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Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Groningen, Eredivisie 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2021-22
Sparta Rotterdam
1 – 1
Full Time
FC Groningen
Sun 17 Oct 2021 · 12:30 UTC Sparta Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'
Adil Auassar 5' Y
Bryan Smeets 36' Y
Maduka Okoye 36' Y
Y 36' Cyril Ngonge
Maduka Okoye 37' Y
Y 37' Cyril Ngonge
Dirk Abels 79' Y
Y 88' Tomas Suslov

Overview

Match Preview

Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Groningen — Eredivisie at Sparta Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
  • Referee Joost van Zuilen
  • Referee Johan Balder
  • Referee Bas van Dongen
  • Referee Laurens Gerrets
  • Referee Robin Hensgens
6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

7
1
4
Sparta Rotterdam 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals FC Groningen
Last 5 meetings
2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen 2021-05-02 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2020-12-19 Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 FC Groningen 2020-02-16 Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 FC Groningen 2019-10-20 FC Groningen 2–0 Sparta Rotterdam

Recent Form

Sparta Rotterdam
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Oct FC Groningen H 1–1 D
03 Oct PSV A 1–2 L
26 Sep SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden H 0–4 L
22 Sep PEC Zwolle A 1–1 D
17 Sep NEC H 1–1 D
12 Sep Fortuna Sittard H 3–1 W
FC Groningen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Oct Sparta Rotterdam A 1–1 D
01 Oct FC Twente '65 H 1–1 D
25 Sep AFC Ajax A 0–3 L
22 Sep SBV Vitesse H 0–1 L
18 Sep Willem II Tilburg A 1–2 L
12 Sep SC Heerenveen H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Sparta Rotterdam FC Groningen
#12 Position #8
5 Points 11
7 Played 7
1 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 2
10 Scored 15
17 Conceded 13
-7 GD +2
0.71 PPG 1.57
14% Win % 43%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season
14% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

Sparta Rotterdam are 12th (5 pts). FC Groningen are 8th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sparta Rotterdam
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/5
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Groningen
0-15
3/2
16-30
5/1
31-45
3/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
1/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sparta Rotterdam
Milan Zonneveld 5 G 1 A
Marvin Young 2 G
Nokkvi THorisson 1 G
FC Groningen
Thom van Bergen 4 G 2 A
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 4 G
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sparta Rotterdam and FC Groningen is underway.
  • 5' Adil Auassar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 5.
  • 10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 20' FC Groningen is showing some good football. However, FC Groningen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' FC Groningen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 28' Assisted by Mo El Hankouri with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cyril Ngonge makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 33' Bryan Smeets does the damage! The net is bulging and Sparta Rotterdam surge ahead!
  • 36' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Bryan Smeets on 36 minutes.
  • 37' The referee calls foul for Maduka Okoye. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 42' FC Groningen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 47' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 52' The energy levels are beginning to show. Danny Buijs might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 57' Sparta Rotterdam are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against FC Groningen's shape.
  • 59' It is a substitution in Sparta Rotterdam team. Mohammed Osman is replaced by Tom Beugelsdijk on 59 minute.
  • 64' Sparta Rotterdam started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 64.
  • 65' A tactical swap from FC Groningen — Daleho Irandust on, Michael de Leeuw off on 65 minutes.
  • 70' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Danny Buijs will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 71' Time for substitution for Sparta Rotterdam. Lennart Thy is replaced by Emanuel Emegha.
  • 75' Paulos Abraham has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cyril Ngonge on 75 minute.
  • 79' The referee calls foul for Dirk Abels. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 84' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sparta Rotterdam and FC Groningen are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 87' The supporters are chanting for Daniel van Kaam. He replaces Jorgen Larsen on 87 minute.
  • 88' Tomas Suslov picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 88' Sparta Rotterdam ring the changes. Vito van Crooij has done his job and it is now time for Mario Engels to step up.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Henk Fraser

FC Groningen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Danny Buijs

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Arno Verschueren 4
Tobias Lauritsen 3
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist 3
Lennart Thy 2
Koki Saito 2
Vito van Crooij 2
Jorgen Larsen 2
Jonathan de Guzman 1

Head to Head

2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen 2021-05-02 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2020-12-19 Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 FC Groningen 2020-02-16 Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 FC Groningen 2019-10-20 FC Groningen 2–0 Sparta Rotterdam

Sparta Rotterdam Form

2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen D 2021-10-03 PSV 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam L 2021-09-26 Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden L 2021-09-22 PEC Zwolle 1–1 Sparta Rotterdam D 2021-09-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 NEC D 2021-09-12 Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 Fortuna Sittard W

FC Groningen Form

2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen D 2021-10-01 FC Groningen 1–1 FC Twente '65 D 2021-09-25 AFC Ajax 3–0 FC Groningen L 2021-09-22 FC Groningen 0–1 SBV Vitesse L 2021-09-18 Willem II Tilburg 2–1 FC Groningen L 2021-09-12 FC Groningen 1–1 SC Heerenveen D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.52 Sparta Rotterdam xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.07 FC Groningen xG
I would bet for: Sparta Rotterdam or FC Groningen 76% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sparta Rotterdam32% Draw24% FC Groningen44%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.59
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 68%
32%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 29%
71%

Double Chance

Sparta Rotterdam or Draw
57%
Draw or FC Groningen
68%
Sparta Rotterdam or FC Groningen
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sparta Rotterdam23% Draw40% FC Groningen37%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
8.7%
2 – 2
6.5%
2 – 1
6.4%
0 – 2
6%
1 – 3
5.9%
0 – 1
5.2%
2 – 3
4.5%
0 – 0
4.1%
0 – 3
4%
1 – 0
3.6%
3 – 2
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sparta Rotterdam

Handicap Sparta Rotterdam covers Push FC Groningen covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 14% 72%
-0.5 28% — 72%
+0.5 51% — 49%
+1 51% 20% 29%
+1.5 71% — 29%
+2 71% 15% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

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