NEC Nijmegen 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 29 November 2025

Result

NEC Nijmegen 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 29 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

NEC Nijmegen · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

NEC Nijmegen won against Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 29 November 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Koki Ogawa opened the scoring in the 10th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Koki Ogawa (10'), Koki Ogawa (45+6', penalty) and Sami Ouaissa (50'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Tobias Lauritsen (65').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 4th on 21 points from 13 and Sparta Rotterdam 11th on 17 points from 13. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 10th with 43.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sami Ouaissa of NEC Nijmegen (9.2), ahead of Koki Ogawa (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 NEC Nijmegen win, 3 draws and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Koki OgawaNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Philippe SandlerNEC Nijmegen
  • 31'Yellow card · Lance DuijvestijnSparta Rotterdam
  • 45+6'Penalty goal · Koki OgawaNEC Nijmegen · 2-0
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Teo QuinteroSparta Rotterdam
  • 50'Goal · Sami OuaissaNEC Nijmegen · 3-0
  • 65'Goal · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam · 3-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Shurandy SamboSparta Rotterdam
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kento ShiogaiNEC Nijmegen
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Marvin YoungSparta Rotterdam
  • 90+5'Yellow cardSparta Rotterdam

Head-to-head

5 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 1, draws 3, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Philippe Sandler, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Darko Nejasmic, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Koki Ogawa, Bryan Linssen

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joël Drommel, Shurandy Sambo, Marvin Young, Teo Quintero, Patrick van Aanholt, Julian Baas, Joshua Kitolano, Mitchell van Bergen, Lance Duijvestijn, Shunsuke Mito, Tobias Lauritsen