VOLENDAM. Sparta Rotterdam had a comfortable win over FC Volendam. Sparta Rotterdam scored with Bart Vriends (6′), Joshua Kitolano (42′), Bart Vriends (87′) and Arno Verschueren (90′). On the other side, Milan de Haan (13′) scored for FC Volendam. FC Volendam was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Kras Stadion stadium in Volendam on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 6,784 spectators.​ The referee was Richard Martens with the help of Sjoerd Nanninga and Luc de Koning. The 4th official was Michael Eijgelsheim. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.46 degrees Celsius or 49.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Volendam had a superior ball possession 61% while Sparta Rotterdam was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Volendam was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Sparta Rotterdam managed to find the solution to win this match.​

FC Volendam shot 17 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Rotterdam shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

FC Volendam didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card (Tijs Velthuis).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Volendam will stay with 8 points like Vitesse to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Sparta Rotterdam will have 18 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Volendam will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 19th of May with a 12-10 head to head in favor of Go Ahead Eagles (5 draws).

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).

FC Volendam – Formation

FC Volendam adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Matthias Kohler decided to play with the following team: Xavier Mbuyamba, Mio Backhaus (6.3), Oskar Buur  (6.8), Benaissa Benamar (7.5), Josh Flint (7.0), George Cox (7.1), Damon Mirani (7.0), Calvin Twigt (7.7), Bilal Ould-Chikh (7.1), Milan de Haan (7.8), Darius Johnson (6.3) and Robert Mühren (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Brian Plat, Zach Booth (6.4), Garang Kuol (6.8), Kayne van Oevelen, Barry Lauwers, Achraf Douiri , Lequincio Zeefuik, Deron Payne (6.6), Hoeve Quincy (6.3), Ibrahim El Kadiri and Bram van Driel.

Substitutions

FC Volendam made 3 changes: Bilal Ould-Chikh for Zach Booth (64′), Darius Johnson for Garang Kuol (64′) and Oskar Buur  for Deron Payne (63′).

Best player: Milan de Haan​

The most impressive player for FC Volendam was Milan de Haan.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 36 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

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

Jeroen Rijsdijk played with: Pelle Clement, Nick Olij (6.8), Saïd Bakari (7.3), Bart Vriends (9.2), Tijs Velthuis (6.3), Djevencio van der Kust (7.7), Jonathan de Guzmán (7.3), Joshua Kitolano (8.1), Camiel Neghli (7.3), Arno Verschueren (7.9), Charles-Andreas Brym (7.3) and Tobias Lauritsen (8.4).

These were the players on the bench: Dylan van Wageningen, Rick Meissen, Metinho, Django Warmerdam, Hamza el Dahri, Jesse Bal, Agustin Anello, Youri Schoonderwaldt and Delano van Crooy.

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 2 changes: Charles-Andreas Brym for Django Warmerdam (90′) and Camiel Neghli for Rick Meissen (90′).

Best player: Bart Vriends​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Rotterdam was Bart Vriends.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 33 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• FC Utrecht – Excelsior – 2-2
• FC Volendam – Sparta Rotterdam – 1-4
• Feyenoord – AZ – 1-0
• Almere City – Ajax – 2-2
• PSV – PEC Zwolle – 4-0