NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 January 2023

Result

NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 January 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

NEC Nijmegen · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

NEC Nijmegen drew with Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Arno Verschueren opened the scoring in the 58th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goal came from Pedro Marques (80'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Arno Verschueren (58').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 9th on 22 points from 18 and Sparta Rotterdam 6th on 32 points from 18. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 12th with 39 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 6th with 63.

NEC Nijmegen 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 Philippe Sandler of NEC Nijmegen (7.8), level with Lasse Schöne (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 NEC Nijmegen wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Yellow card · Mike EerdhuijzenSparta Rotterdam
  • 58'Goal · Arno VerschuerenSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Iván MárquezNEC Nijmegen
  • 80'Goal · Pedro MarquesNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Joshua KitolanoSparta Rotterdam

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 3, draws 3, Sparta Rotterdam 4.

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jasper Cillessen, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Philippe Sandler, Souffian El, Dirk Proper, Lasse Schöne, Elayis Tavsan, Mikkel Duelund, Ibrahim Cissoko, Landry Dimata

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

Nick Olij, Shurandy Sambo, Bart Vriends, Adil Auassar, Mica Pinto, Arno Verschueren, Joshua Kitolano, Sven Mijnans, Younes Namli, Tobias Lauritsen, Vito van Crooij