Eredivisie · Matchday 8 Match report

Go Ahead Eagles 3-3 Sparta Rotterdam: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Go Ahead Eagles

3-3Full time

Sparta Rotterdam

Saturday 10 October 2026, 14:30 UTC De Adelaarshorst, Deventer

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

Result Go Ahead Eagles win48% 3-3
Double chance Go Ahead Eagles or Sparta Rotterdam (12)74% 3-3
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.562% 6 goals
More corners Go Ahead Eagles61% Go Ahead Eagles (9-6)
Yellow cards Around average 3 yellow cards · league 2.7
Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 1.5 Over77% 2.5 Over53% 3.5 Under69%
Corners Above average 15 corners · league 10.4
Corners 15 corners 10.5 Over55% 11.5 Under55% 12.5 Under64%

Match stats

Go Ahead Eagles Sparta Rotterdam

3 Goals 3
0 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
9 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Go Ahead Eagles vs Sparta Rotterdam is the Eredivisie fixture on Saturday 10 October 2026, Matchday 8 at De Adelaarshorst. We back a Go Ahead Eagles win, and for the double chance we take Go Ahead Eagles or Sparta Rotterdam to win (no draw).

Why this pick?

Home advantage is the main plank of our model's call: Go Ahead Eagles play at De Adelaarshorst, where their home form this season has been solid, and Sparta Rotterdam arrive with the weaker strength rating and sit below the Eredivisie average. The point against is the hosts' habit of drawing — four in seven league games, three of them in their last five, so good spells have not turned into wins. What covers it is Sparta's defending: heavy defeats recently, shots conceded above the league average, against a side creating big chances clearly above it. The call is a moderate one rather than a clear one.

Form guide

Go Ahead Eagles

D 1-1 at NEC Nijmegen (A) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
D 1-1 vs FC Groningen (H) Eredivisie · 12 Sep
D 3-3 at FC Utrecht (A) Eredivisie · 8 Sep
L 2-5 at AZ Alkmaar (A) Eredivisie · 29 Aug
W 3-1 vs ADO Den Haag (H) Eredivisie · 23 Aug

Sparta Rotterdam

L 0-4 vs SC Heerenveen (H) Eredivisie · 19 Sep
L 1-4 at PSV Eindhoven (A) Eredivisie · 13 Sep
D 2-2 vs PEC Zwolle (H) Eredivisie · 4 Sep
L 1-2 at Excelsior (A) Eredivisie · 29 Aug
D 3-3 vs FC Utrecht (H) Eredivisie · 22 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Go Ahead EaglesSparta Rotterdam

Attack 59 29 2.3 goals per match this season1.4 goals per match this season

Defence 59 35 2.0 conceded per match this season2.4 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Eredivisie clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.