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Excelsior

2-1

Final

08/29/2026 · 7:30 AM

Sparta Rotterdam

Aymen Sliti 24' Nesto Groen 90+2'

Milan Zonneveld 48'

Win chance

50%Excelsior

EXC 50%Draw 27%SPA 23%

Chance derived from season trends. Not a prediction and not betting odds.

Match ends, Excelsior 2, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

90'+3'

Second Half ends, Excelsior 2, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

90'+2'

GoalGoal! Excelsior 2, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Nesto Groen (Excelsior) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilano Silva Timas with a headed pass following a corner.

90'+1'

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.

90'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

89'

SubSubstitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Nick Verschuren replaces Julian Baas.

88'

Bruno Martins Indi (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

88'

Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).

87'

ChanceAttempt saved. Alwande Roaldsøy (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Milan Zonneveld.

86'

Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

86'

Foul by Casper Widell (Excelsior).

86'

ChanceAttempt missed. Jan Plug (Excelsior) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a cross.

85'

SubSubstitution, Excelsior. Kasey Bos replaces Simon Janssen.

83'

SubSubstitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Joel Ideho replaces Mitchell van Bergen.

83'

SubSubstitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Alwande Roaldsøy replaces Jens Toornstra.

81'

Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.

81'

Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).

80'

Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

80'

Foul by Nesto Groen (Excelsior).

79'

ChanceAttempt missed. Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen.

79'

Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

79'

Foul by Casper Widell (Excelsior).

77'

Attempt blocked. Casper Widell (Excelsior) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Nesto Groen.

77'

ChanceAttempt missed. Nesto Groen (Excelsior) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a cross.

73'

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Lushendry Martes.

73'

Attempt blocked. Simon Janssen (Excelsior) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Casper Widell.

72'

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.

71'

Foul by Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam).

71'

Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

70'

Casper Terho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

70'

Foul by Ilano Silva Timas (Excelsior).

67'

SubSubstitution, Excelsior. Ilano Silva Timas replaces Ágúst Thorsteinsson.

67'

SubSubstitution, Excelsior. Nesto Groen replaces David Garden.

63'

Attempt blocked. David Garden (Excelsior) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a cross.

62'

ChanceAttempt saved. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Filip Bednarek (Sparta Rotterdam). Assisted by Simon Janssen with a cross.

59'

SubSubstitution, Excelsior. Eric da Silva Moreira replaces Daniël van Vianen.

59'

SubSubstitution, Excelsior. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Aymen Sliti.

59'

Corner to Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Casper Widell.

56'

Corner to Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Ágúst Thorsteinsson.

54'

ChanceAttempt missed. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ágúst Thorsteinsson.

54'

Attempt blocked. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

53'

Bas Kuipers (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

53'

Foul by David Garden (Excelsior).

52'

Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

52'

Foul by Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior).

51'

Foul by Bas Kuipers (Sparta Rotterdam).

51'

Casper Widell (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

48'

GoalGoal! Excelsior 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen.

47'

Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Sparta Rotterdam).

47'

Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Second Half begins Excelsior 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0.

45'+3'

First Half ends, Excelsior 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0.

45'+2'

Foul by Casper Terho (Sparta Rotterdam).

45'+2'

Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the left wing.

45'+1'

ChanceAttempt missed. Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bas Kuipers following a corner.

45'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'

Corner to Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Aymen Sliti.

41'

Attempt blocked. David Garden (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a cross.

41'

Attempt blocked. Casper Terho (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Milan Zonneveld.

40'

Attempt blocked. Casper Terho (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Martins Indi.

39'

SubSubstitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Casper Terho replaces Robin van Cruijsen because of an injury.

38'

Foul by Simon Janssen (Excelsior).

38'

Lushendry Martes (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

37'

YellowÁgúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

37'

Foul by Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior).

37'

Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

35'

ChanceAttempt missed. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a cross.

35'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

34'

Delay in match because of an injury Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam).

32'

ChanceAttempt missed. Jens Toornstra (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

31'

Foul by Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior).

31'

Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

29'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

28'

YellowSimon Janssen (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

28'

Delay in match because of an injury Robin van Cruijsen (Sparta Rotterdam).

27'

Attempt blocked. Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shunsuke Mito.

25'

Handball by Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam).

24'

GoalGoal! Excelsior 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.

23'

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.

23'

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Julian Baas.

22'

Foul by Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior).

22'

Jens Toornstra (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21'

ChanceAttempt saved. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Filip Bednarek (Sparta Rotterdam). Assisted by David Garden.

20'

YellowJens Toornstra (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

20'

Daniël van Vianen (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

20'

Foul by Jens Toornstra (Sparta Rotterdam).

19'

ChanceAttempt saved. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Filip Bednarek (Sparta Rotterdam). Assisted by Casper Widell.

15'

ChanceAttempt missed. Lushendry Martes (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.

15'

Attempt blocked. Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jens Toornstra with a cross.

14'

Corner to Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jan Plug.

11'

ChanceAttempt missed. Simon Janssen (Excelsior) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lennard Hartjes.

Milan Zonneveld (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Jan Plug (Excelsior).

Corner to Excelsior. Conceded by Bas Kuipers.

Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Foul by Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam).

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Porteros

Jugador	Min	G	A	Sv	GA	Cl	Pun	Pass	Score
1Stijn van Gassel	90'	0	0	1	1	0	0	27/44 61%	6.0

Defensas

Jugador	Min	Clr	Tkl	Int	Duel	Aer	Pass	Score
14Jan Plug	90'	7	1	1	6	4	47/51 92%	7.1
4Casper WidellC	90'	7	0	4	2	1	27/35 77%	6.7
3Rick Meissen	90'	2	2	2	2	0	27/34 79%	6.6
15Simon Janssen	85'	2	1	0	2	1	31/35 89%	6.1

Mediocampistas

Jugador	Min	KP	Drb	Duel	Rec	Tkl	Pass	Score
8Irakli Yegoian	90'	5	6	7	6	0	34/42 81%	8.2
6Daniël van Vianen	59'	0	0	6	4	1	10/14 71%	6.6
20Lennard Hartjes	90'	1	0	1	2	0	31/38 82%	6.2

Delanteros

Jugador	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Drb	Duel	Pass	Score
7Aymen Sliti	59'	1	0	3	2	0	1	5	17/21 81%	8.2
19David Garden	67'	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	6/8 75%	6.0
30Ágúst Thorsteinsson	67'	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	16/18 89%	5.6
28Nesto GroenS	23'	1	0	2	1	1	2	4	4/4 100%	7.9
21Ilano Silva TimasS	23'	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7/9 78%	7.5
11Alireza JahanbakhshS	31'	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	10/11 91%	6.7
2Eric da Silva MoreiraS	31'	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13/17 76%	6.1
12Kasey BosS	5'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2/2 100%	6.0

Porteros

Jugador	Min	G	A	Sv	GA	Cl	Pun	Pass	Score
1Filip Bednarek	90'	0	0	3	2	1	0	28/41 68%	6.5

Defensas

Jugador	Min	Clr	Tkl	Int	Duel	Aer	Pass	Score
3Marvin Young	90'	3	2	2	7	2	62/66 94%	7.8
4Bruno Martins IndiC	90'	10	1	0	6	4	70/78 90%	7.2
2Lushendry Martes	90'	3	2	2	6	3	31/39 79%	7.1
5Bas Kuipers	90'	2	0	2	5	3	36/46 78%	6.5
13Nick VerschurenS	1'	0	0	0	0	0	1/1 100%	5.9

Mediocampistas

Jugador	Min	A	KP	Drb	Duel	Rec	Tkl	Pass	Score
11Mitchell van Bergen	83'	1	2	3	5	0	0	32/37 86%	8.5
10Shunsuke Mito	90'	0	1	1	2	3	1	28/32 88%	6.9
8Jens Toornstra	83'	0	1	3	6	9	1	41/51 80%	6.6
6Julian Baas	89'	0	0	0	2	1	0	39/45 87%	6.2
7Robin van Cruijsen	39'	0	0	0	1	1	0	7/7 100%	5.9
16Alwande RoaldsøyS	7'	0	0	0	0	1	0	1/1 100%	6.1

Delanteros

Jugador	Min	G	Sh	SoT	KP	Duel	Pass	Score
9Milan Zonneveld	90'	1	3	1	2	13	8/17 47%	8.2
22Joel IdehoS	7'	0	0	0	0	0	4/4 100%	6.1
17Casper TerhoS	51'	0	2	0	0	2	18/23 78%	6.0

Abreviaturas

Min Minutes playedG GoalsA AssistsSv SavesGA Goals concededCl High claimsPun Punched clearPass Passes completed / attemptedScore Our rating (1-10)Clr ClearancesTkl Tackles wonInt InterceptionsDuel Duels wonAer Aerial duels wonKP Key passesDrb Dribbles completedRec RecoveriesSh ShotsSoT Shots on target

EXCSPA

1 Gassel

4 Widell 3 Meissen 14 Plug 20 Hartjes

8 Yegoian

1 Bednarek 4 Indi 5 Kuipers 2 Martes 3 Young

10 Mito

9 Zonneveld

Excelsior

Ruben den UilHead coach

Stijn van Gassel1 · POR

Simon Janssen15 · DEF85'

Casper Widell4 · DEF

Rick Meissen3 · DEF

Jan Plug14 · DEF

Lennard Hartjes20 · MED

Daniël van Vianen6 · MED59'

Irakli Yegoian8 · MED

Ágúst Thorsteinsson30 · DEL67'

David Garden19 · DEL67'

Aymen Sliti7 · DEL59'

Substitutes

Alireza Jahanbakhsh11 · SUB59'

Eric da Silva Moreira2 · SUB59'

Nesto Groen28 · SUB67'

Ilano Silva Timas21 · SUB67'

Kasey Bos12 · SUB85'

Tijmen Holla40 · SUB

Guilliano Cairo24 · SUB

Yacqub Finey23 · SUB

Osman Turay22 · SUB

Stan Henderikx5 · SUB

Valentin Sulzbacher18 · SUB

Sparta Rotterdam

Rogier MeijerHead coach

Filip Bednarek1 · POR

Bruno Martins Indi4 · DEF

Bas Kuipers5 · DEF

Lushendry Martes2 · DEF

Marvin Young3 · DEF

Robin van Cruijsen7 · MED39'

Jens Toornstra8 · MED83'

Julian Baas6 · MED89'

Shunsuke Mito10 · MED

Mitchell van Bergen11 · MED83'

Milan Zonneveld9 · DEL

Substitutes

Casper Terho17 · SUB39'

Alwande Roaldsøy16 · SUB83'

Joel Ideho22 · SUB83'

Nick Verschuren13 · SUB89'

Teo Quintero14 · SUB

Pascal Kuiper20 · SUB

Giannino Vianello15 · SUB

Andrej Kostic19 · SUB

Rik Suur30 · SUB

Boyd Reith12 · SUB

Win chance

50%Excelsior

EXC 50%Draw 27%SPA 23%

Chance derived from season trends. Not a prediction and not betting odds.

Player of the match

Mitchell van Bergen

Sparta Rotterdam · MF

8.5

Min83'Ast.1Passes86%

Best performers

Stadium

Stadion Woudestein

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Asistencia 4,600Capacidad 4,500

Referee

Serdar Gözübüyük

VAR: Pol van Boekel

Table

#	Eredivisie	MP	Pts
1	Feyenoord	8	20
2	PSV	8	19
4	Twente	8	17
5	Ajax	8	15
6	Fortuna Sittard	8	14
7	Excelsior	7	11
8	FC Groningen	7	11
9	Go Ahead Eagles	8	11
10	sc Heerenveen	8	9
11	N.E.C.	8	9
12	Sparta Rotterdam	8	6
13	Telstar	7	5
14	SC Cambuur	7	5
15	FC Utrecht	7	5
16	PEC Zwolle	7	4
17	ADO Den Haag	7	2
18	Willem II	7	2