Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 VVV-Venlo: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 VVV-Venlo

Eredivisie · Saturday 24 April 2021, 16:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sparta Rotterdam · VVV-Venlo · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 VVV-Venlo: match report

Sparta Rotterdam won against VVV-Venlo 2-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Laros Duarte opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Laros Duarte (41') and B. Smeets (67'). VVV-Venlo did not score.

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; VVV-Venlo received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 12th on 34 points from 29 and VVV-Venlo 16th on 22 points from 29. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 8th with 47 points, and VVV-Venlo 17th with 23.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and VVV-Venlo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Laros Duarte of Sparta Rotterdam (9.1), ahead of Maduka Okoye (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 0 draws and 1 for VVV-Venlo.

Going into the match Sparta Rotterdam's last five read L-W-D-W-W and VVV-Venlo's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Laros DuarteSparta Rotterdam · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · B. SmeetsSparta Rotterdam
  • 56'Yellow card · Danny PostVVV-Venlo
  • 67'Goal · B. SmeetsSparta Rotterdam · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Vito van CrooijVVV-Venlo
  • 76'Yellow card · Tom BeugelsdijkSparta Rotterdam
  • 77'Yellow card · A. DonisVVV-Venlo
  • 90'Yellow card · Zinédine MachachVVV-Venlo

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 3, draws 0, VVV-Venlo 1.

Team news

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Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-2-3-1)

Maduka Okoye, Dirk Abels, Tom Beugelsdijk, Michaël Heylen, Abdou Harroui, Laros Duarte, Sven Mijnans, Bryan Smeets, Mario Engels, Lennart Thy, Aaron Meijers

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Thorsten Kirschbaum, Tobias Pachonik, Tristan Dekker, Kristopher Da Graca, Leon Guwara, Danny Post, Vito van Crooij, Christos Donis, Yahcuroo Roemer, Jafar Arias, Joshua John