Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 Ajax
- Season
- Eredivisie
- 2026 · Regular Season - 10
Referee
Danny Makkelie
Eredivisie: Ajax beat Sparta Rotterdam 2–1. Goals: Abdellah Ouazane 22', Jens Toornstra 43', Tolu Arokodare 45+1'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
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| When | Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| 22′ · Abdellah Ouazane | 0 | 1 |
| 43′ · Jens Toornstra | 1 | 1 |
| 45+1′ · Tolu Arokodare | 1 | 2 |
| 90′ | 1 | 2 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
Sparta RotterdamGoals1xG0.93
- xG per shot
- 0.08
- Goals minus xG
- +0.07
AjaxGoals2xG1.43
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +0.57
How the chances split
Sparta Rotterdam win 24%Draw 27%Ajax win 49%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.93 | 1.43 |
| xG per shot | 0.085 | 0.089 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.07 | +0.57 |
| Sparta Rotterdam win | 24% | |
| Draw | 27% | |
| Ajax win | 49% |
Goals & cards
- 22′Abdellah OuazaneAssist: Julian Brandt
- Jens ToornstraAssist: Isaac Achmed Koroma Junior Babadi43′
- 45+1′Tolu ArokodareAssist: Julian Brandt
- 64′Julian BrandtFoul
- 89′
- 90+3′Lucas Oliveira·RosaTime Wasting
- 22′
Key stats
- 41%Ball Possession59%
- 0.93Expected goals1.43
- 11Total Shots16
- 5Shots on goal4
- 5Corner Kicks3
Half by half
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ajax | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Sparta Rotterdam: 1 won, 2 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Sparta Rotterdam scored 9 and conceded 15 in their last 5 matches.
- Ajax: 2 won, 2 drawn, 1 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Ajax have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Ajax scored 11 and conceded 7 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | Ajax | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 3 |  PSV Eindhoven | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 |  Twente | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 |  Cambuur | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 |  Utrecht | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 |  PEC Zwolle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 |  NEC Nijmegen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Timeline
- 22′Abdellah OuazaneAssist: Julian Brandt
- Jens ToornstraAssist: Isaac Achmed Koroma Junior Babadi43′
- 45′Off: Viktor TsygankovOn: Davy Klaassen
- 45+1′Tolu ArokodareAssist: Julian Brandt
- Off: Jens ToornstraOn: Mitchell Van Bergen56′
- 61′Off: Abdellah OuazaneOn: Oscar Gloukh
- 61′Off: Jorthy MokioOn: Yves Bissouma
- 64′Julian BrandtFoul
- Off: Robin van CruijsenOn: Andrej Kostić70′
- 79′Off: Youri BaasOn: Owen Wijndal
- Off: Marvin YoungOn: Teo Quintero León84′
- Off: Bruno Martins IndiOn: Casper Terho84′
- 88′Off: Julian BrandtOn: Daley Blind
- 89′
- 90+3′Lucas Oliveira·RosaTime Wasting
- 22′
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
Sparta RotterdamGoals1xG0.93
- xG per shot
- 0.08
- Goals minus xG
- +0.07
AjaxGoals2xG1.43
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +0.57
How the chances split
Sparta Rotterdam win 24%Draw 27%Ajax win 49%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.93 | 1.43 |
| xG per shot | 0.085 | 0.089 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.07 | +0.57 |
| Sparta Rotterdam win | 24% | |
| Draw | 27% | |
| Ajax win | 49% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Sparta Rotterdam11 shots1424
Ajax16 shots2284
- 1014Inside the box
- 12Outside the box
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| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| Off target | 2 | 8 |
| Blocked | 4 | 4 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 14 |
| Outside the box | 1 | 2 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
41%Possession59%
81%326 of 403 passes87%538 of 619 passes
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| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 41% | 59% |
| Passes | 403 | 619 |
| Completed | 326 | 538 |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 87% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 157Fouls
- 12Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 31Offsides
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| Sparta Rotterdam | Ajax | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 15 | 7 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 3 | 1 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Brandt | Ajax | 8.5 | 88 |
| A. Ouazane | Ajax | 8.2 | 61 |
| J. Toornstra | Sparta Rotterdam | 7.3 | 56 |
| T. Arokodare | Ajax | 7.2 | 90 |
| Y. Baas | Ajax | 7.1 | 79 |
| D. Janse | Ajax | 7.1 | 90 |
| S. Amrabat | Ajax | 7.0 | 90 |
| Robin van Cruijsen | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.9 | 70 |
| T. Kehrer | Ajax | 6.8 | 90 |
| V. Tsygankov | Ajax | 6.8 | 45 |
| N. Verschuren | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.8 | 90 |
| B. Martins Indi | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.7 | 84 |
| O. Gloukh | Ajax | 6.7 | 29 |
| I. Babadi | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.6 | 90 |
| Lucas Rosa | Ajax | 6.6 | 90 |
| Cedric Hatenboer | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.6 | 90 |
| M. ter Stegen | Ajax | 6.5 | 90 |
| M. van Bergen | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.5 | 34 |
| Andrej Kostić | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.5 | 20 |
| C. Terho | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.4 | 6 |
| J. Mokio | Ajax | 6.4 | 61 |
| O. Wijndal | Ajax | 6.4 | 11 |
| Y. Bissouma | Ajax | 6.3 | 29 |
| Teo Quintero | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.3 | 6 |
| M. Young | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.3 | 84 |
| M. Zonneveld | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.2 | 90 |
| D. Klaassen | Ajax | 6.0 | 45 |
| M. Brouwer | Sparta Rotterdam | 6.0 | 90 |
| L. Martes | Sparta Rotterdam | 5.9 | 90 |
| B. Kuipers | Sparta Rotterdam | 5.8 | 90 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
50%
M. Brouwer
M. Brouwer- Saves
- 2
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 6.0
75%
M. ter Stegen
M. ter Stegen- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 1
- Rating
- 6.5
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
Top stats
- 41%Ball Possession59%
- 0.93Expected goals1.43
- 11Total Shots16
- 5Shots on goal4
- 5Corner Kicks3
Shots
- 2Shots off Goal8
- 4Blocked shots4
- 10Shots insidebox14
- 1Shots outsidebox2
Passing
- 403Total passes619
- 326Passes accurate538
- 81%Pass accuracy87%
Defence & set pieces
- 2Goalkeeper Saves3
- 7Free Kicks14
- 3Offsides1
Discipline
- 15Fouls7
- 1Yellow Cards2
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Sparta Rotterdam
- Ajax
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ajax | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sparta Rotterdam5-4-1Coach: R. Meijer
Bench
15G. VianelloD
17M. van BergenF
21C. TerhoF
18A. RoaldsøyM
12B. ReithD
14Teo QuinteroD
30P. KuiperG
19Andrej KostićF
22Joel IdehoF
20F. BednarekG
16J. BaasM
Ajax4-3-3Coach: Míchel
Bench
17D. BlindD
28Y. BissoumaM
43Rayane BounidaF
30A. BouwmanD
10O. GloukhM
22J. HeerkensG
18D. KlaassenM
26M. PaesG
38Marcos LeonardoF
21Jofre TorrentsD
5O. WijndalD
67Mohamed AbdallaM
| 1M. BrouwerG | 90 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15G. VianelloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17M. van BergenF | 34 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21C. TerhoF | 6 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18A. RoaldsøyM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12B. ReithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Teo QuinteroD | 6 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30P. KuiperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrej Kostić | 20 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Joel IdehoF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20F. BednarekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16J. BaasM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9M. ZonneveldF | 90 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3M. YoungD | 84 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6N. VerschurenD | 90 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Robin van CruijsenM | 70 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8J. ToornstraM | 56 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4B. Martins IndiD | 84 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2L. MartesD | 90 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5B. KuipersD | 90 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Cedric HatenboerM | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11I. BabadiM | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | Ajax | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Twente | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 |  Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 |  Heerenveen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 |  GO Ahead Eagles | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 |  Groningen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Cambuur | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Utrecht | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | NEC Nijmegen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 |  Excelsior | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 16 |  Telstar | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 17 |  ADO Den Haag | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 18 |  Willem II | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |