1.35 xGSparta Rotterdam 1.34 xG, FC Utrecht 1.35 xG
Possession45%55%Sparta Rotterdam 45%, FC Utrecht 55%
Corners5 corners6 cornersSparta Rotterdam 5 corners, FC Utrecht 6 corners
Fouls9 fouls11 foulsSparta Rotterdam 9 fouls, FC Utrecht 11 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.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Sparta Rotterdam: 15 shots, 5 on target, 1.49 xG. FC Utrecht: 20 shots, 5 on target, 1.39 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Sparta Rotterdam 1.49 xG · FC Utrecht 1.39 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Sparta Rotterdam

1Draws

3FC Utrecht

14 May 2025FC Utrecht — Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie1–1

3 Nov 2024Sparta Rotterdam — FC Utrecht · Eredivisie1–4

23 May 2024FC Utrecht — Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie3–1

12 May 2024FC Utrecht — Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie0–1

26 Nov 2023Sparta Rotterdam — FC Utrecht · Eredivisie1–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.73 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.91 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4