ROTTERDAM. Almere City conquered Sparta Rotterdam to win 2-1. It was Almere City to strike first with a goal of Thomas Robinet at the 12′. Then Kornelius Hansen scored again for Almere City in the 76′ minute. Eventually, Joshua Kitolano reduced the distance for Sparta Rotterdam (84′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sparta Rotterdam was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. In front of 10,132 spectators. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the help of Charl Schaap and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Boyd van Kommer. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.92 degrees Celsius or 51.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 24 Total 11
- 6 On Target 4
- 9 Off Target 3
- 9 Shots blocked 4
- 120 Attack 108
- 60 Dangerous attack 53
- 98 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 2 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sparta Rotterdam was in firm control of the ball 62% while Almere City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Rotterdam was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Almere City managed to find the solution to win this match.
Sparta Rotterdam shot 24 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Almere City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sparta Rotterdam will stay with 15 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Almere City will have 12 points like Heracles Almelo to remain in the 9th 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 stats in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).
Almere City will host SC Heerenveen on the 5th of May with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Sparta Rotterdam – Formation
Sparta Rotterdam
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Sparta Rotterdam started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jeroen Rijsdijk decided to play with the following team: Nick Olij , Saïd Bakari , Bart Vriends , Tijs Velthuis , Djevencio van der Kust , Jonathan de Guzmán , Joshua Kitolano , Camiel Neghli , Arno Verschueren , Pelle Clement and Tobias Lauritsen .
The home team had on the bench: Agustin Anello , Dylan van Wageningen, Rick Meissen, Metinho, Django Warmerdam, Hamza el Dahri, Mehmet Yuksel , Charles-Andreas Brym , Youri Schoonderwaldt and Delano van Crooy.
Substitutions
Sparta Rotterdam made 3 changes: Pelle Clement for Charles-Andreas Brym (46′), Camiel Neghli for Agustin Anello (76′) and Saïd Bakari for Yoann Cathline (84′).
Best player: Bart Vriends
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Rotterdam was Bart Vriends.
His rating is with 53 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Almere City – Formation
Almere City
Almere City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Alex Pastoor played with: Nordin Bakker , Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp , Joey Jacobs , Damian van Bruggen , Loïc Mbe Soh , Manel Royo , Stije Resink , Thomas Robinet , Peer Koopmeiners , Rajiv van La Parra and Kornelius Hansen .
They had on the bench: Yann Kitala , Álvaro Peña, Danny Post, Lance Duijvestijn , Pascu, Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Yoann Cathline , Christopher Mamengi , Stijn Keller, Bradly van Hoeven, Jeffry Puriel and Marcelencio Esajas.
Almere City could not rely on the presence of Lance Duijvestijn (injured).
Substitutions
Almere City made 4 changes: Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp for Yann Kitala (72′), Yoann Cathline for Lance Duijvestijn (82′), Rajiv van La Parra for Yoann Cathline (61′) and Kornelius Hansen for Christopher Mamengi (82′).
Best player: Nordin Bakker
The player that probably impressed the most for Almere City was the goalkeeper: Nordin Bakker. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – FC Volendam – 3-3
- FC Utrecht – FC Twente – 1-1
- Ajax – SC Heerenveen – 4-1
- Sparta Rotterdam – Almere City – 1-2
- PEC Zwolle – Fortuna Sittard – 2-0
