Sparta Rotterdam 5-2 Groningen — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - KNVB Cup, 30 Oct 2025

📅30/10/2025 · 🕒22:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
38%
2.38
Draw
23%
3.45
Away
39%
2.54
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
42%
2.18
Over 2.5
58%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
61%
1.53
No
39%
2.33
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
22%
2-3 Goals
41%
4-5 Goals
27%
6+ Goals
10%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
16%
1/2
6%
1/X
8%
X/1
14%
X/2
8%
X/X
10%
2/1
8%
2/2
25%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
38%
Home Win
38%
+0.1pp
23%
Draw
26%
-2.8pp
39%
Away Win
36%
+2.9pp
42%
Under 2.5
42%
+0.2pp
58%
Over 2.5
58%
-0.2pp
61%
BTTS Yes
61%
-0.6pp
39%
BTTS No
39%
+0.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sparta Rotterdam EU Bookmakers 42%
Head to Head
AWAY Groningen EU Bookmakers 39%
-11% / -11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +34% / +34%
1.04/0.60 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.29/1.18
-44% / +53% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +97% / +82%
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 4
327 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 307 · 75%
31.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.0
41.0 Crosses 16.5
2.0 Yellow Cards 1.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sparta Rotterdam
5W-0D-1L
AWAY Groningen
2.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.55 xG 0.94
50% Ball Possession 50%
12 Total Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 4
354 Passes 348
78% Pass Accuracy 78%
20 Box Touches 18
17 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 2
19.10.2025 Groningen Groningen 0-2 HT 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
02.02.2025 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 1-0 HT 0-0 Groningen Groningen HOL
09.11.2024 Groningen Groningen 1-0 HT 1-0 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
28.05.2023 Groningen Groningen 0-5 HT 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
17.09.2022 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 HT 0-0 Groningen Groningen HOL
07.05.2022 Groningen Groningen 1-2 HT 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sparta Rotterdam
5-2
AWAY Groningen
2.21 xG 1.17
51% Ball Possession 49%
18 Total Shots 16
10 Shots on Target 6
7 Corners 5
360 Passes 353
83% Pass Accuracy 84%
20 Box Touches 26
16 Crosses 15
3 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Sparta Rotterdam vs Groningen
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sparta Rotterdam cruised past Groningen 5-2. It was 1-2 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half. 7 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match split (38% / 23% / 39%) promised a tight game; Sparta Rotterdam found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (58%), both teams to score (61%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Sparta Rotterdam had 51% of the ball to Groningen's 49%, shots finished 18-16, expected goals 2.21 to 1.17.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sparta Rotterdam had the better of it with 5 wins. Those games averaged 2.00 goals for Sparta Rotterdam and 0.50 for Groningen.

What was the final score of Sparta Rotterdam vs Groningen?

Sparta Rotterdam 5-2 Groningen in the Netherlands - KNVB Cup on 30/10/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sparta Rotterdam vs Groningen?

Before kick-off our model rated an Groningen win the most likely single outcome at about 39%, with the full match-result split Sparta Rotterdam 38%, draw 23%, Groningen 39%. The final score 5-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Groningen) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Groningen) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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