NEC Nijmegen 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 March 2008

Result

NEC Nijmegen 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 March 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

NEC Nijmegen · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

NEC Nijmegen won against Sparta Rotterdam 4-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 16 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

M. Emnes opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Kevin Bobson (61'), Patrick Pothuizen (82'), Patrick Pothuizen (86') and Youssef El-Akchaoui (90'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through M. Emnes (3') and M. Emnes (64').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 11th on 33 points from 28 and Sparta Rotterdam 14th on 27 points from 28. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 13th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 NEC Nijmegen wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Going into the match NEC Nijmegen's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Sparta Rotterdam's W-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · M. EmnesSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Kevin BobsonNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · M. EmnesSparta Rotterdam · 1-2
  • 82'Goal · Patrick PothuizenNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
  • 86'Goal · Patrick PothuizenNEC Nijmegen · 3-2
  • 90'Goal · Youssef El-AkchaouiNEC Nijmegen · 4-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 2, draws 1, Sparta Rotterdam 2.