Go Ahead Eagles v Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Go Ahead Eagles 59%Draw 19%Sparta Rotterdam 22%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

Go Ahead EaglesSparta Rotterdam

63Possession37

1.33Expected goals (xG)2.01

17Shots18

6Shots on target8

8Shots off target8

3Blocked shots2

7Shots inside box10

10Shots outside box8

9Corners6

4Fouls8

0Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

5Saves5

518Passes309

444Accurate passes240

Match events

23′Milan Zonneveld (assist Isaac Koroma Junior Babadi)
45′Evert Linthorst → Yassir Rahmouni
49′Isaac Koroma Junior Babadi
50′Mathis Suray (assist Dean James)
57′Dean James → Thibo Baeten
59′Cedric Hatenboer
60′Milan Zonneveld · own goal
61′Lushendry Martes (assist Isaac Koroma Junior Babadi)
62′Aaron Meijers ← Casper Terho
62′Jens Toornstra ← Teo Quintero León
73′Alfons Sampsted
74′Stefán Sigurðarson → Oskar Siira Sivertsen
75′Søren Tengstedt (assist Melle Meulensteen)
79′Bruno Martins Indi
81′Lushendry Martes
84′Casper Terho
85′Søren Tengstedt → Erik Hovden Flataker

Go Ahead Eagles · Sparta Rotterdam

Starting XI · as it played — Ratings are a Pulse estimate

Go Ahead Eagles5-2-3

46.5Kramer

217.3Meulensteen

86.5↓45'Linthorst

26.5↓73'Sampsted

107.5↓85'Tengstedt

16.1Haug

166.5Edvardsen

57.3↓57'James

256.5Zwam

177.5Suray

96.5↓74'Sigurðarson

Sparta Rotterdam6-3-1

46.5↓79'Indi

86.5↓62'Toornstra

76.5↓62'Meijers

16.1Brouwer

56.5Kuipers

117.8Babadi

66.5Verschuren

106.2Hatenboer

36.5Young

96.3Zonneveld

27.2Martes

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Go Ahead Eagles

4Joris Kramer6.5
21Melle Meulensteen7.3
8Evert Linthorst6.5
2Alfons Sampsted6.5
10Søren Tengstedt7.5
1Kjetil Haug6.1
16Victor Edvardsen6.5
5Dean James7.3
25Giovanni van Zwam6.5
17Mathis Suray7.5
9Stefán Sigurðarson6.5

Sparta Rotterdam

4Bruno Martins Indi6.5
8Jens Toornstra6.5
7Aaron Meijers6.5
1Michael Brouwer6.1
5Bas Kuipers6.5
11Isaac Koroma Junior Babadi7.8
6Nick Verschuren6.5
10Cedric Hatenboer6.2
3Marvin Young6.5
9Milan Zonneveld6.3
2Lushendry Martes7.2

Go Ahead EaglesTale of the tapeSparta Rotterdam

5-2-3Formation6-3-1

11 ptsTable9 pts

-1Goal difference-6

DDDLWFormLLDLD

0Head-to-head wins1

59%Win chance22%

Head to head — 2 previous meetings

Go Ahead Eagles 0W1D1W Sparta Rotterdam

Goals 2–5

2026-05-03Sparta Rotterdam2–2Go Ahead Eagles
2025-08-23Go Ahead Eagles0–3Sparta Rotterdam

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

Recent form — Last five, before this fixture

Go Ahead Eagles

DDDLW

@NEC Nijmegen1-1
vsGroningen1-1
@Utrecht3-3
@AZ Alkmaar2-5
vsADO Den Haag3-1

Sparta Rotterdam

LLDLD

vsHeerenveen0-4
@PSV Eindhoven1-4
vsPEC Zwolle2-2
@Excelsior1-2
vsUtrecht3-3

This season — other meeting

Sparta RotterdamvGo Ahead Eagles

Where they stand — In a 18-team table

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
Go Ahead Eagles	9	2	5	2	-1	11
Sparta Rotterdam	9	2	3	4	-6	9

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