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 · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

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.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Niels WellenbergNEC Nijmegen
  • 38'Yellow card · D. SlijngardSparta Rotterdam
  • 42'Goal · Erik FalkenburgSparta Rotterdam · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Youssef El-AkchaouiNEC Nijmegen
  • 45+1'Yellow card · John GoossensNEC Nijmegen
  • 46'Yellow card · Nathan RutjesSparta Rotterdam
  • 62'Goal · Erik FalkenburgSparta Rotterdam · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 2, draws 2, NEC Nijmegen 4.

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