FC Utrecht 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 25 September 2016
Result
FC Utrecht 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Sunday 25 September 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Utrecht 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
FC Utrecht won against Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 25 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Richairo Živković opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Utrecht's goals came from Richairo Živković (3') and Nacer Barazite (80'). Sparta Rotterdam did not score.
Discipline: FC Utrecht received 3 yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Utrecht were 16th on 4 points from 6 and Sparta Rotterdam 8th on 10 points from 6. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 15th with 34.
FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yassin Ayoub of FC Utrecht (8.8), ahead of Robbin Ruiter (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Utrecht wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sparta Rotterdam.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Richairo Živković
- 67'Yellow card · Nacer Barazite
- 72'Yellow card · R. Strieder
- 77'Yellow card · Willem Janssen
- 80'Goal · Nacer Barazite
- 80'Yellow card · Kenny Dougall
- 82'Yellow card · Stijn Spierings
- 90+3'Yellow card · Craig Goodwin
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)
Robbin Ruiter, Ramon Leeuwin, Kevin Conboy, Willem Janssen, Sofyan Amrabat, Yassin Ayoub, Rico Strieder, Nacer Barazite, Patrick Joosten, Richairo Zivkovic, Sébastien Haller
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (5-4-1)
Roy Kortsmit, Denzel Dumfries, Rick van Drongelen, Michel Breuer, Bart Vriends, Florian Pinteaux, Ryan Sanusi, Thomas Verhaar, Mart Dijkstra, Loris Brogno, Zakaria El Azzouzi