Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo, 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie

Sparta Rotterdam

42': Charles-Andreas Brym

FT
1 - 2

Heracles Almelo

48': Justin Hoogma
73': Jizz Hornkamp

About

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

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Attempt blocked. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.
4': Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam).
5': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Saïd Bakari.
6': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Djevencio van der Kust.
7': Attempt missed. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ajdin Hrustic with a cross following a corner.
9': Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Foul by Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo).
10': Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
11': Attempt missed. Mike Eerdhuijzen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
16': Foul by Navajo Bakboord (Heracles Almelo).
16': Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Attempt missed. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Charles-Andreas Brym.
19': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
19': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Delay in match because of an injury Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam).
20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
20': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
20': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam).
22': Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Attempt missed. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sem Scheperman.
26': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Charles-Andreas Brym is caught offside.
30': Delay in match because of an injury Navajo Bakboord (Heracles Almelo).
31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
32': Attempt blocked. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
32': Attempt blocked. Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.
33': Attempt saved. Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Saïd Bakari.
33': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Michael Brouwer.
34': Attempt missed. Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Koki Saito following a corner.
35': Foul by Marko Vejinovic (Heracles Almelo).
35': Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Attempt blocked. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Metinho.
37': Foul by Navajo Bakboord (Heracles Almelo).
37': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
38': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Navajo Bakboord.
38': Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Pelle Clement with a cross following a corner.
41': Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam).
42': Attempt saved. Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
42': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 0. Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pelle Clement following a fast break.
45': Foul by Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam).
45': Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Saïd Bakari with a cross.
45'+2': First Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 0.
45': Second Half begins Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 0.
45': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Sem Scheperman.
47': Attempt blocked. Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Navajo Bakboord.
47': Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
48': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 1. Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marko Vejinovic with a cross following a set piece situation.
51': Attempt blocked. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djevencio van der Kust.
51': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Kelvin Leerdam.
53': Foul by Kelvin Leerdam (Heracles Almelo).
53': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam).
54': Fredrik Oppegård (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo).
55': Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Navajo Bakboord.
58': Attempt missed. Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Saïd Bakari.
58': Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
59': Foul by Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo).
59': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt saved. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Djevencio van der Kust.
61': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
61': Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Attempt missed. Marko Vejinovic (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
63': Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam).
65': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Fredrik Oppegård.
66': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Camiel Neghli replaces Shunsuke Mito.
68': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Mario Engels replaces Kelvin Leerdam.
68': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Ruben Roosken replaces Bryan Limbombe.
68': Hand ball by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
70': Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
70': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
73': Goal! Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 2. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Engels following a fast break.
76': Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Foul by Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo).
77': Attempt blocked. Camiel Neghli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
77': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Marko Vejinovic.
78': Attempt blocked. Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koki Saito.
78': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Fredrik Oppegård.
78': Delay in match because of an injury Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo).
79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Ruben Roosken.
81': Attempt saved. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mike Eerdhuijzen with a headed pass.
81': Attempt missed. Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
82': Delay in match because of an injury Navajo Bakboord (Heracles Almelo).
83': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Rick Meissen replaces Bart Vriends.
83': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Rayvien Rosario replaces Saïd Bakari.
83': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Metinho.
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
84': Foul by Rayvien Rosario (Sparta Rotterdam).
84': Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Sven Sonnenberg.
86': Attempt blocked. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
87': Delay in match (Sparta Rotterdam).
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
87': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Mohamed Sankoh replaces Jizz Hornkamp.
89': Attempt saved. Mohamed Sankoh (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fredrik Oppegård.
90': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Tijs Velthuis replaces Mike Eerdhuijzen.
90'+1': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Jetro Willems replaces Navajo Bakboord.
90'+2': Foul by Tijs Velthuis (Sparta Rotterdam).
90'+2': Mohamed Sankoh (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Djevencio van der Kust.
90'+5': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam).
90'+5': Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Attempt blocked. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koki Saito.
90'+6': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
90'+6': Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+8': Foul by Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo).
90'+8': Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+8': Attempt missed. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 2.
0': Match ends, Sparta Rotterdam 1, Heracles Almelo 2.

Statistics

HER		SPA
13	Fouls	13
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	2
45	Possession	55
9	SHOTS	21
4	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
284	Accurate Passes	359
356	Passes	420
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	9
12	Crosses	29
0.3	Cross %	0.3
51	Long Balls	44
22	Accurate Long Balls	19
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	9
7	Effective Tackles	9
11	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
4	Interceptions	11
18	Effective Clearances	9
18	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 9,820

Eredivisie Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	PSV Eindhoven	12	+31	33
2	FC Utrecht	11	+9	28
3	Ajax Amsterdam	11	+14	26
4	Feyenoord Rotterdam	12	+15	25

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Sparta Rotterdam (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Nick Olij (GK)
4	Mike Eerdhuijzen
3	Bart Vriends
5	Djevencio Van Der Kust
2	Saïd Bakari
10	Arno Verschueren
8	Pelle Clement
6	Metinho
9	Charles-Andreas Brym
11	Koki Saito
7	Shunsuke Mito

Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:

Camiel Neghli, Rick Meijssen, Jonathan de Guzmán, Kaylen Reitmaier, Tijs Velthuis, Youri Schoonderwaldt, Jay Den Haan, Rayvien Rosario, Hamza El Dahri.

Heracles Almelo (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Michael Brouwer (GK)
21	Justin Hoogma
4	Sven Sonnenberg
22	Fredrik Oppegard
19	Navajo Bakboord
32	Sem Scheperman
18	Marko Vejinovic
27	Kelvin Leerdam
9	Jizz Hornkamp
7	Bryan Limbombe Ekango
20	Ajdin Hrustic

Heracles Almelo Substitutes:

Thomas Bruns, Fabian De Keijzer, Jordy Bruijn, Jetro Willems, Diego Van Oorschot, Mario Engels, Lasse Wehmeyer, Timo Jansink, Mohamed Sankoh, Ruben Roosken.

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