Van Duijn Brace Leads Telstar 1963 Fightback to Stun Sparta Rotterdam

Telstar 1963 produced a commanding comeback to defeat Sparta Rotterdam 4–1 on matchday 31 of the Eredivisie, overturning an early setback with a flurry of second-half goals.

The visitors struck first in the 31st minute when Milan Zonneveld finished a move created by Mitchell van Bergen, putting Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 ahead. The lead, however, was short-lived. Just two minutes later, Jeff Hardeveld restored parity for Telstar 1963, converting after good work from Patrick Brouwer to make it 1–1.

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After the break, Telstar 1963 seized control. The introduction of Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp for Tyrese Noslin in the 70th minute preceded a decisive spell. In the 72nd minute, Sem van Duijn completed the turnaround, putting the hosts 2–1 up with an assist from Tyrone Owusu.

Van Duijn struck again in the 78th minute, this time set up by Cedric Hatenboer, to extend the advantage to 3–1 and leave Sparta chasing the game. Sparta responded with a double substitution on 79 minutes, bringing on Casper Terho and Shunsuke Mito for Julian Baas and Zonneveld, but they were unable to wrest back momentum.

Telstar 1963 kept pushing and were rewarded late on. Shortly after Sem van Duijn and Owusu were replaced by Jelani Seedorf and Soufiane Hetli in the 87th minute, the two substitutes combined. In the 88th minute, Hetli provided the assist for Seedorf to add a fourth goal, sealing an emphatic 4–1 victory.

There was a minor blemish for the hosts as Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp and Patrick Brouwer both received yellow cards in the closing stages, on 83 and 85 minutes respectively.

Beyond goals, substitutions and cautions, detailed match statistics and lineups were not available in the provided data.

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Eredivisie Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	PSV	32	25	3	4	92	43	49	78	D W W W
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	32	18	7	7	67	43	24	61	W W D D
3	NEC	32	15	11	6	74	50	24	56	D D D W
4	AFC Ajax	32	14	13	5	61	39	22	55	D W W L
5	FC Twente '65	32	14	13	5	54	35	19	55	D D W W
6	AZ	32	14	8	10	54	47	7	50	D D W W
7	SC Heerenveen	32	14	8	10	57	51	6	50	W W L W
8	FC Utrecht	32	13	8	11	51	41	10	47	W L W L
9	Sparta Rotterdam	32	12	7	13	38	55	-17	43	D L L D
10	FC Groningen	32	12	6	14	45	43	2	42	L L D W
11	Go Ahead Eagles	32	8	14	10	52	47	5	38	D D D W
12	PEC Zwolle	32	9	10	13	42	66	-24	37	W L D L
13	Fortuna Sittard	32	10	6	16	46	59	-13	36	L L D L
14	SBV Excelsior	32	9	7	16	39	53	-14	34	W W D L
15	Telstar 1963	32	7	10	15	44	54	-10	31	D W L L
16	FC Volendam	32	8	7	17	33	52	-19	31	L W L D
17	NAC Breda	32	5	10	17	30	55	-25	25	L L D D
18	Heracles Almelo	32	5	4	23	34	80	-46	19	L L L L