Sparta Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie

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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.
1': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
1': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
3': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Ivan Mesík.
5': Daniël van Kaam (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
6': Boyd Reith (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo).
10': Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
10': Attempt missed. Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
12': Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Boyd Reith with a cross.
14': Foul by Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo).
14': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
15': Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Djevencio van der Kust.
18': Attempt blocked. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
18': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
18': Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Boyd Reith with a cross.
23': Delay in match (Sparta Rotterdam).
25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
25': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Jannes Wieckhoff replaces Lorenzo Milani because of an injury.
26': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
26': Teo Quintero (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt blocked. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker with a through ball.
28': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Teo Quintero.
30': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Metinho.
30': Attempt missed. Damon Mirani (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniël van Kaam with a cross following a corner.
31': Attempt saved. Boyd Reith (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
33': Foul by Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo).
33': Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Foul by Damon Mirani (Heracles Almelo).
36': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo).
39': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Delay in match because of an injury Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shunsuke Mito with a cross.
44': Attempt missed. Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Boyd Reith.
45': Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
45': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daniël van Kaam.
45'+4': First Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 0, Heracles Almelo 0.
45': Second Half begins Sparta Rotterdam 0, Heracles Almelo 0.
46': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
46': Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Delay in match because of an injury Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
50': Attempt blocked. Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
54': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
54': Mike Eerdhuijzen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
55': Ivan Mesík (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Metinho.
60': Foul by Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam).
60': Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Nassoh with a cross.
63': Delay in match because of an injury Shiloh 't Zand (Heracles Almelo).
64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
65': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Sem Scheperman replaces Shiloh 't Zand because of an injury.
65': Foul by Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam).
65': Juho Talvitie (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
68': Delay in match (Sparta Rotterdam).
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Rick Meissen replaces Mike Eerdhuijzen.
70': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Camiel Neghli replaces Shunsuke Mito.
70': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Charles-Andreas Brym replaces Tobias Lauritsen.
71': Attempt missed. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
72': Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam).
76': Delay in match because of an injury Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Attempt saved. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker.
77': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Nick Olij.
78': Attempt missed. Damon Mirani (Heracles Almelo) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daniël van Kaam with a cross following a corner.
78': Attempt saved. Juho Talvitie (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Engels.
79': Attempt missed. Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pelle Clement.
80': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
80': Teo Quintero (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Joshua Kitolano replaces Arno Verschueren.
82': Foul by Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam).
82': Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Giandro Sambo replaces Juho Talvitie.
83': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Daniël van Kaam.
84': Attempt blocked. Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
84': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Brian De Keersmaecker.
85': Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Ivan Mesík (Heracles Almelo).
86': Foul by Giandro Sambo (Heracles Almelo).
86': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam).
88': Giandro Sambo (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Giandro Sambo (Heracles Almelo).
89': Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Sem Scheperman.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam).
90'+5': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam).
90'+5': Ivan Mesík (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Sparta Rotterdam 0, Heracles Almelo 0.
0': Match ends, Sparta Rotterdam 0, Heracles Almelo 0.

Statistics

HER		SPA
12	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	2
31.6	Possession	68.4
10	SHOTS	9
2	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
167	Accurate Passes	455
248	Passes	534
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
11	Crosses	25
0.2	Cross %	0.2
58	Long Balls	49
20	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	2
6	Effective Tackles	9
8	Tackles	9
0.8	Tackle %	1.0
5	Interceptions	11
24	Effective Clearances	8
24	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 9,722

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	Teo Quintero
5	Djevencio Van Der Kust
2	Boyd Reith
10	Arno Verschueren
8	Pelle Clement
6	Metinho
9	Tobias Lauritsen
11	Mohamed Nassoh
7	Shunsuke Mito

Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:

Saïd Bakari, Kaylen Reitmaier, Charles-Andreas Brym, Jonathan de Guzmán, Marvin Young, Mike Kleijn, Joshua Kitolano, Youri Schoonderwaldt, Camiel Neghli, Rayvien Rosario, Rick Meijssen, Julian Baas.

Heracles Almelo (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Fabian De Keijzer (GK)
24	Ivan Mesik
4	Damon Mirani
22	Lorenzo Milani
2	Mimeirhel Benita
26	Daniel Van Kaam
14	Brian De Keersmaecker
7	Bryan Limbombe Ekango
23	Juho Talvitie
10	Shiloh ’T Zand
8	Mario Engels

Heracles Almelo Substitutes:

Robin Mantel, Thomas Bruns, Jordy Bruijn, Tiago Codinha, Sem Scheperman, Antonio Satriano, Giandro Sambo, Timo Jansink, Jannes Wieckhoff, Jop Tijink.

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