Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 4 November 2016

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Friday 4 November 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 SC Heerenveen: match report

Sparta Rotterdam beat SC Heerenveen 3-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 4 November 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Jeremiah St. Juste opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Stijn Spierings (15'), Zakaria El Azzouzi (19') and Craig Goodwin (69'). SC Heerenveen scored through Jeremiah St. Juste (9').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received no yellow cards; SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 9th on 13 points from 11 and SC Heerenveen 4th on 22 points from 11. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and SC Heerenveen 9th with 43.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig Goodwin of Sparta Rotterdam (8.5), ahead of Roy Kortsmit (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 3 draws and 5 for SC Heerenveen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jeremiah St. JusteSC Heerenveen · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Stijn SpieringsSparta Rotterdam · 1-1
  • 19'Goal · Zakaria El AzzouziSparta Rotterdam · 2-1
  • 69'Goal · Craig GoodwinSparta Rotterdam · 3-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Lucas BijkerSC Heerenveen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 2, draws 3, SC Heerenveen 5.

Team news

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

Roy Kortsmit, Denzel Dumfries, Rick van Drongelen, Michel Breuer, Bart Vriends, Kenny Dougall, Mart Dijkstra, Stijn Spierings, Thomas Verhaar, Zakaria El Azzouzi, Craig Goodwin

SC Heerenveen line-up (4-3-3)

Erwin Mulder, Stefano Marzo, Lucas Bijker, Jeremiah St. Juste, Cisqui, Stijn Schaars, Morten Thorsby, Yuki Kobayashi, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Sam Larsson, Arbër Zeneli