Dutch Eredivisie

FC Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam, 2021-22 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
FC Utrecht
  • 2': Adam Maher
  • 65': Mark van der Maarel
  • 75': Anastasios Douvikas
  • 90'+3': Simon Gustafson (P)
FT
4 - 0
Sparta Rotterdam

    About

    FC Utrecht are hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, 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': Adrián Dalmau (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 1': Foul by Michael Heylen (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 2': Goal! FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0. Adam Maher (FC Utrecht) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
    • 4': Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Othmane Boussaid (FC Utrecht).
    • 5': Foul by Adrián Dalmau (FC Utrecht).
    • 5': Mica Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Adam Maher (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gyrano Kerk.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Hidde ter Avest (FC Utrecht) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Othmane Boussaid with a cross.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Bart Ramselaar (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark van der Maarel.
    • 9': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Adrián Dalmau (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Adam Maher with a cross following a corner.
    • 11': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Vito van Crooij tries a through ball, but Mario Engels is caught offside.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Adam Maher (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 12': Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 12': Foul by Adam Maher (FC Utrecht).
    • 13': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Vito van Crooij tries a through ball, but Adil Auassar is caught offside.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Bart Ramselaar (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Othmane Boussaid.
    • 17': Foul by Adam Maher (FC Utrecht).
    • 17': Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Othmane Boussaid (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willem Janssen.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Othmane Boussaid.
    • 27': Foul by Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 27': Quinten Timber (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Smeets with a through ball.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Othmane Boussaid (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hidde ter Avest with a cross.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bart Ramselaar with a through ball.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bart Ramselaar with a through ball.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Othmane Boussaid (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 35': Foul by Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 35': Hidde ter Avest (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Offside, FC Utrecht. Bart Ramselaar tries a through ball, but Adrián Dalmau is caught offside.
    • 39': Foul by Adam Maher (FC Utrecht).
    • 39': Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Adil Auassar (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 42': Attempt saved. Hidde ter Avest (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 44': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Abdou Harroui.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Willem Janssen (FC Utrecht).
    • 45'+3': Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Emanuel Emegha replaces Mario Engels.
    • 45': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Laros Duarte replaces Adil Auassar.
    • 46': Foul by Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 46': Mark van der Maarel (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Maher.
    • 51': Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Foul by Mark van der Maarel (FC Utrecht).
    • 51': Mark van der Maarel (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Laros Duarte (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lennart Thy.
    • 55': Django Warmerdam (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 55': Abdou Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Willem Janssen.
    • 59': Foul by Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 59': Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 59': Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 60': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Lennart Thy.
    • 62': Foul by Bart Ramselaar (FC Utrecht).
    • 62': Laros Duarte (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Willem Janssen.
    • 65': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Michael Heylen.
    • 65': Goal! FC Utrecht 2, Sparta Rotterdam 0. Mark van der Maarel (FC Utrecht) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 67': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Anastasios Douvikas replaces Adrián Dalmau.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Bart Ramselaar (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gyrano Kerk.
    • 71': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Simon Gustafson replaces Hidde ter Avest.
    • 72': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Sylian Mokono replaces Bart Ramselaar because of an injury.
    • 75': Goal! FC Utrecht 3, Sparta Rotterdam 0. Anastasios Douvikas (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sylian Mokono.
    • 76': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Laurent Jans replaces Vito van Crooij.
    • 76': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Kenzo Goudmijn replaces Bryan Smeets.
    • 78': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Moussa Sylla replaces Othmane Boussaid.
    • 80': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Djevencio van der Kust replaces Django Warmerdam because of an injury.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Laurent Jans (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mica Pinto with a cross.
    • 82': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Willem Janssen.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Michael Heylen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Laros Duarte with a cross following a corner.
    • 82': Foul by Laurent Jans (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 82': Moussa Sylla (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Gaultiér Overman replaces Mica Pinto.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Kenzo Goudmijn (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dirk Abels.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Gyrano Kerk (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 90'+2': Adam Maher (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Emanuel Emegha (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Sylian Mokono (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Sylla.
    • 90'+2': Penalty conceded by Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 90'+2': Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 90'+3': Goal! FC Utrecht 4, Sparta Rotterdam 0. Simon Gustafson (FC Utrecht) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, FC Utrecht 4, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
    • 0': Match ends, FC Utrecht 4, Sparta Rotterdam 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 8
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    4 Saves 1
    53 Possession 47
    7 SHOTS 22
    1 ON GOAL 8
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    362 Accurate Passes 323
    446 Passes 390
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 5
    12 Crosses 20
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    63 Long Balls 46
    36 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 5
    17 Effective Tackles 4
    27 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.3
    8 Interceptions 17
    17 Effective Clearances 9
    17 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard
    Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
    Attendance: 16,000

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 27 +43 68
    2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 27 +21 52
    3 NEC Nijmegen 27 +22 49
    4 Ajax Amsterdam 27 +18 47
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    UTR FC Utrecht (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Maarten Paes (GK)
    14 Willem Janssen
    2 Mark van der Maarel Yellow Card
    21 Django Warmerdam
    5 Hidde ter Avest
    6 Adam Maher
    27 Quinten Timber
    23 Bart Ramselaar
    9 Adrián Dalmau
    26 Othmane Boussaid
    7 Gyrano Kerk
    FC Utrecht Substitutes:
    Davy van den Berg, Simon Gustafson, Moussa Sylla, Fabian De Keijzer, Eric Oelschlägel, Anastasios Douvikas, Joris van Overeem, Benaissa Benamar, Djevencio van der Kust, Sylian Mokono.

    SPA Sparta Rotterdam (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Maduka Okoye (GK)
    4 Michaël Heylen
    3 Bart Vriends Yellow Card
    5 Mica Pinto
    2 Dirk Abels
    10 Bryan Smeets
    6 Adil Auassar
    8 Abdou Harroui Yellow Card
    9 Lennart Thy
    11 Mario Engels
    7 Vito van Crooij Yellow Card
    Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
    Tim Coremans, Kenzo Goudmijn, Gaultiér Overman, Benjamin van Leer, Jafar Bynoe, Emmanuel Emegha, Laurent Jans, Sven Mijnans, Laros Duarte.

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