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

Sun 17th May, 13:30 BST, Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

The Eredivisie is the focus for both Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior on Sunday afternoon, as managers Maurice Steijn and Ruben den Uil battle it out at the Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.


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S.Rotterdam
43%
--
Draw
25%
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Excelsior
31%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
S.Rotterdam 1-0
10%
--
S.Rotterdam 2-1
9%
--
Excelsior 1-0
8%
--
Excelsior 2-1
7%
--
S.Rotterdam 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Excelsior 2-0
5%
--
S.Rotterdam 3-1
5%
--
S.Rotterdam 3-0
4%
--
Excelsior 3-1
3%
--
S.Rotterdam 3-2
3%
--
Excelsior 3-2
2%
--
Excelsior 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
57%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
49%
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S.Rotterdam win to nil
22%
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Excelsior win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

S.Rotterdam have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 39 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

S.Rotterdam have played 16 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 24 goals at home.

Excelsior are in 14th position in the Eredivisie on 34 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 32 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 4 and won 6. Excelsior have conceded 45 goals, scored 28, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
S.Rotterdam
Excelsior
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV3225344978 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
6-1A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-1A
2
Feyenoord3218772461 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
3-4F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1F
3
NEC32151162456 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
5-0A
4
Ajax32141352255 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2F
5
Twente32141351955 
l
 
1-5A
May 10
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
6
AZ Alkmaar3214810750 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
7
Heerenveen3214810650 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
8
Utrecht32138111047 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
5-0F
l
 
4-1A
9
S.Rotterdam3212713-1743 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
May 17
10
Groningen3212614242 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
2-3A
11
GA Eagles3281410538 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
12
PEC Zwolle3291013-2437 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
13
Fortuna3210616-1336 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
14
Excelsior329716-1434 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
-
-
15
Telstar3271015-1031 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
16
FC Volendam328717-1931 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
May 10
w
 
1-2F
17
NAC3251017-2525 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
18
Heracles325423-4619 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
S.Rotterdam 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
S.Rotterdam2 - 2GA Eagles
S.Rotterdam0 - 2PSV
S.Rotterdam2 - 0FC Volendam
S.Rotterdam1 - 1PEC Zwolle
S.Rotterdam1 - 1NEC
S.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
S.Rotterdam2 - 0Heracles
S.Rotterdam0 - 3Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam1 - 0NAC
S.Rotterdam1 - 1Fortuna
S.Rotterdam0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam1 - 0Telstar
S.Rotterdam3 - 3Ajax
S.Rotterdam1 - 5Twente
S.Rotterdam0 - 4Feyenoord
S.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 3PSV
S.Rotterdam0 - 2Twente
S.Rotterdam3 - 1Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HS.Rotterdam2 - 2GA Eagles
AS.Rotterdam1 - 4Telstar
HS.Rotterdam0 - 2PSV
AS.Rotterdam0 - 0NAC
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0FC Volendam
AS.Rotterdam0 - 4Ajax
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1PEC Zwolle
AS.Rotterdam1 - 2Heerenveen
AS.Rotterdam1 - 3AZ Alkmaar
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1NEC
AS.Rotterdam2 - 2Fortuna
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam4 - 3Feyenoord
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0Heracles
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0FC Volendam
HS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heerenveen
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0NAC
AS.Rotterdam1 - 3NEC
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1Fortuna
Excelsior 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Groningen2 - 3Excelsior
PEC Zwolle2 - 2Excelsior
Heracles1 - 1Excelsior
Feyenoord2 - 1Excelsior
Fortuna2 - 1Excelsior
NAC0 - 2Excelsior
Twente0 - 0Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Excelsior
PSV5 - 1Excelsior
Ajax1 - 2Excelsior
Telstar2 - 2Excelsior
GA Eagles2 - 0Excelsior
Heerenveen2 - 1Excelsior
FC Volendam1 - 2Excelsior
Utrecht4 - 1Excelsior
NEC5 - 0Excelsior
Feyenoord4 - 0Excelsior
Ajax2 - 2Excelsior
PEC Zwolle2 - 1Excelsior
GA Eagles3 - 0Excelsior
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExcelsior3 - 2Groningen
HExcelsior5 - 0Utrecht
AExcelsior2 - 2PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2NEC
AExcelsior1 - 1Heracles
AExcelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
HExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior0 - 1GA Eagles
AExcelsior1 - 2Fortuna
HExcelsior1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AExcelsior2 - 0NAC
HExcelsior2 - 2Ajax
AExcelsior0 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior1 - 5PSV
HExcelsior2 - 1PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2Groningen
HExcelsior1 - 0NAC
AExcelsior2 - 1Ajax
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
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
SPA
2
EXC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S.Rotterdam
S.Rotterdam4 - 2
S.Rotterdam1 - 0
2 - 3Excelsior
2 - 3Excelsior
League games at Excelsior since 2016
Excelsior
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
7
9
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
SPA
2
D
1
EXC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Excelsior2 - 1
1 - 4S.Rotterdam
Draw1 - 1Draw
Excelsior3 - 2
Goal Statistics
S.Rotterdam 9th Excelsior 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that S.Rotterdam will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Excelsior will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
S.Rotterdam have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
-8
Excelsior’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
S.Rotterdam
PG (predicted goals)
Excelsior
1.5
1.2
Attack rating
SPA
EXC
4%
better
view stats
Games scored23
25
Failed to score8
7
Scored first16
14
Goals scored36
39
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
13
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
14%
better
SPA
EXC
view stats
Games conceded20
26
Clean sheets11
6
Conceded first14
17
Goals conceded53
53
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded11
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
15%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+14%

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

S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
321248
J DrommelT LauritsenT LauritsenT Quintero
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Drommel GLK32
1
-
T Lauritsen FWD32124
4
-
M. Young DEF311
6
-
J Kitolano MID3052
3
-
T Quintero DEF2911
7
1
M Bergen FWD2834
1
-
B Indi  DEF261
4
1
S Sambo DEF242
6
-
A. Santos MID241
2
-
P Clement MID2423
2
-
S Mito FWD2373
-
J Baas MID22
4
-
J Toornstra MID15
5
-
L. Martes MID13
5
-
S Bakari DEF12
-
P Aanholt DEF1213
1
-
M Kleijn DEF111
-
M. Zonneveld FWD93
-
V Crooij MID81
2
-
C Terho FWD811
1
-
J Guzmán MID5
-
G. Vianello DEF4
-
A. Roaldsöy MID3
-
Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
32967
C WidellN NaujoksG RegtA Zagre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Widell DEF3211
2
-
G Regt FWD3236
3
-
R Meissen DEF313
4
-
I Bronkhorst DEF3121
6
-
D Fernandes FWD3163
-
S Gassel GLK301
-
I Yegoian MID2952
2
-
N Naujoks MID2991
3
-
A Zagre DEF2832
6
1
M Duinen FWD2712
1
-
A Carlén MID231
4
-
J. Armantrading FWD23
1
-
L Schouten DEF221
1
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD2131
1
-
L Hartjes MID191
1
-
S Janssen DEF131
-
E Hansson FWD1111
1
-
S. Hendrikx DEF10
1
M Jonathans FWD92
1
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
M Tielemans MID2
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-