Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen — Eredivisie: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 24′Sparta Rotterdam, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Heerenveen, goal:0–1assist
- 43′Heerenveen, goal:0–2assist
- Half-time0 – 2
- 56′Heerenveen, goal:0–3assist
- 61′Sparta Rotterdam, yellow card:Foul
- 62′Sparta Rotterdam, substitution:off
- 62′Sparta Rotterdam, substitution:off
- 62′Sparta Rotterdam, substitution:off
- 62′Sparta Rotterdam, substitution:off
- 72′Sparta Rotterdam, substitution:off
- 72′Heerenveen, substitution:off
- 73′Heerenveen, substitution:off
- 75′Heerenveen, goal:0–4assist
- 80′Heerenveen, substitution:off
- 80′Heerenveen, substitution:off
- 85′Heerenveen, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 4
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Match report
Heerenveen crush Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 at Het Kasteel
Heerenveen thrashed Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 in an Eredivisie round seven meeting at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, a result that lifted the visitors to tenth in the table while leaving Sparta stuck in thirteenth. The scoreline never looked in doubt once Heerenveen settled into the contest during the first half.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Nolhan Courtens opened the scoring in the 28th minute, finishing an assist from Levi Smans, before Jacob Trenskow doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time with a Maxence Rivera assist, sending the sides in at 0-2. Sparta could not find a way back after the break, and Rivera turned scorer himself in the 56th minute, converting another Smans assist to make it 0-3.
Marko Farji added a fourth in the 75th minute, teed up by Luca Oyen, to complete the rout. Heerenveen dominated territory and chances throughout, striking the target nine times from 23 attempts compared with a blank return from Sparta's eleven efforts, while also winning six corners to the home side's three.
Maxence Rivera scored once and set up another in a commanding display that earned him the match's top rating of 9.0. Levi Smans was similarly influential, supplying two assists from midfield without troubling the scoresheet himself.
Sparta failed to register a single shot on target across the match, despite having 11 attempts in total.
Heerenveen won 4–0 away against Sparta Rotterdam (half-time 0–2).
Sparta Rotterdam met Heerenveen in the Eredivisie (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 16:45 UTC at Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel. Referee: Robin Hensgens.
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Key moments
- 28' Goal: Nolhan Courtens (assist: Levi Smans) — 0–1
- 43' Goal: Jacob Trenskow (assist: Maxence Rivera) — 0–2
- 56' Goal: Maxence Rivera (assist: Levi Smans) — 0–3
- 75' Goal: Marko Farji (assist: Luca Oyen) — 0–4
Starting line-ups
Sparta Rotterdam (4-2-3-1)
Heerenveen (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sparta Rotterdam 37%, the draw 27%, Heerenveen 36%. It finished Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 Heerenveen.
Anyone's game — Heerenveen are the stronger side on our strength rating, and Heerenveen's control of the ball is not enough to separate them. The draw at 27% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Sparta Rotterdam at 37%?
Home ground, against the rating. Heerenveen sit 72 points higher on our strength rating — 1559 to 1631. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 33.0% of 10,648 such games.
Why only 37%?
Because Heerenveen are the stronger side on our strength rating. Heerenveen hold 7 more possession points (54 to 47 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 40.3% across 5,596 games, from 43.9% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,242. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw. The control factor adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Sparta Rotterdam have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Sparta Rotterdam are 1 game into a new manager (Rogier Meijer), appointed 5 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Sparta Rotterdam vs Heerenveen final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Eredivisie fixture.
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- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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