FC Groningen 0-5 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 May 2023

Result

FC Groningen 0-5 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 May 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Groningen 0-5 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by Sparta Rotterdam 0-5 in Eredivisie on Sunday 28 May 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jonathan de Guzmán opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FC Groningen did not score. Sparta Rotterdam scored through Jonathan de Guzmán (25'), K. Saito (58'), Arno Verschueren (75'), Tobias Lauritsen (79') and Vito van Crooij (89', penalty).

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

Going into the game FC Groningen were 17th on 18 points from 33 and Sparta Rotterdam 6th on 56 points from 33. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 18th with 18 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 6th with 63.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tobias Lauritsen of Sparta Rotterdam (8.5), ahead of Arno Verschueren (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Bart VriendsSparta Rotterdam
  • 24'Red card · Nordin MusampaFC Groningen
  • 25'Goal · Jonathan de GuzmánSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Isak Dybvik MäättäFC Groningen
  • 58'Goal · K. SaitoSparta Rotterdam · 0-2
  • 75'Goal · Arno VerschuerenSparta Rotterdam · 0-3
  • 79'Goal · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam · 0-4
  • 89'Penalty goal · Vito van CrooijSparta Rotterdam · 0-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, Sparta Rotterdam 4.

Team news

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FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jan de Boer, Jorg Schreuders, Radinio Balker, Mads Bech Sørensen, Nordin Musampa, Tomas Suslov, Laros Duarte, Oliver Antman, Johan Hove, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Ricardo Pepi

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

Nick Olij, Shurandy Sambo, Bart Vriends, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Mica Pinto, Arno Verschueren, Jonathan de Guzmán, Dirk Abels, Younes Namli, Tobias Lauritsen, Vito van Crooij