ROTTERDAM. FC Utrecht conquered Sparta Rotterdam to win 2-1. It was FC Utrecht to strike first with an early goal of Mats Seuntjens at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Isac Lidberg gave the win to FC Utrecht in the 54′ minute with a goal. Sparta Rotterdam lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
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 10,030 spectators. The referee was Joey Kooij assisted by Joost van Zuilen and Roy de Nas. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.56 degrees Celsius or 45.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 6 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 146 Attack 68
- 78 Dangerous attack 32
- 92 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sparta Rotterdam was in firm control of the ball 60% while FC Utrecht was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Rotterdam was putting more pressure with 78 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, FC Utrecht was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sparta Rotterdam shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Utrecht shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sparta Rotterdam didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, FC Utrecht received 3 yellow cards (Yannick Leliendal, Othmane Boussaid and Vasilis Barkas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Sparta Rotterdam will stay with 18 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, FC Utrecht will have 12 points like NEC and RKC Waalwijk to hold in the 15th 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).
FC Utrecht will play away agasint AZ on the 19th of May with a 19-12 head to head stats in favor of AZ (9 draws).
Sparta Rotterdam – Formation
Sparta Rotterdam
69'
43'
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: Arno Verschueren, N. Olij , Saïd Bakari , Bart Vriends , Tijs Velthuis , Djevencio van der Kust , Joshua Kitolano , Jonathan de Guzmán , Metinho , Camiel Neghli , Tobias Lauritsen and Charles-Andreas Brym .
The home team had on the bench: Dylan van Wageningen, Rick Meissen, Sergi Rosanas, Django Warmerdam, Hamza el Dahri , Jesse Bal, Agustin Anello , Youri Schoonderwaldt and Delano van Crooy.
Substitutions
Sparta Rotterdam made 2 changes: Joshua Kitolano for Hamza el Dahri (81′) and Metinho for Agustin Anello (69′).
Player of the match: Tobias Lauritsen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Rotterdam was Tobias Lauritsen.
His rating is with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He hit the woodwork once times.
FC Utrecht – Formation
FC Utrecht
71'
Also FC Utrecht adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ron Jans played with: Vasilis Barkas , Hidde ter Avest , Ryan Flamingo , Modibo Sagnan , Yannick Leliendal , Can Bozdogan , Oscar Fraulo , Marouan Azarkan , Victor Jensen , Mats Seuntjens , Isac Lidberg .
They had on the bench: Mark van der Maarel, Jens Toornstra, Taylor Booth , Zidane Iqbal , Souffian El Karouani , Hugo Novoa, Bart Ramselaar , Nick Viergever , Othmane Boussaid , Mattijs Branderhorst and Calvin Raatsie.
Substitutions
FC Utrecht made 5 changes: Marouan Azarkan for Othmane Boussaid (46′), Yannick Leliendal for Souffian El Karouani (46′), Victor Jensen for Nick Viergever (78′), Mats Seuntjens for Bart Ramselaar (88′) and Can Bozdogan for Mark van der Maarel (90′).
Player of the match: Vasilis Barkas
The most impressive player for FC Utrecht was the goalkeeper: Vasilis Barkas. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Sparta Rotterdam – FC Utrecht – 1-2
- AZ – FC Volendam – 3-0
- Almere City – Heracles Almelo – 0-5
- NEC – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-1
