ROTTERDAM. Sparta Rotterdam beats Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 after A. Auassar scored just 1 goal (68′).

The match was played at the Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel stadium in Rotterdam on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens assisted by Freek Vandeursen and Kevin Bodde. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Sparta Rotterdam was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Go Ahead Eagles that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Go Ahead Eagles was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Sparta Rotterdam was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Sparta Rotterdam shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Sparta Rotterdam didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Go Ahead Eagles received 1 yellow card (J. Idzes).

Standings

After this match, Sparta Rotterdam will have 23 points to sit in the 15th place. On the other side, Go Ahead Eagles will stay with 27 points like Heracles Almelo and SC Heerenveen to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Sparta Rotterdam will play away with NEC on the 19th of March with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of NEC (6 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles will host SC Cambuur on the 19th of March with a 13-8 head to head record in favor of SC Cambuur (8 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

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

The manager Henk Fraser decided to play with the following team: Maduka Okoye (7.4), Dirk Abels (7.8), Tom Beugelsdijk, Adil Auassar (8.0), Riza Durmisi (6.5), Younes Namli (6.5), Jeremy Van Mullem (7.2), Joeri de Kamps (6.1), Vito van Crooij (7.4), Mario Engels (7.0) and Adrian Dalmau (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ishan Kort, Michael Heylen, Aaron Meijers, Lennart Thy (6.6), Giannis Masouras, Tim Coremans, Sven Mijnans (6.5), Bart Vriends (7.3) and Laurent Jans (6.4).

Sparta Rotterdam could not rely on the presence of B. Vriends (injured).

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 5 changes: T. Beugelsdijk for B. Vriends (5′), A. Dalmau for L. Thy (46′), Y. Namli for S. Mijnans (82′), V. van Crooij for L. Jans (82′) and M. Engels for G. Masouras (90′).

Best player: Adil Auassar​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Rotterdam was Adil Auassar.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 65 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Kees van Wonderen played with: Andries Noppert (7.0), Mats Deijl (6.4), Jay Idzes (6.8), Gerrit Nauber (6.9), Joris Kramer (6.8), Bas Kuipers (6.6), Philippe Rommens (7.4), Luuk Brouwers (7.5), Ragnar Oratmangoen (6.4), Iñigo Cordoba (7.2) and Isac Lidberg (6.7).

They had on the bench: Martijn Berden, Ogechika Heil (7.0), Nick Hengelman, Evert Linthorst, Justin Bakker, Ioannis Foivos Botos (6.9), Boyd Lucassen, Job Schuurman, Francis Ross, Cuco Martina (6.8), Jacob Mulenga (6.4) and Marc Cardona (6.3).

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 5 changes: J. Idzes for G. Botos (70′), I. Lidberg for M. Cardona (81′), M. Deijl for C. Martina (81′), R. Oratmangoen for O. Heil (82′) and B. Kuipers for J. Mulenga (88′).

Best player: Luuk Brouwers​

The player that probably impressed the most for Go Ahead Eagles was Luuk Brouwers.

His rating is (7.5) with 61 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• FC Groningen – NEC – 4-3
• RKC Waalwijk – SC Heerenveen – 0-0
• Sparta Rotterdam – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-0