HEERENVEEN. SC Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday..

The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Pol van Boekel who was helped by Rens Bluemink and Dyon Fikkert. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. SC Heerenveen was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sparta Rotterdam that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Rotterdam was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sparta Rotterdam to win the match​.

SC Heerenveen shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam shot 12 times, 1 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (S. van Hooijdonk). On the opposite side, Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card (A. Verschueren).

Standings

After this match, SC Heerenveen has 1 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Rotterdam has 1 points (2nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away against Feyenoord on the 13th of August with a 20-9 head to head in favor of Feyenoord (11 draws).

Sparta Rotterdam will host AZ on the 14th of August with a 14-1 head to head in favor of AZ (6 draws).

SC Heerenveen – Formation

SC Heerenveen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Ole Tobiasen decided to play with the following team: .

SC Heerenveen could not rely on the presence of S. Olsson (injured).

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 2 changes: R. Kaib for T. Halilovic (78′) and T. Haye for S. Olsson (86′).

Sparta Rotterdam – Formation

Sparta Rotterdam started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Maurice Steijn played with: .

Substitutions

Sparta Rotterdam made 5 changes: A. Verschueren for S. Mijnans (74′), J. de Guzman for J. Van Mullem (74′), Y. Namli for J. Kitolano (78′), T. Lauritsen for O. Rekik (78′) and M. Eerdhuijzen for M. Engels (78′).

Results of the day

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

• SC Heerenveen – Sparta Rotterdam – 0-0