Sparta Rotterdam 4-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 February 2024

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 4-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 February 2024, 17:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

Sparta Rotterdam · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam 4-2 Excelsior: match report

Sparta Rotterdam defeated Excelsior 4-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 17 February 2024. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Kik Pierie opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Arno Verschueren (24'), Tobias Lauritsen (31'), Tobias Lauritsen (75') and Charles-Andreas Brym (90+6'). Excelsior scored through Kik Pierie (11') and Lance Duijvestijn (16').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 4 yellow cards; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 10th on 26 points from 21 and Excelsior 15th on 21 points from 21. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Excelsior 16th with 29.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Excelsior in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tobias Lauritsen of Sparta Rotterdam (9.4), ahead of Kik Pierie (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

11'Goal · Kik PierieExcelsior · 0-1
16'Goal · Lance DuijvestijnExcelsior · 0-2
24'Goal · Arno VerschuerenSparta Rotterdam · 1-2
31'Goal · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam · 2-2
51'Yellow card · Pelle ClementSparta Rotterdam
56'Yellow card · Jonathan de GuzmánSparta Rotterdam
63'Yellow card · Bart VriendsSparta Rotterdam
66'Yellow card · Djevencio van der KustSparta Rotterdam
75'Goal · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam · 3-2
90+1'Yellow card · Richie OmorowaExcelsior
90+3'Yellow card · Siebe HoremansExcelsior
90+6'Goal · Charles-Andreas BrymSparta Rotterdam · 4-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 2, draws 0, Excelsior 1.

Excelsior 2-1 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 1 Oct 2023
Excelsior 1-4 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 5 Mar 2023
Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 ExcelsiorEredivisie · 14 Jan 2023

Team news

Unavailable

Jacky DonkorExcelsior · injury (Knee Injury)
Lennard HartjesExcelsior · injury (Knee Injury)
Serano SeymorExcelsior · injury (Foot Injury)
Sven NieuwpoortExcelsior · injury (Unknown Injury)
Camiel NeghliSparta Rotterdam · injury (Unknown Injury)

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nick Olij, Djevencio van der Kust, Bart Vriends, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Django Warmerdam, Joshua Kitolano, Jonathan de Guzmán, Pelle Clement, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito, Tobias Lauritsen

Excelsior line-up (4-4-2)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Casper Widell, Kik Pierie, Arthur Zagré, Couhaib Driouech, Cisse Sandra, Julian Baas, Kenzo Goudmijn, Lance Duijvestijn, Troy Parrott