Last Updated on February 23, 2026
The Eredivisie battle between AZ and Sparta Rotterdam kicked off with a goalless first half at AFAS Stadion on Sunday. However, Sparta Rotterdam’s dominant second-half display propelled them to a convincing 3-1 triumph.
With only seven minutes left to play, AZ’s Kees Smit increased the lead, with an assist by Mees de Wit.
The goal that reduced the score to 2-1 came in the final minutes, when Milan Zonneveld found the net for Sparta Rotterdam, with an assist by Casper Terho.
Troy Parrott just three minutes later, with an assist by Jeroen Zoet, ensuring AZ increased the lead to 3-1.
Looking at the table, we find AZ in fifth place, while Sparta Rotterdam are seventh in the league.
The next Eredivisie games for AZ are FC Utrecht (away) on 1 March, PSV (away) on 7 March and Heracles Almelo (home) on 15 March. Sparta Rotterdam play SC Heerenveen (away) on 28 February, PEC Zwolle (home) on 8 March and Ajax (away) on 14 March.
The first half finished 0-0 and it took until the 65th minute before Sven Mijnans netted, with an assist by Mateo Chávez, to give AZ the lead.
Ahead of the game, Sparta Rotterdam had seven games in a row without defeat.