Dutch Eredivisie

FT Sunday, August 17, 2025
FC Utrecht WWWWW 1
–
Sparta Rotterdam LWDLL 2
1st2ndT
UTR011
SPA112
Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel · 10,040 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
4
55.3
Possession
44.7
20
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
414
Accurate Passes
313
479
Passes
402
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
1
30
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.1
55
Long Balls
66
32
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
7
6
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
22
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
11
21
Effective Clearances
42
21
Clearances
42

Head to Head

UTR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SPA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Joel DrommelG
  2. 4Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 3Marvin YoungCD-R
  4. 5Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Saïd BakariRB
  6. 6Joshua KitolanoCM
  7. 8Pelle ClementLM
  8. 10Jens ToornstraRM
  9. 9Tobias LauritsenF
  10. 7Sayfallah LtaiefLF
  11. 11Shunsuke MitoRF

UTR · 4-2-2-2

  1. 25Michael BrouwerG
  2. 24Nick ViergeverCD-L
  3. 3Mike van der HoornCD-R
  4. 16Souffian El KarouaniLB
  5. 2Siebe HoremansRB
  6. 21Gjivai ZechiëlCM-L
  7. 27Alonzo EngwandaCM-R
  8. 20Dani de WitCF-L
  9. 7Victor JensenCF-R
  10. 15Adrian BlakeAM-L
  11. 22Miguel RodríguezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Ayoub Oufkir replaces Shunsuke Mito because of an injury.
  2. 25' Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, FC Utrecht 0. Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
  3. 45' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Miliano Jonathans replaces Miguel Rodríguez.
  4. 54' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Julian Baas replaces Jens Toornstra because of an injury.
  5. 59' Dani de Wit (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, FC Utrecht 1. Dani de Wit (FC Utrecht) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  7. 72' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Davy van den Berg replaces Victor Jensen.
  8. 72' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Derry John Murkin replaces Adrian Blake.
  9. 78' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Can Bozdogan replaces Gjivai Zechiël.
  10. 80' Alonzo Engwanda (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 2, FC Utrecht 1. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 90' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Teo Quintero replaces Joshua Kitolano.
  13. 90' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Nökkvi Thórisson replaces Sayfallah Ltaief.
  14. 90' Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, FC Utrecht. Emirhan Demircan replaces Souffian El Karouani.
  16. 90'+5' Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card.

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