Match Report
Sparta beat Telstar 3-1 on 14 August 2026. Marvin Young opened the scoring inside the first 6 minutes for Sparta to make it 1-0. Nökkvi Þórisson added to the tally 53 minutes into the game for Sparta, set up by Shunsuke Mito, to make it 2-0. Abdelnour Soualhia pulled one back in the 91st minute for Telstar, set up by Prince Aning, to make it 1-2. Milan Zonneveld added to the tally in the 97th minute for Sparta to make it 3-1. Abdelnour Soualhia (55') and Lushendry Martes (56') were booked. Milan Zonneveld scored after coming off the bench. Our current Elo ratings make Telstar slightly the stronger side, by 72 rating points over Sparta, even though it was Sparta who won this one. 2 goals came after the 80th minute. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Sparta only a 19.7% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes.