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Excelsior v Sparta Rotterdam : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 14th Sep, 11:15 BST, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam

Excelsior and their boss Ruben Albes will be looking to get one over on Erkan Sozeri and his Sparta Rotterdam side on Sunday morning, as the pair clash at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in the Eredivisie. In this preview you'll find the best odds for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Excelsior or S.Rotterdam are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 80% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of S.Rotterdam coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Excelsior
33%
9/59/5
Draw
24%
5/227/10
S.Rotterdam
43%
5/413/10
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
S.Rotterdam 2-1
9%
17/215/2
S.Rotterdam 1-0
8%
17/215/2
Excelsior 2-1
8%
10/18/1
Excelsior 1-0
7%
10/117/2
S.Rotterdam 2-0
7%
11/110/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/110/1
Excelsior 2-0
5%
14/112/1
S.Rotterdam 3-1
5%
16/112/1
Excelsior 3-1
4%
20/116/1
S.Rotterdam 3-0
3%
20/116/1
S.Rotterdam 3-2
3%
22/118/1
Excelsior 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Excelsior 3-0
2%
28/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
8/117/10
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
43/4021/20
Home 1st Goal
47%
21/2011/10
Away 1st Goal
50%
5/617/20
No 1st Goal
3%
12/110/1
BTTS - Yes
60%
8/138/13
BTTS - No
40%
6/523/20
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/119/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/317/5
BTTS - Away Win
22%
10/33/1
Home/draw
57%
8/133/5
Away/draw
67%
2/52/5
Home/away
76%
2/71/4
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
2/92/9
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
3/129/10
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
7/47/4
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
2/52/5
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
9/219/5
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/72/13
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/117/2
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/201/20
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/110/1
Home DNB
50%
11/1021/20
Away DNB
60%
4/67/10
Excelsior win to nil
15%
9/2-
S.Rotterdam win to nil
20%
10/3-
Excelsior / Excelsior
18%
15/410/3
Excelsior / S.Rotterdam
4%
22/118/1
Excelsior / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Excelsior
12%
6/111/2
Draw / S.Rotterdam
14%
5/19/2
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
S.Rotterdam / Excelsior
3%
25/120/1
S.Rotterdam / S.Rotterdam
22%
11/45/2
S.Rotterdam / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Win / draw / win Eredivisie table
Won
Draw
Lost
Excelsior
S.Rotterdam
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
NEC4301109 
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
Feb 14
Nov 29
2
Utrecht430189 
Apr 23
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1F
Jan 24
3
PSV430179 
Sep 27
Jan 10
Apr 11
l
 
6-1A
4
Feyenoord330079 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 14
l
 
0-4A
Jan 17
5
Ajax422048 
Jan 31
Nov 22
Oct 4
Mar 14
6
AZ Alkmaar321047 
Feb 14
Dec 13
Nov 2
Feb 21
7
PEC Zwolle320116 
Dec 20
Apr 11
Mar 7
Nov 8
8
Groningen420206 
Dec 6
May 2
Jan 31
Oct 19
9
S.Rotterdam4202-56 
Sep 14
May 17
-
-
10
Fortuna311104 
Oct 19
Feb 21
Nov 22
Feb 7
11
FC Volendam404004 
May 10
Sep 20
Mar 21
Dec 20
12
Telstar4112-24 
Jan 17
Nov 1
Oct 25
Apr 23
13
GA Eagles4031-33 
Feb 28
Oct 26
May 2
w
 
0-3F
14
Twente4103-33 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
Sep 19
May 10
15
NAC4103-53 
Nov 29
Feb 7
Dec 6
Apr 4
16
Excelsior4103-83 
-
-
May 17
Sep 14
17
Heerenveen4022-22 
Mar 7
Oct 4
Dec 13
Feb 28
18
Heracles4004-130 
Nov 8
Mar 21
Jan 10
Sep 27
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Win / draw / win form
Excelsior 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
49
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
S.Rotterdam 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Excelsior since 2016
Excelsior
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
EXC
2
D
1
SPA
1
League games at S.Rotterdam since 2017
S.Rotterdam
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
EXC
2
SPA
2
Goal Statistics

Sparta Rotterdam have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Eredivisie games. Their PG of 1.6 against Excelsior on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Excelsior 16th S.Rotterdam 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Excelsior will score no more than 1 goal
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that S.Rotterdam will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Excelsior’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
S.Rotterdam’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Excelsior
PG (predicted goals)
S.Rotterdam
1.4
1.6
Attack rating
0%
better
EXC
SPA
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
EXC
SPA
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Excelsior v S.Rotterdam Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4111
S. HendrikxM DuinenA CarlénS. Hendrikx
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Meissen DEF4
-
S. Hendrikx DEF4
1
A Zagre DEF4
-
I Bronkhorst DEF4
-
C Widell DEF4
-
A Carlén MID41
1
-
M Duinen FWD41
1
-
G Regt FWD4
-
D Fernandes FWD41
-
N. Martens DEF31
-
N Naujoks MID3
-
D. Yun FWD31
-
S Gassel GLK2
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
I Yegoian MID2
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD2
-
J. Armantrading FWD2
1
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-
S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4222
J DrommelT LauritsenP AanholtJ Toornstra
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Drommel GLK4
-
B Indi  DEF4
1
M. Young DEF4
-
T Quintero DEF41
-
S Bakari DEF4
-
P Aanholt DEF42
-
J Kitolano MID411
-
P Clement MID41
-
J Toornstra MID4
2
-
S Ltaief FWD41
-
T Lauritsen FWD421
1
-
A. Oufkir FWD3
1
-
S Sambo DEF21
1
-
J Baas MID2
-
M Bergen FWD2
-
S Mito FWD21
-
M Kleijn DEF1
-