Eredivisie: Sparta Rotterdam defeats FC Emmen 3-1

Sparta-Rotterdam-vs-FC-Emmen-3-1-Eredivisie
  • twitter sharing button
  • facebook sharing button
  • whatsapp sharing button
  • instagram sharing button
  • Google News

ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam prevails over FC Emmen 3-1.

ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam prevails over FC Emmen 3-1. FC Emmen lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Pol van Boekel who had the assistance of Cristian Dobre and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Richard Martens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.3 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.​

Match Statistics

FC Emmen was in firm control of the ball 56% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Sparta Rotterdam was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Sparta Rotterdam won the encounter.

Sparta Rotterdam shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, FC Emmen shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Sparta Rotterdam received 4 yellow cards (D. Abels, T. Lauritsen, A. Verschueren and M. Engels). On the opposite side, FC Emmen received 1 yellow card (M. Araujo).

Also, FC Emmen didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after M. Araujo (FC Emmen) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (70′).

After this match, Sparta Rotterdam will have 11 points to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, FC Emmen will stay with 5 points like Vitesse and FC Volendam to stay in the 17th place.

Match Events

  • 13'
    13'

    V. van Crooij

    Micha Pinto

  • 21'
    21'

    D. Abels

  • 46'
    46'

    M. Bouchouari

    L. Bernadou

  • 46'
    46'

    A. El Messaoudi

    R. Zivkovic

  • 47'
    47'

    T. Lauritsen

  • 51'
    51'

    O. ter Haar Romeny

  • 61'
    61'

    M. Araujo

  • 70'
    70'

    M. Araujo

  • 77'
    77'

    M. Heylen

    R. Mendes

  • 77'
    77'

    K. Saito

    Y. Namli

  • 77'
    77'

    J. Kitolano

    J. de Guzman

  • 79'
    79'

    V. van Crooij (Goal Disallowed)

  • 82'
    82'

    B. Vriends

    V. van Crooij

  • 87'
    87'

    J. Assehnoun

    J. Veldmate

  • 87'
    87'

    M. Engels

    D. Abels

  • 87'
    87'

    J. Van Mullem

    T. Lauritsen

  • 90'
    90'

    J. Dirksen

    L. Burnet

  • 90'
    90'

    A. Verschueren

  • 90'
    90'

    O. Rekik

    A. Verschueren

  • 90'
    90'

    M. Engels

    S. Mijnans

  • 90'
    90'

    M. Engels

  • 90'
    90'

    J. Assehnoun

Next match

In the upcoming Eredivisie match, Sparta Rotterdam will host NEC on the 16th of October with a 6-5 head to head in favor of NEC (5 draws).

FC Emmen will host FC Volendam on the 14th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Sparta Rotterdam: Formation and Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Maurice Steijn chose to play with the following team: Nick Olij (6.6), Dirk Abels (6.7), Bart Vriends (7.9), Adil Auassar (7.0), Mica Pinto (7.7), Arno Verschueren (6.6), Jonathan de Guzmán (6.6), Sven Mijnans (7.1), Younes Namli (6.4), Tobias Lauritsen (6.9) and Vito van Crooij (8.4).

Substitutes

Sparta Rotterdam made 5 changes: Y. Namli for K. Saito (77′), J. de Guzman for J. Kitolano (77′), D. Abels for M. Engels (87′), T. Lauritsen for J. Van Mullem (87′) and A. Verschueren for O. Rekik (90′).

Top player: Vito van Crooij

The player who no doubt impressed Sparta Rotterdam the most was Vito van Crooij.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

FC Emmen: Formation and Lineups

FC Emmen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Dick Lukkien played with: Eric Oelschlägel (6.1), Keziah Veendorp (6.6), Miguel Araujo (6.6), Jeroen Veldmate (7.2), Lorenzo Burnet (7.0), Lucas Bernadou (6.2), Jari Vlak (6.7), Ole Romeny (7.1), Rui Mendes (6.2), Richairo Živković (6.7) and Mark Diemers (7.4).

FC Emmen could not rely on the presence of J. Dirksen (injured).

Substitutes

FC Emmen made 5 changes: L. Bernadou for M. Bouchouari (46′), R. Zivkovic for A. El Messaoudi (46′), R. Mendes for M. Heylen (77′), J. Veldmate for J. Assehnoun (87′) and L. Burnet for J. Dirksen (90′).

Top player: Mark Diemers

Probably the most impressive player in FC Emmen was Mark Diemers.

His rating is (7.4) with 43 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

facebook sharingtwitter sharing

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.