Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 October 2022

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 October 2022, 10:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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 16 October 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Dirk Abels opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Dirk Abels (7') and Jonathan de Guzmán (29'). 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 7th on 14 points from 9 and NEC Nijmegen 11th on 10 points from 9. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and NEC Nijmegen 12th with 39.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dirk Abels of Sparta Rotterdam (9.1), ahead of Sven Mijnans (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

7'Goal · Dirk AbelsSparta Rotterdam · 1-0
25'Yellow card · Souffian El KarouaniNEC Nijmegen
29'Goal · Jonathan de GuzmánSparta Rotterdam · 2-0
62'Yellow card · Oussama TannaneNEC Nijmegen
79'Yellow card · Vito van CrooijSparta Rotterdam
79'Yellow card · Calvin VerdonkNEC Nijmegen
85'Yellow card · Tobias LauritsenSparta Rotterdam

Head-to-head

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

NEC Nijmegen 0-0 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 19 Mar 2022
Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 17 Sep 2021
NEC Nijmegen 0-1 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 25 Feb 2017
Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 18 Sep 2016
NEC Nijmegen 1-0 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 30 Jan 2010
Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 1 Nov 2009

Team news

Unavailable

Mathias De WolfNEC Nijmegen · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Tim CoremansSparta Rotterdam · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Joris KramerNEC Nijmegen · injury (Unknown Injury)
Younes NamliSparta Rotterdam · injury (Knee Injury)
Andri Fannar BaldurssonNEC Nijmegen · injury (Ill)
Jordy BruijnNEC Nijmegen · injury (Unknown Injury)

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

Nick Olij, Dirk Abels, Bart Vriends, Adil Auassar, Mica Pinto, Joshua Kitolano, Jonathan de Guzmán, Sven Mijnans, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito, Tobias Lauritsen

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

Jasper Cillessen, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Calvin Verdonk, Souffian El, Dirk Proper, Lasse Schöne, Elayis Tavsan, Oussama Tannane, Magnus Mattsson, Landry Dimata