Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 18 September 2016, 10:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sparta Rotterdam · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam defeated NEC Nijmegen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 18 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Thomas Verhaar opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Thomas Verhaar (17') and Zakaria El Azzouzi (81'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 10th on 7 points from 5 and NEC Nijmegen 16th on 4 points from 5. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Verhaar of Sparta Rotterdam (8.7), ahead of Mart Dijkstra (8.0).

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