Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 RKC Waalwijk: Draw on Thursday

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ROTTERDAM. RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam draw 1-1. J. Odgaard scored the first goal (27') for RKC Waalwijk. V. van settled the score 1-1 (39').

ROTTERDAM. RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam draw 1-1. J. Odgaard scored the first goal (27′) for RKC Waalwijk. V. van settled the score 1-1 (39′).

The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf with the help of Bas van Dongen and Nils van Kampen. The 4th official was Jesse Rozendal. The weather was drizzle. The temperature was cold around 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.69 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 87%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Sparta Rotterdam was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. RKC Waalwijk that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Sparta Rotterdam was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Sparta Rotterdam to win the match​.

Sparta Rotterdam shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, RKC Waalwijk shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards (G. Masouras and A. Auassar). On the other side, RKC Waalwijk received 2 yellow cards (A. Buttner and V. Anita).

After this match, Sparta Rotterdam will have 12 points to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, RKC Waalwijk will have 15 points to stay in the 15th place.

Match Events

  • 8'
    8'

    A. Buttner

  • 27'
    27'

    J. Odgaard

  • 34'
    34'

    G. Masouras

  • 39'
    39'

    V. van Crooij

  • 41'
    41'

    A. Auassar

  • 65'
    65'

    M. Osman

    B. Smeets

  • 73'
    73'

    Emanuel Emegha

    Vito van Crooij

  • 73'
    73'

    Finn Stokkers

    Michiel Kramer

  • 73'
    73'

    Lennart Thy

    Mario Engels

  • 74'
    74'

    Juriën Gaari

    Saïd Bakari

  • 74'
    74'

    J. Gaari

    S. Bakari

  • 78'
    78'

    M. Heylen

    A. Auassar

  • 81'
    81'

    Ayman Azhil

    Hans Mulder

  • 82'
    82'

    A. Azhil

    H. Mulder

  • 90'
    90'

    V. Anita

Next match

In the upcoming Eredivisie match, Sparta Rotterdam will play away against SC Cambuur on the 16th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of SC Cambuur (0 draws).

RKC Waalwijk will play away with Go Ahead Eagles on the 15th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Go Ahead Eagles (2 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam: Formation and Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Henk Fraser chose to play with the following team: Maduka Okoye (6.8), Giannis Masouras (6.8), Bart Vriends (7.1), Tom Beugelsdijk (6.5), Adil Auassar (7.6), Mica Pinto (7.4), Sven Mijnans (7.4), Dirk Abels (6.6), Bryan Smeets (6.5), Vito van Crooij (7.8) and Mario Engels (6.4).

Substitutes

Sparta Rotterdam made 4 changes: B. Smeets for M. Osman (65′), M. Engels for L. Thy (73′), V. van Crooij for E. Emegha (73′) and A. Auassar for M. Heylen (78′).

Top player: Vito van Crooij

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

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 30 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

RKC Waalwijk: Formation and Lineups

Also RKC Waalwijk adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

On the other side, Joseph Oosting played with: Etienne Vaessen (7.8), Saïd Bakari (6.5), Shawn Adewoye (6.8), Melle Meulensteen (7.0), Dario Van Den Buijs (6.6), Alexander Büttner (7.1), Iliass Bel Hassani (6.8), Vurnon Anita (6.4), Hans Mulder (6.2), Jens Odgaard (7.4) and Michiel Kramer (6.8).

Substitutes

RKC Waalwijk made 5 changes: A. Buttner for L. Wouters (74′), M. Kramer for F. Stokkers (74′), S. Bakari for J. Gaari (74′), I. Bel Hassani for R. Kuijpers (82′) and H. Mulder for A. Azhil (82′).

Best player: Etienne Vaessen

The player that probably impressed the most for RKC Waalwijk was the goalkeeper: Etienne Vaessen. His rating is 7.84. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie

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