Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo

Sparta Rotterdam beat Heracles Almelo 2-0 in the Netherlands Eredivisie on Sunday 11 January 2026, 1-0 at half-time. In their last 12 meetings, including this one, Heracles Almelo won 2, Sparta Rotterdam won 5 and 5 were drawn.

Netherlands Eredivisie Sun 11 Jan 2026, 15:45 Save

Sparta Rotterdam

HT 1-0

Heracles Almelo

Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam Jannick van der Laan

Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo timeline

10' Tobias Lauritsen 1-0 Goal · Assist Shunsuke Mito · Right foot shot, Sparta Rotterdam
17' Lushendry Edward Martes Yellow card · Foul, Sparta Rotterdam
53' Damon Mirani Yellow card · Handball, Heracles Almelo
71' Lequincio Zeefuik Yellow card · Foul, Heracles Almelo
82' Thomas Bruns Yellow card · Foul, Heracles Almelo
88' Pelle Clement 2-0 Goal · Assist Tobias Lauritsen · Right foot shot, Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo stats

1st Half 2nd Half

Sparta RotterdamHeracles Almelo

1.97 Expected goals (xG) 0.44

2.01 xG on target 0.25

51% Possession 49%

95 Attacks 76

52 Dang. Attacks 38

22 Shots 6

9 Shots On Target 2

6 Big Chances 1

9 Corners 5

83% Pass Accuracy 79%

2 Saves 7

6 Fouls 16

1 Yellow Cards 3

2 Offsides 1

1.97 Expected goals (xG) 0.44

2.01 xG on target 0.25

95 Attacks 76

52 Dang. Attacks 38

22 Shots 6

9 Shots On Target 2

5 Shots Off Target 3

8 Shots Blocked 1

14 Shots Inside Box 3

8 Shots Outside Box 3

14 Goal Attempts 6

6 Big Chances 1

4 Big Chances Missed 1

9 Corners 5

17 Dribbles 12

9 Successful Dribbles 5

53% Dribble Success 42%

2 Offsides 1

Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo lineups

Confirmed

Sparta Rotterdam 4-2-3-1

1 Joël Drommel

2 Lushendry Edward Martes
3 Marvin Young
4 Bruno Martins Indi
5 Teo Quintero

8 Ayoni Santos
6 Joshua Kitolano

7 Mitchell van Bergen
10 Vito van Crooij
11 Shunsuke Mito

9 Tobias Lauritsen

Substitutes

12 Saïd Bakari
13 Jonathan de Guzmán
14 Tijs Velthuis
15 Mike Kleijn
16 Jens Toornstra 90'
17 Lance Duijvestijn
18 Julian Baas 28'
19 Nökkvi Thórisson
20 Filip Bednarek
21 Pelle Clement 69'
22 Sayfallah Ltaief 90'
30 Pascal Kuiper

Heracles Almelo 4-4-2

16 Timo Jansink

24 Ivan Mesik
18 Alec Van Hoorenbeeck
4 Damon Mirani
23 Mike te Wierik

73 Walid Ould-Chikh
70 Ajdin Hrustic
13 Jan Zamburek
14 Erik Ahlstrand

25 Lequincio Zeefuik
19 Luka Kulenovic

Substitutes

1 Fabian de Keijzer
2 Mimeirhel Benita 64'
3 Jannes Wieckhoff
5 Djevencio van der Kust
6 Sava-Arangel Cestic
7 Bryan Limbombe 85'
8 Mario Engels 64'
10 Thomas Bruns 75'
17 Tristan van Gilst 85'
27 Jop Tijink
30 Robin Mantel
39 Sil Blokhuis

Sparta Rotterdam and Heracles Almelo player stats

Sparta Rotterdam player stats

1 Joël Drommel GK	90	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	38	0
2 Lushendry Edward Martes DEF	90	0	0	1	0	41	2	1	0	41	2
3 Marvin Young DEF	90	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	0	57	0
4 Bruno Martins Indi DEF	90	0	0	0	0	56	0	0	0	56	0
5 Teo Quintero DEF	90	0	0	1	0	33	0	1	0	33	0
6 Joshua Kitolano MID	90	0	0	1	0	32	1	1	0	32	1
7 Mitchell van Bergen MID	90	0	0	7	3	26	0	7	3	26	0
11 Shunsuke Mito MID	90	0	1	2	2	23	0	2	2	23	0
8 Ayoni Santos MID	69	0	0	2	1	22	0	2	1	22	0
10 Vito van Crooij MID	28	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	6	1
9 Tobias Lauritsen FWD	90	1	1	4	1	23	1	4	1	23	1
18 Julian Baas MID Sub	62	0	0	2	0	27	1	2	0	27	1
21 Pelle Clement MID Sub	21	1	0	2	2	15	0	2	2	15	0
16 Jens Toornstra MID Sub	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22 Sayfallah Ltaief FWD Sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Heracles Almelo player stats

16 Timo Jansink GK	90	0	0	38	0	0	0	38	0
18 Alec Van Hoorenbeeck DEF	90	0	0	45	2	0	0	45	2
24 Ivan Mesik DEF	90	0	0	33	0	0	0	33	0
4 Damon Mirani DEF	85	0	0	44	2	0	0	44	2
23 Mike te Wierik DEF	64	0	0	16	2	0	0	16	2
70 Ajdin Hrustic MID	90	0	0	55	1	0	0	55	1
73 Walid Ould-Chikh MID	90	1	0	27	0	1	0	27	0
13 Jan Zamburek MID	76	0	0	32	2	0	0	32	2
14 Erik Ahlstrand MID	64	1	0	18	2	1	0	18	2
25 Lequincio Zeefuik FWD	90	2	0	20	1	2	0	20	1
19 Luka Kulenovic FWD	85	1	1	13	2	1	1	13	2
2 Mimeirhel Benita DEF Sub	26	1	1	13	0	1	1	13	0
8 Mario Engels MID Sub	26	0	0	7	1	0	0	7	1
10 Thomas Bruns MID Sub	14	0	0	14	1	0	0	14	1
7 Bryan Limbombe FWD Sub	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
17 Tristan van Gilst FWD Sub	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0

Min: Minutes played
G: Goals
A: Assists
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
Pass: Passes
Fls: Fouls committed
Rtg: Rating
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
xG: Expected goals
xGoT: Expected goals on target
KP: Key passes
BCC: Big chances created
BCM: Big chances missed
Drb: Successful dribbles
Off: Offsides
Pass: Passes
Pass%: Pass accuracy
KP: Key passes
F3rd: Passes in the final third
Crs: Crosses
ACrs: Accurate crosses
LB: Long balls
Tch: Touches
Tkl: Tackles
Int: Interceptions
Clr: Clearances
Blk: Shots blocked
Rec: Ball recoveries
Duel: Duels won
Aer: Aerials won
DrbP: Dribbled past
Fls: Fouls committed
FlsD: Fouls won
YC: Yellow cards
Disp: Dispossessed
Lost: Possession lost
Err: Errors leading to a shot
Sv: Saves
SvIn: Saves inside the box
HC: High claims
Tch: Touches
LB: Long balls
Pass%: Pass accuracy

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Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo team news

Sparta Rotterdam had no reported absences and Heracles Almelo were without 2 players.

Sparta Rotterdam 0 out

No reported absences.

Heracles Almelo 2 out

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde Knee Surgery · Missed 32 games Injured

Sem Scheperman Hamstring Injury · Missed 21 games Injured

Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo form

Sparta Rotterdam W W L W L

Heracles Almelo L W L D D

Last 5 results in all competitions before kick-off, most recent first.

Heracles Almelo vs Sparta Rotterdam head to head

2 Heracles Almelo wins 5 draws 5 Sparta Rotterdam wins

2.1 goals per game 58% both teams scored 33% over 2.5 goals

Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo standings

Eredivisie table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV	12	8	2	2	40	15	+25	26
2	Feyenoord	12	7	4	1	36	17	+19	25
3	Ajax	12	7	4	1	32	15	+17	25
4	FC Twente	12	7	3	2	30	12	+18	24
5	AZ Alkmaar	12	7	2	3	24	16	+8	23
6	SC Heerenveen	12	6	3	3	24	16	+8	21
7	Fortuna Sittard	12	5	5	2	20	20	0	20
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	4	5	3	24	27	-3	17
9	FC Groningen	12	4	3	5	29	28	+1	15
10	SC Cambuur	12	4	3	5	25	27	-2	15
11	NEC Nijmegen	12	3	5	4	20	21	-1	14
12	Sparta Rotterdam	12	3	3	6	21	29	-8	12
13	PEC Zwolle	12	3	3	6	13	24	-11	12
14	FC Utrecht	12	3	3	6	21	34	-13	12
15	Excelsior	12	3	2	7	16	29	-13	11
16	Telstar	12	2	4	6	18	25	-7	10
17	ADO Den Haag	12	2	3	7	16	25	-9	9
18	Willem II	12	0	3	9	11	40	-29	3

Eredivisie home table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV	17	13	2	2	58	26	+32	41
2	FC Utrecht	18	11	3	4	34	15	+19	36
3	Feyenoord	17	11	3	3	39	23	+16	36
4	Ajax	19	10	5	4	35	18	+17	35
5	NEC Nijmegen	17	9	5	3	41	25	+16	32
6	FC Twente	17	9	5	3	29	16	+13	32
7	AZ Alkmaar	17	8	7	2	39	26	+13	31
8	SC Heerenveen	17	8	6	3	33	24	+9	30
9	PEC Zwolle	17	8	4	5	21	21	0	28
10	Go Ahead Eagles	17	6	7	4	34	24	+10	25
11	FC Groningen	17	7	4	6	27	18	+9	25
12	Fortuna Sittard	17	7	4	6	28	29	-1	25
13	FC Volendam	17	6	5	6	24	23	+1	23
14	Sparta Rotterdam	17	6	5	6	21	27	-6	23
15	Telstar	17	5	5	7	31	28	+3	20
16	NAC Breda	17	5	5	7	20	23	-3	20
17	Excelsior	17	5	3	9	20	22	-2	18
18	Heracles Almelo	17	4	3	10	23	36	-13	15

Eredivisie away table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV	17	14	1	2	43	19	+24	43
2	Feyenoord	17	8	5	4	31	21	+10	29
3	NEC Nijmegen	17	7	6	4	36	28	+8	27
4	FC Twente	17	6	8	3	30	24	+6	26
5	Ajax	17	5	10	2	30	24	+6	25
6	FC Groningen	18	7	2	9	22	29	-7	23
7	FC Utrecht	18	5	6	7	25	30	-5	21
8	SC Heerenveen	18	6	3	9	26	32	-6	21
9	AZ Alkmaar	17	6	3	8	19	25	-6	21
10	Excelsior	17	5	5	7	23	34	-11	20
11	Sparta Rotterdam	17	6	2	9	19	35	-16	20
12	Telstar	17	4	5	8	18	27	-9	17
13	Fortuna Sittard	17	4	2	11	21	34	-13	14
14	Go Ahead Eagles	17	2	7	8	20	29	-9	13
15	NAC Breda	17	1	6	10	15	35	-20	9
16	FC Volendam	17	2	3	12	11	32	-21	9
17	PEC Zwolle	17	1	6	10	23	50	-27	9
18	Heracles Almelo	17	1	1	15	12	49	-37	4

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Eredivisie 2025/2026 standings as of 13 Nov 2026, 02:58 UK. Last 5 shows the most recent result first.

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52%Sparta Rotterdam 22%Draw 26%Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo or draw 48%
Sparta Rotterdam or Heracles Almelo 78%

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Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam Capacity 11,026 · Artificial turf
Weather: -2°C, overcast clouds Wind 22 km/h · Humidity 71%
Managers: Maurice Steijn Sparta Rotterdam Ernest Faber Heracles Almelo
Officials: Referee Jannick van der Laan 1st Assistant K. Bodde 2nd Assistant F. Ozinga 4th Official N. Boel

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