Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen

12 April 2025 · Eredivisie · 2024/25

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Mitchell Van Bergen 29’
Tobias Lauritsen 69’ (pen)
Nökkvi Þórisson 84’

Alireza Jahanbakhsh 90+4’ (pen)

Match summary

Sparta Rotterdam won 3-1 at home to Heerenveen. Sparta Rotterdam led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mitchell Van Bergen put Sparta Rotterdam ahead in the 29th minute. In the second half, Tobias Lauritsen made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, Nökkvi Þórisson made it 3-0 in the 84th minute, and Alireza Jahanbakhsh pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Sparta Rotterdam created 2.75 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Heerenveen's 1.33 from 11.

Match stats

15 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.75 xG 1.33

1.96 Non-penalty xG 0.54

Key events

Sparta Rotterdam Heerenveen

Kick-off

Mitchell Van Bergen

1-0

29’

Half-time1-0

Tobias Lauritsen
Penalty

2-0

69’

Nökkvi Þórisson

3-0

84’

90+4’

Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Penalty

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sparta Rotterdam

Saïd Bakari

Heerenveen

Oliver Braude
Mats Köhlert

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sparta Rotterdam 2.75 xGHeerenveen 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Heerenveen attacking Sparta Rotterdam attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Nick Olij	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saïd Bakari	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marvin Young	90′	–	–	1	0.55	–	–	–
Mike Eerdhuijzen	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Patrick van Aanholt	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Kristian Hlynsson	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Gjivai Zechiël Taken off	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Carel Eiting Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mitchell Van Bergen Taken off	82′	1	–	3	0.75	–	–	–
Tobias Lauritsen Taken off	82′	1	–	3	0.94	–	–	–
Joel Ideho Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mohamed Nassoh Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	2	0.20	–	–	–
Joshua Kitolano Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pelle Clement Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nökkvi Þórisson Came on as a substitute	8′	1	–	2	0.12	–	–	–

Players16 players


Andries Noppert	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Braude Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Kersten	90′	–	–	2	0.03	–	–	–
Nikolai Soyset Hopland	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mats Köhlert	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcus Linday	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luuk Brouwers Taken off	72′	–	–	2	0.21	–	–	–
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	90′	1	–	5	1.02	–	–	–
Levi Smans Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ilias Sebaoui Taken off	81′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Ion Nicolaescu Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hussein Ali Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Trenskow Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Espen Van Ee Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dimitris Rallis Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Miloš Luković Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Sparta Rotterdam win 51% Avg odds 1.87

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74

Heerenveen win 24% Avg odds 4.02

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sparta Rotterdam W D D W W

Heerenveen W L D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Heerenveen 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam, 26 Oct 24 Next meeting: Sparta Rotterdam 0-3 Heerenveen, 14 Dec 25 All Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.