Sparta Rotterdam 1-2 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 January 2017

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 1-2 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sparta Rotterdam 1-2 FC Utrecht: match report

Sparta Rotterdam were beaten by FC Utrecht 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Iván Calero opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goal came from Iván Calero (26'). FC Utrecht scored through Willem Janssen (52') and Kristoffer Peterson (88').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card; FC Utrecht received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 13th on 17 points from 17 and FC Utrecht 6th on 26 points from 17. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and FC Utrecht 4th with 72.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Willem Janssen of FC Utrecht (7.8), ahead of Iván Calero (7.5).

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Iván CaleroSparta Rotterdam · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Sherel FloranusSparta Rotterdam
  • 52'Goal · Willem JanssenFC Utrecht · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · R. LeeuwinFC Utrecht
  • 63'Yellow card · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht
  • 88'Goal · Kristoffer PetersonFC Utrecht · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 2, draws 3, FC Utrecht 5.

Team news

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

Roy Kortsmit, Denzel Dumfries, Sherel Floranus, Michel Breuer, Rick van Drongelen, Ryan Sanusi, Mart Dijkstra, Stijn Spierings, Thomas Verhaar, Zakaria El Azzouzi, Iván Calero

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

David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Ramon Leeuwin, Willem Janssen, Robin Van der Meer, Yassin Ayoub, Nacer Barazite, Wout Brama, Sofyan Amrabat, Richairo Zivkovic, Sébastien Haller