FC Groningen 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 20 October 2019
Result
FC Groningen 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Sunday 20 October 2019, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Groningen 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
FC Groningen defeated Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 20 October 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
K. Sierhuis opened the scoring in the 85th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from K. Sierhuis (85') and Charlison Benschop (90+4', penalty). Sparta Rotterdam did not score.
Discipline: FC Groningen received no yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Groningen were 12th on 10 points from 9 and Sparta Rotterdam 8th on 15 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Eredivisie season and is kept for reference.
FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Padt of FC Groningen (8.6), ahead of Kaj Sierhuis (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Groningen wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · Adil Auassar
- 56'Missed penalty · B. Smeets
- 57'Yellow card · Halil Dervisoglu
- 85'Goal · K. Sierhuis
- 87'Yellow card · M. Rayhi
- 90+2'Red card · Tim Coremans
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Charlison Benschop
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Ko Itakura, Bart van Hintum, Azor Matusiwa, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Ajdin Hrustic, Mohammed El Hankouri, Django Warmerdam, Charlison Benschop
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-3-1-2)
Tim Coremans, Dirk Abels, Bart Vriends, Jurgen Matheij, Lassana Faye, Abdou Harroui, Adil Auassar, Mohamed Rayhi, Bryan Smeets, Ragnar Ache, Halil Dervişoğlu