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Excelsior

2 — 1 Aug 29, 2026 · 08:00 PM IST

Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Round 4

Venue Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam

Referee Serdar Gözübüyük

Attendance 4,600

Player of the Match Irakli Yegoian 8.1 90' played

Match Events

20' Away Jens Toornstra

24' Home ⚽ Aymen Sliti — 1-0

28' Home Simon Janssen

37' Home Ágúst Thorsteinsson

39' Away ↔ Casper Terho → Robin van Cruijsen

HT

48' Away ⚽ Milan Zonneveld — 1-1

59' Home ↔ Alireza Jahanbakhsh → Aymen Sliti

59' Home ↔ Eric da Silva Moreira → Daniël van Vianen

67' Home ↔ Nesto Groen → David Garden

67' Home ↔ Ilano Silva Timas → Ágúst Thorsteinsson

82' Away ↔ Alwande Roaldsøy → Jens Toornstra

83' Away ↔ Joel Ideho → Mitchell van Bergen

85' Home ↔ Kasey Bos → Simon Janssen

89' Away ↔ Nick Verschuren → Julian Baas

90 + 2' Home ⚽ Nesto Groen — 2-1

FT

Match Stats

44 56

Ball possession

1.32 1.03

Expected goals (xG)

15 10

Total shots

5 2

Shots on target

32 23

Touches in opposition box

1 1

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

309 (81%) 406 (83%)

Accurate passes

2 1

Yellow cards

6 4

Corners

Lineups

Excelsior (4-3-3)

Coach: Ruben den Uil

Starting XI

1 Stijn van Gassel 6.5

3 Rick Meissen 6.9

4 Casper Widell 7.6

14 Jan Plug 7.3

15 Simon Janssen 7.1

20 Lennard Hartjes 6.9

8 Irakli Yegoian 8.1

6 Daniël van Vianen 7

7 Aymen Sliti 7.9

19 David Garden 6.4

30 Ágúst Thorsteinsson 6.5

Substitutes

2 Eric da Silva Moreira 6.5

11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 6.8

21 Ilano Silva Timas 6.9

28 Nesto Groen 7.6

12 Kasey Bos

40 Tijmen Holla

24 Giuliano Cairo

22 Osman Mohamed Turay

5 Stan Henderikx

18 Valentin Sulzbacher

23 Yaqub Finey

Sparta Rotterdam (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Rogier Meijer

Starting XI

1 Filip Bednarek 6.3

2 Lushendry Martes 6.8

3 Marvin Young 7.2

4 Bruno Martins Indi 6.8

5 Bas Kuipers 6.8

6 Julian Baas 5.9

8 Jens Toornstra 7.2

7 Robin van Cruijsen 5.9

10 Shunsuke Mito 6.9

11 Mitchell van Bergen 7.7

9 Milan Zonneveld 7.8

Substitutes

17 Casper Terho 5.9

16 Alwande Roaldsøy

22 Joel Ideho

13 Nick Verschuren

20 Pascal Kuiper

30 Rik Suur

12 Boyd Reith

15 Giannino Vianello

14 Teo Quintero

19 Andrej Kostic