Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report
Eredivisie · Tuesday 17 February 2026
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen
Eredivisie · Tuesday 17 February 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: match report
Sparta Rotterdam drew with NEC Nijmegen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Tuesday 17 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Bruno Martins Indi opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goal came from Bruno Martins Indi (64'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Koki Ogawa (73').
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 6th on 36 points from 22 and NEC Nijmegen 4th on 41 points from 22. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 10th with 43 points, and NEC Nijmegen 4th with 59.
Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kodai Sano of NEC Nijmegen (7.8), ahead of Bruno Martins Indi (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sparta Rotterdam win, 3 draws and 2 for NEC Nijmegen.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Lushendry Edward Martes
- 64'Goal · Bruno Martins Indi
- 65'Yellow card · Willum Thór Willumsson
- 66'Yellow card · Deveron Fonville
- 72'Yellow card · Pelle Clement
- 72'Yellow card · Joshua Kitolano
- 73'Goal · Koki Ogawa
- 89'Yellow card · Virgil Misidjan
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ahmetcan Kaplan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joël Drommel, Lushendry Martes, Marvin Young, Bruno Martins Indi, Teo Quintero, Joshua Kitolano, Pelle Clement, Mitchell van Bergen, Ayoni Santos, Shunsuke Mito, Tobias Lauritsen
NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-2-1)
Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Deveron Fonville, Brayann Pereira, Darko Nejasmic, Kodai Sano, Başar Önal, Willum Thór Willumsson, Tjaronn Chery, Bryan Linssen