FC Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam, Eredivisie 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2023-24

FC Utrecht

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Sparta Rotterdam

Sun 12 May 2024 · 12:30 UTC Stadion Galgenwaard HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 68' Camiel Neghli

Hidde ter Avest 23' Y

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FC Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie at Stadion Galgenwaard.

FC Utrecht 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
Sparta Rotterdam 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee J. van der Laan
Assistant 1 Sjoerd Nanninga
Assistant 2 Roan van Marrewijk (Netherlands)

7 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 17.1 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	PSV	12	26
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	12	25
3	AFC Ajax	12	25
4	FC Twente '65	12	24
5	AZ	12	23
6	SC Heerenveen	12	21
7	Fortuna Sittard	12	20
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	17
9	FC Groningen	12	15
10	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	12	15
11	NEC	12	14
12	Sparta Rotterdam	12	12
13	PEC Zwolle	12	12
14	FC Utrecht	12	12
15	SBV Excelsior	12	11
16	Telstar 1963	12	10
17	ADO Den Haag	12	9
18	Willem II Tilburg	12	3

Head-to-Head

FC Utrecht 15 games · Avg 3.0 goals Sparta Rotterdam

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-12 FC Utrecht 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam 2023-11-26 Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 FC Utrecht 2023-02-24 Sparta Rotterdam 0–3 FC Utrecht 2022-10-23 FC Utrecht 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam 2022-01-23 Sparta Rotterdam 0–3 FC Utrecht

Recent Form

FC Utrecht

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 May	Sparta Rotterdam	H	0–1	L
05 May	SBV Vitesse	H	1–0	W
28 Apr	RKC Waalwijk	A	2–2	D
14 Apr	Go Ahead Eagles	H	2–1	W
07 Apr	SC Heerenveen	A	3–2	W
03 Apr	PEC Zwolle	H	5–1	W

Sparta Rotterdam

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 May	FC Utrecht	A	1–0	W
05 May	PSV	A	2–4	L
28 Apr	FC Volendam	H	1–0	W
13 Apr	Almere City FC	A	3–2	W
06 Apr	Heracles Almelo	H	1–2	L
02 Apr	SBV Vitesse	A	4–1	W

Season Stats

FC Utrecht		Sparta Rotterdam
#14	Position	#12
12	Points	12
12	Played	12
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 6
21	Scored	21
34	Conceded	29
-13	GD	-8
1.00	PPG	1.00
25%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season

FC Utrecht are 14th (12 pts). Sparta Rotterdam are 12th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Utrecht

0-15

1/5

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

5/3

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sparta Rotterdam

0-15

3/1

16-30

3/9

31-45

3/4

46-60

5/4

61-75

3/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Utrecht

Artem Stepanov	5 G
Yoann Cathline	4 G	2 A
Angel Alarcon	4 G	1 A
Dani de Wit	3 G	1 A
Adrian Blake	2 G	1 A

Sparta Rotterdam

Milan Zonneveld	8 G	2 A
Marvin Young	2 G	1 A
Nokkvi THorisson	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam — let the football do the talking.
5' The travelling Sparta Rotterdam supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' It’s high time Ron Jans made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' FC Utrecht currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
23' It’s gonna be a card for Hidde ter Avest.
28' Nick Viergever needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 18 Yellow cards this season.
33' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Utrecht must find a spark to ignite this game.
38' Pelle Clement, a Netherlands midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
43' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
48' Sparta Rotterdam are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
53' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' A tactical swap from FC Utrecht — Zidane Iqbal on, Mark van der Maarel off on 56 minutes.
57' FC Utrecht ring the changes. Taylor Booth has done his job and it is now time for Ole Romeny to step up.
62' Belgium international Othman Boussaid has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
67' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
68' Assisted by Jonathan de Guzman with the perfectly-timed delivery and Camiel Neghli makes no mistake. 0-1!
73' Another substitution for Sparta Rotterdam to replace Mike Eerdhuijzen by Tijs Velthuis on 73 minute.
78' The crowd applauds Oscar Fraulo as he leaves the pitch. Can Bozdogan steps in for FC Utrecht.
82' Rick Meissen is replacing Koki Saito for the Sparta Rotterdam side.
87' Camiel Neghli makes way for Charles-Andreas Brym at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sparta Rotterdam.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

Lineups

FC Utrecht Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

24
Nick Viergever
2
Mark van der Maarel ↓ Zidane Iqbal 56'
9
Sam Lammers
5
Hidde ter Avest ↓ Othman Boussaid 78'
16
Souffian El Karouani
7
Victor Jensen ↓ Jens Toornstra 56'
37
Isac Lidberg
8
Oscar Fraulo ↓ Can Bozdogan 78'
10
Taylor Booth ↓ Ole Romeny 57'
34
Ryan Flamingo
1
Vassilis Barkas

Bench

Coach Ron Jans

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

–
Pelle Clement
–
Jonathan de Guzman ↓ Shunsuke Mito 73'
–
Said Bakari
–
Bart Vriends
–
Nick Olij
–
Koki Saito ↓ Rick Meissen 82'
–
Camiel Neghli ↓ Charles-Andreas Brym 87'
–
Metinho
–
Djevencio van der Kust
–
Mike Eerdhuijzen ↓ Tijs Velthuis 73'
–
Tobias Lauritsen

Bench

–
Youri Schoonderwaldt
–
Charles-Andreas Brym ↑ 87'
–
Tijs Velthuis ↑ 73'
–
Rick Meissen ↑ 82'
–
Shunsuke Mito ↑ 73'
–
Kaylen Reitmaier
–
Sergi Rosanas

Coach Jeroen Rijsdijk

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Anastasios Douvikas	4
Victor Jensen	3
Adam Maher	2
Sander van de Streek	2
Paxten Aaronson	2
Mimoun Mahi	2
Tobias Lauritsen	2
Bart Ramselaar	2

Head to Head

FC Utrecht Form

2024-05-12 FC Utrecht 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam L 2024-05-05 FC Utrecht 1–0 SBV Vitesse W 2024-04-28 RKC Waalwijk 2–2 FC Utrecht D 2024-04-14 FC Utrecht 2–1 Go Ahead Eagles W 2024-04-07 SC Heerenveen 2–3 FC Utrecht W 2024-04-03 FC Utrecht 5–1 PEC Zwolle W

Sparta Rotterdam Form

2024-05-12 FC Utrecht 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam W 2024-05-05 PSV 4–2 Sparta Rotterdam L 2024-04-28 Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 FC Volendam W 2024-04-13 Almere City FC 2–3 Sparta Rotterdam W 2024-04-06 Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 Heracles Almelo L 2024-04-02 SBV Vitesse 1–4 Sparta Rotterdam W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.21 FC Utrecht xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.81 Sparta Rotterdam xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Utrecht47% Draw23% Sparta Rotterdam30%

Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

FC Utrecht or Draw

70%

Draw or Sparta Rotterdam

53%

FC Utrecht or Sparta Rotterdam

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Utrecht36% Draw38% Sparta Rotterdam26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

2 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.6%

3 – 2

2 – 0

4.5%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 3

3.8%

1 – 0

3.6%

3 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Utrecht

Handicap	FC Utrecht covers	Push	Sparta Rotterdam covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.