ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam beat Go Ahead Eagles to win 2-1. It was Sparta Rotterdam to strike first with an early goal of Vito van Crooij at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Tobias Lauritsen gave the win to Sparta Rotterdam in the 58′ minute with a goal.

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 Jeroen Manschot with the assistance of Bas van Dongen and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.3 degrees Celsius or 46.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Go Ahead Eagles had a strong ball possession 55% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Rotterdam was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Rotterdam won the match​.

Sparta Rotterdam shot 21 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles shot 18 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card (Jonathan de Guzmán ). On the other side, Go Ahead Eagles received 3 yellow cards (Jamal Amofa, Isac Lidberg and Jay Idzes).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam will play away against FC Twente on the 22nd of April with a 14-7 head to head in favor of FC Twente (4 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles will host RKC Waalwijk on the 10th of March with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of RKC Waalwijk (7 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

Sparta Rotterdam started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Maurice Steijn decided to play with the following team: Nick Olij (7.1), Shurandy Sambo (7.3), Dirk Abels (7.3), Adil Auassar (7.1), Mica Pinto (6.8), Joshua Kitolano (7.8), Jonathan de Guzmán (6.6), Younes Namli (6.9), Arno Verschueren (7.3), Vito van Crooij (8.1) and Tobias Lauritsen (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Rick Meissen, Patrick Brouwer, Delano van Crooy, Koki Saito (7.0), Pedro Alemañ Serna, Aaron Meijers (6.3), Youri Schoonderwaldt, Jeremy Van Mullem (6.7), Mike Eerdhuijzen, Augustin Drakpe, Mohammed Tahiri and Elias Hoff Melkersen.

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 4 changes: Mica Pinto  for Aaron Meijers (62′), Younes Namli  for Koki Saito (71′), Jonathan de Guzmán  for Jeremy van Mullem (71′) and Tobias Lauritsen for Mike Eerdhuijzen (86′).

Best player: Vito van Crooij​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sparta Rotterdam was Vito van Crooij.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 25 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

René Hake played with: Jeffrey De Lange (6.5), Mats Deijl (6.5), Gerrit Nauber (6.7), Jamal Amofa (7.0), Fredrik Oppegård (6.8), Jay Idzes (6.8), Xander Blomme (6.9), Philippe Rommens (7.7), Bobby Adekanye (6.6), Isac Lidberg (7.0) and Finn Stokkers (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Luca Plogmann, Darío Serra, Evert Linthorst (6.7), Erwin Mulder, Jahnoah Markelo (6.8), Pim Saathof, Sylla Sow, Federico Mattiello, Rashaan Fernandes (6.6), Aventis Aventisian and Jose Fontán.

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 5 changes: Xander Blomme for Evert Linthorst (46′), F. Oppegård for Jahnoah Guevara Markelo (76′), Jamal Amofa for Rashaan Fernandes (76′), Bobby Adekanye for José Fontán (83′) and Philippe Rommens for Sylla Sow (83′).

Best player: Philippe Rommens​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was Philippe Rommens.

His rating is (7.7) with 62 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• Vitesse – FC Utrecht – 2-0
• Sparta Rotterdam – Go Ahead Eagles – 2-1
• SC Heerenveen – Feyenoord – 1-2
• FC Twente – FC Volendam – 3-0
• Ajax – RKC Waalwijk – 3-1