ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam overcomes Fortuna Sittard 3-1. Sparta Rotterdam got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from B. Smeets (21′) and L. Thy (29′). Fortuna Sittard tried to recover with a goal from M. Seuntjens (49′). However, the match was closed by a goal (73′) scored by E. Emegha for Sparta Rotterdam. Fortuna Sittard lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. In front of 6,623 spectators. The referee was Erwin Blank with the help of Cristian Dobre and Freek Vandeursen. The 4th official was Nick Smit. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.2 degrees Celsius or 70.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Sparta Rotterdam started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1). On the other side, Fortuna Sittard adopted a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Sparta Rotterdam – Formation
Sparta Rotterdam
42'
85'
21'
Henk Fraser decided to play with the following team: Maduka Okoye , Dirk Abels , Bart Vriends , Tom Beugelsdijk , Mica Pinto , Mohammed Osman , Adil Auassar , Sven Mijnans , Bryan Smeets , Vito van Crooy and Lennart Thy .
The home team had on the bench: Mario Engels, Kenzo Goudmijn , Aaron Meijers , Laurent Jans , Giannis Masouras, Michael Heylen, Mohammed Tahiri, Tim Coremans, Benjamin van Leer and Emanuel Emegha .
Best player: Bryan Smeets
The player that probably impressed the most for Sparta Rotterdam was Bryan Smeets.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
On the other side, Sjors Fraser played with: Yanick van Osch , Mickael Tirpan , Martin Angha , Roel Janssen , George Cox , Zian Flemming , Tesfaldet Tekie , Ben Rienstra , Emil Hansson , Mats Seuntjens and Deroy Duarte .
They had on the bench: Tom Hendriks, Samy Baghdadi , Bassala Sambou , Ryan Johansson, Stijn Hogervorst, Tijjani Noslin, Ronan Plujimen, Felix Dornebusch, Toshio Lake , Nigel Lonwijk and Ivo Pinto .
Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of N. Lonwijk (injured).
Best player: Mats Seuntjens
The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Mats Seuntjens.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
Match report
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 16 Total 3
- 7 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 131 Attack 89
- 38 Dangerous attack 28
- 70 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Fortuna Sittard was in firm control of the ball 57% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Sparta Rotterdam was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Rotterdam won the match.
Sparta Rotterdam shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards (T. Beugelsdijk and ). On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (Z. Flemming).
Match Timeline
Standings
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam will host NEC on the 17th of September with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of NEC (3 draws). Fortuna Sittard will play away against SC Heerenveen on the 18th of September with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of SC Heerenveen (1 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Sparta Rotterdam – Fortuna Sittard – 3-1
- NEC – Willem II – 0-0
- RKC Waalwijk – Vitesse – 1-2
- FC Groningen – SC Heerenveen – 1-1
