Eredivisie: Sparta Rotterdam tops NEC 2-0 on Sunday
ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam defeats NEC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Abels (7') and a goal from J. de (29').
ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam conquers NEC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Abels (7′) and a goal from J. de (29′). NEC lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Robin Hensgens with the assistance of Bas van Dongen and Dave Goossens. The 4th official was Jannick van der Laan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.1 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 68%.
Match Statistics
NEC was in firm control of the ball 60% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
NEC was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Sparta Rotterdam managed to find the solution to win this match.
Sparta Rotterdam shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, NEC shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards (V. van Crooij and T. Lauritsen). On the opposite side, NEC received 3 yellow cards (S. El Karouani, O. Tannane and C. Verdonk).
After this match, Sparta Rotterdam will have 14 points like RKC Waalwijk and SC Heerenveen to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, NEC will stay with 10 points like Excelsior to stay in the 11th place.
Match Events
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7'7'
D. Abels
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25'25'
S. El Karouani
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29'29'
J. de Guzman
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57'57'
P. Marques
M. Mattsson
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63'63'
O. Tannane
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68'68'
V. van Crooij
K. Saito
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71'71'
M. Duelund
D. Proper
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71'71'
I. Cissoko
S. El Karouani
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79'79'
V. van Crooij
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79'79'
C. Verdonk
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82'82'
J. Van Mullem
J. de Guzman
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85'85'
T. Lauritsen
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90'90'
O. Rekik
S. Mijnans
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90'90'
M. Engels
T. Lauritsen
Next match
In the upcoming Eredivisie match, Sparta Rotterdam will play away with FC Utrecht on the 23rd of October with a 13-2 head to head in favor of FC Utrecht (5 draws).
NEC will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 23rd of October with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Sparta Rotterdam: Formation and Lineups
Sparta Rotterdam adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Maurice Steijn chose to play with the following team: Nick Olij , Dirk Abels , Bart Vriends , Adil Auassar , Mica Pinto , Joshua Kitolano , Jonathan de Guzmán , Sven Mijnans , Arno Verschueren , Koki Saito and Tobias Lauritsen .
Substitutes
Sparta Rotterdam made 4 changes: K. Saito for V. van Crooij (68′), J. de Guzman for J. Van Mullem (82′), S. Mijnans for M. Engels (90′) and T. Lauritsen for O. Rekik (90′).
Top player: Dirk Abels
The player who no doubt impressed Sparta Rotterdam the most was Dirk Abels.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
NEC: Formation and Lineups
Also NEC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Rogier Meijer played with: Jasper Cillessen , Bart van Rooij , Iván Márquez , Calvin Verdonk , Souffian El Karouani , Dirk Proper , Lasse Schøne , Elayis Tavsan , Oussama Tannane , Magnus Mattsson and Landry Dimata .
Substitutes
NEC made 3 changes: M. Mattsson for P. Marques (57′), D. Proper for I. Cissoko (71′) and S. El Karouani for M. Duelund (71′).
Top player: Iván Márquez
The player who no doubt impressed NEC the most was Iván Márquez.
His rating is with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie
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