Vitesse 7-0 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Vitesse 7-0 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 April 2018, 17:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

Vitesse · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

Vitesse 7-0 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

Vitesse defeated Sparta Rotterdam 7-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

T. Serero opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Vitesse's goals came from T. Serero (2'), Roy Beerens (18'), an own goal by S. Fischer (29'), Bryan Linssen (59'), T. Matavž (72'), Thomas Bruns (77') and Bryan Linssen (82'). Sparta Rotterdam did not score.

Discipline: Vitesse received 1 yellow card; Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Vitesse were 8th on 42 points from 30 and Sparta Rotterdam 17th on 24 points from 30. Vitesse went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 17th with 27.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Linssen of Vitesse (9.2), ahead of Roy Beerens (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Vitesse wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · T. SereroVitesse · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Roy BeerensVitesse · 2-0
  • 29'Own goal · S. FischerVitesse · 3-0
  • 33'Yellow card · L. BrognoSparta Rotterdam
  • 45+1'Red card · Michiel KramerSparta Rotterdam
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Alexander BüttnerVitesse
  • 59'Goal · Bryan LinssenVitesse · 4-0
  • 72'Goal · T. MatavžVitesse · 5-0
  • 77'Goal · Thomas BrunsVitesse · 6-0
  • 82'Goal · Bryan LinssenVitesse · 7-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Vitesse 7, draws 3, Sparta Rotterdam 0.

Team news

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Jeroen Houwen, Matt Miazga, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Alexander Büttner, Guram Kashia, T. Serero, Mason Mount, Navarone Foor, Roy Beerens, Tim Matavz, Bryan Linssen

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

Jannik Huth, Frederik Holst, Sander Fischer, Bart Vriends, Craig Goodwin, Kenny Dougall, Ryan Sanusi, Robert Mühren, Loris Brogno, Michiel Kramer, S. Ahannach