Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam vs Vitesse, 2020-21 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam
  • 36': Bryan Smeets
  • 77': Lennart Thy
  • 80': Emmanuel Emegha
FT
3 - 0
Vitesse

    About

    Sparta Rotterdam are hosting Vitesse at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jacob Rasmussen.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Tom Beugelsdijk (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sven Mijnans with a cross following a corner.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bryan Smeets.
    • 9': Foul by Tom Beugelsdijk (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 9': Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 14': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Dirk Abels tries a through ball, but Lennart Thy is caught offside.
    • 15': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Bryan Smeets (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sven Mijnans.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adil Auassar.
    • 25': Adil Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Eli Dasa (Vitesse).
    • 26': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Tom Beugelsdijk tries a through ball, but Lennart Thy is caught offside.
    • 26': Foul by Adil Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 26': Riechedly Bazoer (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Dirk Abels.
    • 30': Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Matús Bero (Vitesse).
    • 36': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, Vitesse 0. Bryan Smeets (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Engels with a cross.
    • 40': Foul by Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 40': Loïs Openda (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 41': Sondre Tronstad (Vitesse) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Riechedly Bazoer (Vitesse) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matús Bero.
    • 42': Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Oussama Tannane (Vitesse).
    • 44': Attempt missed. Maximilian Wittek (Vitesse) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Oussama Tannane with a cross.
    • 45': Foul by Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 45': Loïs Openda (Vitesse) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Maximilian Wittek (Vitesse) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oussama Tannane.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 45'+1': Maximilian Wittek (Vitesse) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 1, Vitesse 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sparta Rotterdam 1, Vitesse 0.
    • 47': Eli Dasa (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 48': Attempt saved. Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Smeets.
    • 51': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Riechedly Bazoer following a corner.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Armando Broja (Vitesse) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oussama Tannane.
    • 52': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Tom Beugelsdijk.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Loïs Openda (Vitesse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Riechedly Bazoer with a cross following a corner.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Vitesse) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matús Bero.
    • 55': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
    • 55': Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Matús Bero (Vitesse).
    • 56': Foul by Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 56': Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Armando Broja (Vitesse) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matús Bero with a cross.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Bryan Smeets (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lennart Thy with a headed pass.
    • 63': Armando Broja (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Foul by Adil Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Riechedly Bazoer (Vitesse) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 65': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Eli Dasa.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Tom Beugelsdijk (Sparta Rotterdam) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sven Mijnans with a cross following a corner.
    • 67': Substitution, Vitesse. Oussama Darfalou replaces Jacob Rasmussen.
    • 67': Foul by Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 67': Oussama Tannane (Vitesse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 68': Riechedly Bazoer (Vitesse) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Loïs Openda following a set piece situation.
    • 69': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Sven Mijnans.
    • 71': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Abdou Harroui.
    • 72': Offside, Vitesse. Sondre Tronstad tries a through ball, but Armando Broja is caught offside.
    • 73': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Emanuel Emegha replaces Sven Mijnans.
    • 73': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Michael Heylen replaces Mario Engels.
    • 74': Foul by Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 74': Maximilian Wittek (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Maximilian Wittek.
    • 77': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 2, Vitesse 0. Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bryan Smeets with a cross following a corner.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Aaron Meijers (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emanuel Emegha.
    • 80': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 3, Vitesse 0. Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Meijers.
    • 82': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Reda Kharchouch replaces Bryan Smeets.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lennart Thy.
    • 83': Substitution, Vitesse. Idrissa Touré replaces Armando Broja.
    • 83': Substitution, Vitesse. Alois Dominik Oroz replaces Loïs Openda.
    • 86': Foul by Adil Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 86': Sondre Tronstad (Vitesse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Corner, Vitesse. Conceded by Michael Heylen.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adil Auassar.
    • 89': Aaron Meijers (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Oussama Tannane (Vitesse).
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 3, Vitesse 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Sparta Rotterdam 3, Vitesse 0.

    Statistics

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    5 Fouls 12
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    8 Corner Kicks 3
    2 Saves 1
    60.8 Possession 39.2
    13 SHOTS 13
    1 ON GOAL 6
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    422 Accurate Passes 238
    521 Passes 340
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    4 Accurate Crosses 5
    28 Crosses 13
    0.1 Cross % 0.4
    54 Long Balls 79
    26 Accurate Long Balls 38
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    5 Blocked Shots 0
    6 Effective Tackles 10
    9 Tackles 22
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    15 Interceptions 8
    2 Effective Clearances 29
    2 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel
    Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 28 +41 68
    2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 28 +21 53
    3 NEC Nijmegen 28 +22 50
    4 Ajax Amsterdam 28 +18 48
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SPA Sparta Rotterdam (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Maduka Okoye (GK)
    4 Tom Beugelsdijk
    3 Bart Vriends
    5 Aaron Meijers
    2 Dirk Abels
    10 Bryan Smeets
    6 Adil Auassar
    8 Abdou Harroui
    9 Lennart Thy
    11 Mario Engels
    7 Sven Mijnans
    Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
    Emmanuel Emegha, Danzell Gravenberch, Deroy Duarte, Michaël Heylen, Benjamin van Leer, Jeffry Fortes, Wouter Burger, Michael Fabrie, Delano Vianello, Reda Kharchouch, Mica Pinto.

    VIT Vitesse (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    22 Remko Pasveer (GK)
    10 Riechedly Bazoer
    6 Jacob Rasmussen
    3 Danilho Doekhi
    32 Maximilian Wittek
    2 Eli Dasa
    21 Matús Bero
    8 Sondre Tronstad
    14 Oussama Tannane
    11 Armando Broja
    7 Loïs Openda
    Vitesse Substitutes:
    Million Manhoef, Thomas Bruns, Enzo Cornelisse, Idrissa Touré, Daan Huisman, Tomas Hajek, Oussama Darfalou, Hilary Gong, Jeroen Houwen, Alois Oroz.

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