Sparta Rotterdam vs AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam
5-1-5
0 – 1
FT
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AZ Alkmaar
7-3-1
Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel · Rotterdam · Netherlands
Sparta Rotterdam lost 1-0 to AZ Alkmaar at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (crowd 10,290); Sparta had not lost in 4 until now. Kees Smit scored first for AZ Alkmaar at the 69-minute mark. On 58% of the ball AZ Alkmaar shot 20 times to 10 for Sparta. AZ Alkmaar hit the target 14 times from 20 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Eredivisie Netherlands
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel · Rotterdam · Netherlands
- Crowd
- 10,290
- Referee
- Danny Makkelie
- Sparta form
- LDWLD
- AZ Alkmaar form
- LWDWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AZ Alkmaar | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
7Fouls12
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides2
6Corner Kicks9
13Saves3
42%Possession58%
10Shots20
3On Goal14
30%On Target %70%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
270Accurate Passes409
345Passes492
80%Pass Completion %80%
4Accurate Crosses4
22Crosses21
20%Cross %20%
55Long Balls49
27Accurate Long Balls27
50%Long Balls %60%
4Blocked Shots3
11Effective Tackles8
17Tackles13
60%Tackle %60%
6Interceptions7
23Effective Clearances23
23Clearances23
Timeline
Full time · 0-1
🔁Jelani Seedorfreplacing Mitchell van Bergen
89'
🔁Jonathan de Guzmánreplacing Ayoub Oufkir
84'
🔁Nökkvi Thórissonreplacing Teo Quintero
84'
81'
🔁Lequincio Zeefuikreplacing Troy Parrott
80'
🔁Ibrahim Sadiqreplacing Weslley Patati
80'
🔁Dave Kwakmanreplacing Kees Smit
🟨Tobias Lauritsen
79'
79'
🟨Wouter Goes
🔁Ayoni Santosreplacing Pelle Clement
73'
69'0 - 1
⚽Kees SmitAssist: Isak Jensen
🔁Joshua Kitolanoreplacing Jens Toornstra
45'
Half-time
28'
❌Troy ParrottPenalty missed
Kick-off
Teams
Sparta Rotterdam4-2-3-1
9🟨Lauritsen
11↓Oufkir
10Duijvestijn
7↓van Bergen
6↓Clement
8↓Toornstra
5↓Quintero
4Martins Indi
2Sambo
3Young
1Drommel
Bench
- 12Saïd Bakari
- 22Ayoni Santoson for Pelle Clement, 73'
- 21Jelani Seedorfon for Mitchell van Bergen, 89'
- 19Nökkvi Thórissonon for Teo Quintero, 84'
- 17Sayfallah Ltaief
- 13Mike Kleijn
- 30Pascal Kuiper
- 14Tijs Velthuis
- 16Jonathan de Guzmánon for Ayoub Oufkir, 84'
- 15Patrick van Aanholt
- 18Joshua Kitolanoon for Jens Toornstra, 45'
- 20Filip Bednarek
AZ Alkmaar4-3-3
6Koopmeiners
7↓Patati
9↓Parrott
26⚽↓Smit
17Jensen
10Mijnans
34De Wit
5Penetra
30Kasius
3🟨Goes
1Owusu-Oduro
Bench
- 21Dave Kwakmanon for Kees Smit, 80'
- 14Andrea Natali
- 22Elijah Dijkstra
- 4Maxim Dekker
- 12Hobie Verhulst
- 25Lequincio Zeefuikon for Troy Parrott, 81'
- 41Jeroen Zoet
- 15Mateo Chávez
- 27Ro-Zangelo Daal
- 11Ibrahim Sadiqon for Weslley Patati, 80'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | +21 | 24 |
| 2 |  Ajax Amsterdam | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +16 | 21 |
| 3 |  PSV Eindhoven | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +15 | 20 |
| 4 |  FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 6 |  Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 |  Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 15 |
| 8 |  FC Groningen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 |  SC Cambuur | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 |  FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 |  NEC Nijmegen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 |  Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 |  Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 |  PEC Zwolle | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 |  Telstar | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 |  ADO Den Haag | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 |  Willem II | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -22 | 2 |
Meetings
2Sparta wins
1Level
2AZ Alkmaar wins
Last times they met
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Form
Last games: Sparta
L3-0D3-3W2-0W1-0W5-2
Last games: AZ Alkmaar
L4-0W2-1W2-0W1-0W4-1
