Feyenoord 6-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 4 December 2016
Result
Feyenoord 6-1 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Sunday 4 December 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Feyenoord 6-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
Feyenoord won against Sparta Rotterdam 6-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 4 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Tonny Vilhena opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Feyenoord's goals came from Tonny Vilhena (24'), Jens Toornstra (43'), Nicolai Jørgensen (59'), Nicolai Jørgensen (64'), Eric Botteghin (73') and Eljero Elia (90+2'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Thomas Verhaar (86').
Discipline: Feyenoord received 1 yellow card; Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Feyenoord were 1st on 33 points from 14 and Sparta Rotterdam 10th on 17 points from 14. Feyenoord went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 15th with 34.
Feyenoord lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolai Jørgensen of Feyenoord (8.9), level with Jens Toornstra (8.9).
Going into the match Feyenoord's last five read D-W-L-D-D and Sparta Rotterdam's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · M. Dijkstra
- 24'Goal · Tonny Vilhena
- 37'Yellow card · Jan-Arie van der Heijden
- 40'Yellow card · Bart Vriends
- 43'Goal · Jens Toornstra
- 59'Goal · Nicolai Jørgensen
- 64'Goal · Nicolai Jørgensen
- 73'Goal · Eric Botteghin
- 86'Goal · Thomas Verhaar
- 90+2'Goal · Eljero Elia
Team news
Feyenoord line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Jones, Rick Karsdorp, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Hélder Queirós, Eric Botteghin, Dirk Kuyt, Karim El Ahmadi, Tonny Vilhena, Nicolai Jørgensen, Eljero Elia, Jens Toornstra
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-3-3)
Roy Kortsmit, Denzel Dumfries, Rick van Drongelen, Michel Breuer, Bart Vriends, Kenny Dougall, Mart Dijkstra, Stijn Spierings, Loris Brogno, Zakaria El Azzouzi, Craig Goodwin