Sparta Rotterdam 0-2 NEC Nijmegen: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 2 November 2008
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 0-2 NEC Nijmegen
Eredivisie · Sunday 2 November 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sparta Rotterdam 0-2 NEC Nijmegen: match report
Sparta Rotterdam were beaten by NEC Nijmegen 0-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 2 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
S. Ntibazonkiza opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sparta Rotterdam did not score. NEC Nijmegen scored through S. Ntibazonkiza (20') and Youssef El-Akchaoui (49', penalty).
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 15th on 8 points from 8 and NEC Nijmegen 8th on 12 points from 8. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 13th with 35 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 2 draws and 4 for NEC Nijmegen.
Going into the match Sparta Rotterdam's last five read W-L-W-L-D and NEC Nijmegen's D-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · S. Ntibazonkiza
- 39'Yellow card · Kevin Strootman
- 48'Yellow card · Ruud Knol
- 49'Penalty goal · Youssef El-Akchaoui
- 56'Yellow card · Lasse Schöne
- 66'Yellow card · Ramon Zomer