TILBURG. Sparta Rotterdam was eventually too strong for Willem II with the goal of B. Vriends (17′), B. Vriends (28′) and E. Emegha (79′). Willem II lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Joey Kooij assisted by Erwin Zeinstra and Erik Koopman. The 4th official was Jannick van der Laan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Willem II had a strong ball possession 57% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Rotterdam was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Rotterdam won the match.​

Willem II shot 9 times, 0 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Rotterdam shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Willem II received 1 yellow card (K. O. Wriedt). Regarding the opposition, Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards (A. Auassar, S. Mijnans and D. Abels).

Standings

After playing this match, Willem II will stay with 18 points like FC Twente, NEC and SC Cambuur to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Rotterdam will have 10 points like RKC Waalwijk and FC Groningen to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Willem II will play away against SC Heerenveen on the 21st of November with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (5 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam will host FC Twente on the 20th of November with a 11-7 head to head in favor of FC Twente (3 draws).

Willem II – Formation

Willem II started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Fred Grim decided to play with the following team: Timon Wellenreuther (6.0), Leeroy Owusu (6.6), Emil Bergstrom (6.6), Ulrik Jenssen (6.6), Derrick Köhn (5.9), Dries Saddiki (6.5), Pol Llonch (6.2), Che Nunnely (6.8), Max Svensson (5.8), Mats Köhlert (6.3) and Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jorn Brondeel, Miquel Nelom, Vincent Schippers, Ringo Meerveld (6.1), Godfried Roemeratoe (6.7), Argyris Kampetsis (6.4), Görkem Sağlam, Connor van den Berg, Nikolaos Michelis, Elton Kabangu and John Yeboah (6.6).

Substitutions

Willem II made 4 changes: D. Saddiki for R. Meerveld (46′), M. Kohlert for A. Kampetsis (62′), P. Llonch for G. Roemeratoe (62′) and M. Svensson for J. Yeboah (78′).

Best player: Che Nunnely​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Willem II was Che Nunnely.

His rating is (6.8) with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

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

Talking about the opposition, Henk Fraser played with: Maduka Okoye (6.8), Giannis Masouras (7.8), Bart Vriends (9.0), Tom Beugelsdijk (6.9), Mica Pinto (7.2), Sven Mijnans (7.1), Dirk Abels (7.3), Adil Auassar (7.3), Bryan Smeets (7.4), Lennart Thy (6.5) and Emanuel Emegha (7.6).

They had on the bench: Kenzo Goudmijn, Aaron Meijers (7.3), Vito van Crooy (7.4), Tim Coremans, Mario Engels (6.5), Michael Heylen, Mohammed Osman and Benjamin van Leer.

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 5 changes: L. Thy for M. Engels (71′), A. Auassar for V. van Crooij (78′), S. Mijnans for A. Meijers (78′), E. Emegha for K. Goudmijn (88′) and B. Smeets for M. Osman (88′).

Best player: Bart Vriends​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sparta Rotterdam was Bart Vriends.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 33 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• NEC – SC Heerenveen – 1-1
• Willem II – Sparta Rotterdam – 0-3
• PEC Zwolle – SC Cambuur – 1-2