In this week 24 match on Mar 5th, Excelsior plays host to Sparta Rotterdam in a Eredivisie match in the anticipated Rotterdam derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Excelsior sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against FC Groningen. Johan Hove scored the first goal for FC Groningen in the 13th minute, then Ricardo Pepi added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Daleho Irandust In the end, Excelsior was frustrated by FC Groningen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FC Groningen ended the match with the shutout victory. Excelsior looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while sparta Rotterdam is fresh off their 0-3 loss against FC Utrecht. Victor Jensen struck first for FC Utrecht in the 74th minute, then Othman Boussaid added another in the 88th minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam was frustrated by FC Utrecht’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FC Utrecht ended the match with the shutout victory. Sparta Rotterdam is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Sparta Rotterdam won by a score of 1 to 0. Joshua Kitolano struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Excelsior couldn’t muster any offence and Sparta Rotterdam ran away with the shutout win.
Arno Verschueren and Tobias Lauritsen are the top scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal..
Jacky Donkor, Kik Pierie, Maxime Awoudja, Couhaib Driouech and Vicente Besuijen are unavailable to play for Marinus Dijkhuizen’s team, while Maurice Steijn’s squad will be without Bart Vriends.