Sparta Rotterdam 3-2 Willem II: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 3-2 Willem II

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam · half-time 1-1

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Sparta Rotterdam 3-2 Willem II: match report

Sparta Rotterdam won against Willem II 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tonny Vilhena opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Jens Toornstra (39'), Lushendry Martes (50') and Milan Zonneveld (57'). Willem II scored through Tonny Vilhena (17') and Uriël van Aalst (68').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 5 yellow cards; Willem II received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 14th on 6 points from 8 and Willem II 18th on 2 points from 8. In the current table Sparta Rotterdam are 11th on 12 points and Willem II are 18th on 2 points.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 5-4-1 and Willem II in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Milan Zonneveld of Sparta Rotterdam (8.1), ahead of Jens Toornstra (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 1 draw and 3 for Willem II.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Tonny VilhenaWillem II · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Jens ToornstraSparta Rotterdam · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Finn StamWillem II
  • 50'Goal · Lushendry MartesSparta Rotterdam · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Milan ZonneveldSparta Rotterdam · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Rogier MeijerSparta Rotterdam
  • 68'Goal · Uriël van AalstWillem II · 3-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Vito van CrooijWillem II
  • 70'Yellow card · Lushendry MartesSparta Rotterdam
  • 75'Yellow card · Thomas VerheydtWillem II
  • 78'Yellow card · Alwande RoaldsøySparta Rotterdam
  • 85'Yellow card · Milan ZonneveldSparta Rotterdam
  • 88'Yellow card · Bas KuipersSparta Rotterdam
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Chido ObiWillem II

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Sparta Rotterdam113352026-612LDWLW
18Willem II110291039-292LLLLL

Full Eredivisie table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 6, draws 1, Willem II 3.

Team news

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Sparta Rotterdam line-up (5-4-1)

Michael Brouwer, Lushendry Martes, Marvin Young, Nick Verschuren, Bruno Martins Indi, Bas Kuipers, Robin van Cruijsen, Jens Toornstra, Cedric Hatenboer, Isaac Babadi, Milan Zonneveld

Willem II line-up (4-2-3-1)

Maxime Delanghe, Hidde ter Avest, Finn Stam, Maxim Dekker, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Anass Zarrouk, Tonny Vilhena, Jaden Slory, Uriël van Aalst, Vito van Crooij, Devin Haen

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