VS
Cambuur vs Sparta Rotterdam has produced a slight Sparta advantage, but the pairing remains open to reversals. Sparta won 4–1 at home on 21 May 2023 and 3–0 away on 21 January 2023; the teams had drawn 1–1 in Cambuur on 16 January 2022, while Cambuur won 4–0 in Rotterdam on 26 September 2021. Those contrasting margins give the fixture a distinctive competitive shape.
Past matches, Cambuur vs Sparta Rotterdam
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Sparta Rotterdam
-
12D
-
16M
-
14D
-
18M
-
13D
-
15D
-
21F
-
22F
-
19F
-
17M
-
30G
-
20G
Cambuur Substitutes
-
F
18
-
F
11
-
M
6
-
M
10
-
D
5
-
D
16
-
D
33
-
G
12
-
F
9
-
G
52
-
D
3
-
M
8
Match events
-
9'⚽M. Tol Normal Goal
-
30'⚽K. Saito Normal Goal (Asst: T. Lauritsen)
-
36'Leon Bergsma Yellow Card
-
38'⚽M. Pinto Normal Goal
-
42'⚽J. Kitolano Normal Goal (Asst: Y. Namli)
-
46'D. Abels S. Sambo
-
50'⚽Y. Namli Normal Goal (Asst: D. Abels)
-
59'D. Sambissa M. Breij
-
59'S. van der Water R. Balk
-
62'Mica Pinto Yellow Card
-
63'A. Verschueren J. de Guzmán
-
64'A. Meijers M. Pinto
-
76'M. Hoedemakers B. Rienstra
-
76'M. Paulissen N. Foor
-
76'D. Schmidt S. van Wermeskerken
-
79'Pedro Alemañ Y. Namli
-
84'J. van Mullem J. Kitolano
Stats for this game
Matchup Cambuur VS Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta hold the narrow historical edge
Sparta Rotterdam’s wins in the meetings played in 2023 point to a modest advantage. They beat Cambuur 4–1 at home on 21 May and 3–0 away on 21 January, establishing a direction without making the pairing one-sided by definition. The 1–1 draw in Cambuur on 16 January 2022 adds a more even reference, showing that Sparta’s stronger position has not removed the possibility of a close contest.
Cambuur have already reversed the setting
Cambuur’s 4–0 win at Sparta Rotterdam on 26 September 2021 is the clearest counterweight. It demonstrates that the venue alone cannot settle this fixture and that a small historical edge can be challenged sharply. Future meetings will ask whether Sparta can preserve its advantage across both grounds and whether Cambuur can reproduce the kind of response that once changed the direction completely. With the history still compact, every result carries unusual weight.