Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 1 November 2009
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen
Eredivisie · Sunday 1 November 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report
Sparta Rotterdam defeated NEC Nijmegen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 1 November 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Erik Falkenburg opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Erik Falkenburg (42') and Erik Falkenburg (62'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 9th on 14 points from 11 and NEC Nijmegen 12th on 11 points from 11. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 16th with 27 points, and NEC Nijmegen 13th with 33.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 2 draws and 4 for NEC Nijmegen.
Going into the match Sparta Rotterdam's last five read W-W-L-L-D and NEC Nijmegen's L-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Niels Wellenberg
- 38'Yellow card · D. Slijngard
- 42'Goal · Erik Falkenburg
- 42'Yellow card · Youssef El-Akchaoui
- 45+1'Yellow card · John Goossens
- 46'Yellow card · Nathan Rutjes
- 62'Goal · Erik Falkenburg
Head-to-head
Team news
Sparta Rotterdam line-up
Aleksander Seliga, Emmanuel Boakye, Dele Adeleye, Donovan Slijngard, Nick Viergever, Kevin Strootman, Erik Falkenburg, Nathan Rutjes, Darko Bodul, Edouard Duplan, Rydell Poepon
NEC Nijmegen line-up
Gabor Babos, Ramon Zomer, Youssef El-Akchaoui, Niels Wellenberg, Rutger Worm, Lorenzo Davids, Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Arkadiusz Radomski, Rens Van Eijden, Björn Vleminckx, John Goossens