Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 1 September 2023

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Friday 1 September 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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 1 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dirk Proper opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goal came from Joshua Kitolano (81', penalty). NEC Nijmegen scored through Dirk Proper (56').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card; NEC Nijmegen received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 1st on 7 points from 3 and NEC Nijmegen 10th on 3 points from 3. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and NEC Nijmegen 7th with 53.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dirk Proper of NEC Nijmegen (7.8), level with Joshua Kitolano (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Bram NuytinckNEC Nijmegen
  • 9'Yellow card · Rogier MeijerNEC Nijmegen
  • 16'Yellow card · Arno VerschuerenSparta Rotterdam
  • 56'Goal · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Sontje HansenNEC Nijmegen
  • 65'Yellow card · Youri BaasNEC Nijmegen
  • 67'Yellow card · Rober GonzálezNEC Nijmegen
  • 70'Yellow card · Rober GonzálezNEC Nijmegen
  • 81'Penalty goal · Joshua KitolanoSparta Rotterdam · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Nick Olij, Saïd Bakari, Bart Vriends, Tijs Velthuis, Django Warmerdam, Jonathan de Guzmán, Joshua Kitolano, Camiel Neghli, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito, Tobias Lauritsen

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

Jasper Cillessen, Brayann Pereira, Philippe Sandler, Bram Nuytinck, Calvin Verdonk, Dirk Proper, Magnus Mattsson, Lars Olden Larsen, Rober González, Youri Baas, Koki Ogawa