ROTTERDAM. NEC and Sparta Rotterdam draw 1-1. D. Proper scored the first goal (56′) for NEC. J. Kitolano equalized (81′) with a penalty. Sparta Rotterdam was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the collaboration of Erwin Zeinstra and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Thomas Hardeman. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.79 degrees Celsius or 60.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sparta Rotterdam had a strong ball possession 59% while NEC was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Rotterdam had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Sparta Rotterdam to win the match​.

Sparta Rotterdam shot 15 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, NEC shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card (Arno Verschueren). Talking about the opposition, NEC received 4 yellow cards (Youri Baas, Rober González, Bram Nuytinck and Rober González).

Standings

After this match, Sparta Rotterdam will have 8 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, NEC will have 4 points like Ajax to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam will host SC Heerenveen on the 19th of May with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).

NEC will host Heracles Almelo on the 3rd of February with a 14-9 head to head statistic in favor of NEC (6 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

Sparta Rotterdam adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jeroen Rijsdijk decided to play with the following team: Vito van Crooij, Nick Olij (7.0), Saïd Bakari (7.5), Bart Vriends (7.3), Tijs Velthuis (7.5), Django Warmerdam (7.1), Jonathan de Guzmán (7.5), Joshua Kitolano (7.9), Camiel Neghli (7.1), Arno Verschueren (6.8), Koki Saito (7.0) and Tobias Lauritsen (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Sergi Rosanas, Rick Meissen, Djevencio van der Kust, Pelle Clement (7.3), Mehmet Yuksel, Agustin Anello (7.1), Charles-Andreas Brym (6.8), Youri Schoonderwaldt, Pedro Alemañ Serna and Delano van Crooy.

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 3 changes: Jonathan de Guzmán for Pelle Clement (62′), Arno Verschueren for Charles-Andreas Brym (62′) and Tobias Lauritsen for Agustin Anello (77′).

Best player: Joshua Kitolano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Rotterdam was Joshua Kitolano.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 23 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

NEC – Formation

Also NEC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rogier Meijer played with: Mees Hoedemakers, Jasper Cillessen (7.3), Brayann Pereira (7.0), Philippe Sandler  (7.1), Bram Nuytinck (7.0), Calvin Verdonk (7.1), Dirk Proper (7.5), Magnus Mattsson (6.7), Lars Olden Larsen (6.7), Rober González (7.5), Youri Baas (6.8) and Koki Ogawa (6.3).

They had on the bench: Mathias Ross (6.8), Sontje Hansen (7.0), Pedro Marques, Bas Dost (7.0), Robin Roefs, Rijk Janse, Nils Rossen (6.6) and Luc Netten (6.3).

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: Bram Nuytinck for Mathias Ross (46′), Brayann Pereira for Sontje Hansen (45′), Lars Olden Larsen for Nils Rossen (76′) and Koki Ogawa for Bas Dost (75′).

Best player: Dirk Proper​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Dirk Proper.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 32 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Sparta Rotterdam – NEC – 1-1