Ninety
Sparta
Eredivisie
Show score
3 - 2
Full time
Willem II
Sparta vs Willem II: match report
Sparta Rotterdam hosted Willem II at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel on Saturday 17 October 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 9). Serdar Gözübüyük is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.
Result and scorers
Sparta 3-2 Willem II. Goals: Tonny Vilhena 17' for Willem II; Jens Toornstra 39' for Sparta; Lushendry Martes 50' for Sparta; Milan Zonneveld 57' for Sparta; Uriel Van Aalst 68' for Willem II. Attendance: 10,441.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 17' Goal: Tonny Vilhena (Willem II) 0-1
- 39' Goal: Jens Toornstra (Sparta) 1-1
- 41' Yellow card: Finn Stam (Willem II)
- 50' Goal: Lushendry Martes (Sparta) 2-1
- 57' Goal: Milan Zonneveld (Sparta) 3-1
- 68' Goal: Uriel Van Aalst (Willem II) 3-2
- 70' Yellow card: Vito van Crooij (Willem II)
- 70' Yellow card: Lushendry Martes (Sparta)
- 75' Yellow card: Thomas Verheydt (Willem II)
- 79' Yellow card: Alwande Roaldsøy (Sparta)
- 85' Yellow card: Milan Zonneveld (Sparta)
- 88' Yellow card: Bas Kuipers (Sparta)
- 90'+3' Yellow card: Chido Obi (Willem II)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 49.2% | Possession | 50.8% |
| 22 | Shots | 13 |
| 8 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Sparta 5-4-1
Coach: Rogier Meijer
- 1 Michael Brouwer GK
- 3 Marvin Young DEF
- 6 Nick Verschuren DEF
- 4 Bruno Martins Indi DEF
- 2 Lushendry Martes DEF
- 5 Bas Kuipers DEF
- 7 Robin van Cruijsen MID
- 8 Jens Toornstra MID
- 10 Cedric Hatenboer MID
- 11 Isaac Babadi MID
- 9 Milan Zonneveld FWD
Bench
- 18 Alwande Roaldsøy MID
- 14 Teo Quintero DEF
- 17 Mitchell van Bergen FWD
- 20 Filip Bednarek GK
- 30 Pascal Kuiper GK
- 12 Boyd Reith DEF
- 15 Giannino Vianello DEF
- 16 Julian Baas MID
- 19 Andrej Kostić FWD
- 21 Casper Terho FWD
- 22 Joel Ideho FWD
Willem II 4-2-3-1
Coach: John Stegeman
- 26 Maxime Delanghe GK
- 5 Hidde ter Avest DEF
- 3 Finn Stam DEF
- 23 Maxim Dekker DEF
- 24 Nathan Tjoe-A-On DEF
- 18 Anass Zarrouk MID
- 52 Tonny Vilhena MID
- 7 Jaden Slory FWD
- 19 Uriël van Aalst MID
- 32 Vito van Crooij MID
- 9 Devin Haen FWD
Bench
- 83 Mats Lemmens DEF
- 28 Thomas Verheijdt FWD
- 10 Jari Schuurman MID
- 17 Chido Obi FWD
- 50 Eser Gürbüz FWD
- 31 Karst de Leeuw GK
- 41 Tygo Kotte GK
- 2 Alessandro Ciranni DEF
- 15 Amine Et-Taïbi DEF
- 14 Jens Mathijsen DEF
- 22 Per van Loon DEF
- 8 Kasper Boogaard MID
- 44 Luca Maal FWD
Previous meetings
- Thursday 18 December 2025: Willem II 1-5 Sparta Rotterdam
- Sunday 2 March 2025: Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 Willem II
- Saturday 31 August 2024: Willem II 1-2 Sparta Rotterdam
- Sunday 13 February 2022: Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 Willem II
- Saturday 6 November 2021: Willem II 0-3 Sparta Rotterdam