Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 17 September 2021

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Friday 17 September 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sparta Rotterdam · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Sparta Rotterdam drew with NEC Nijmegen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 17 September 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jonathan Okita opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goal came from Sven Mijnans (44'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Jonathan Okita (28').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 14th on 4 points from 4 and NEC Nijmegen 6th on 7 points from 4. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 14th with 35 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 38.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Iván Márquez of NEC Nijmegen (8.0), ahead of Mohammed Osman (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 2 draws and 4 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Jonathan OkitaNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Ali AkmanNEC Nijmegen
  • 44'Goal · Sven MijnansSparta Rotterdam · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Adil AuassarSparta Rotterdam
  • 73'Yellow card · Dirk AbelsSparta Rotterdam
  • 79'Yellow card · Édgar BarretoNEC Nijmegen
  • 85'Yellow card · Lasse SchöneNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 4, draws 2, NEC Nijmegen 4.

Team news

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

Maduka Okoye, Dirk Abels, Bart Vriends, Michaël Heylen, Mica Pinto, Mohammed Osman, Adil Auassar, Sven Mijnans, Bryan Smeets, Vito van Crooij, Lennart Thy

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

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Cas Odenthal, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Mikkel Duelund, Dirk Proper, Jonathan Okita, Ali Akman, Jordy Bruijn