Groningen — Sparta Rotterdam 2:3, 1 November: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 11 Sunday 1 November · 15:45 UTC

Groningen 9th · 15 pts LDLWW

2 : 3 1st half 2:2

Sparta Rotterdam 12th · 12 pts LWLWD

Euroborg · referee M. Vos

Match predictionValue

This will not turn into a rout

85% · Groningen games average 4.4 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “This will not turn into a rout”, and the match finished 2:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Groningen 42% draw 22% Sparta Rotterdam 36%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Groningen win, and the match finished 2:3. Fans backed Groningen win — they got it wrong.

fans 31 votes

Groningen 48% draw 13% Sparta Rotterdam 39%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Ondrejka assist: B. Willumsson 1-0 1'

T. de Jonge 5'

C. Hatenboer assist: M. Young 1-1 15'

M. Zonneveld 1-2 25'

T. van Bergen assist: H. Hateboer 2-2 29'

B. Martins Indi 36'

T. Quintero for N. Verschuren 46'

R. van Cruijsen for J. Toornstra 55'

L. Martes 61'

A. Kostic for M. Zonneveld 71'

S. Mito for I. Babadi 71'

C. Hatenboer 75'

T. Land for T. van Bergen 75'

N. Eggens for J. Ondrejka 83'

W. Prins for J. Schreuders 83'

J. Dillema for B. Willumsson 83'

A. Kostic 2-3 85'

O. Zawada for M. Rente 87'

G. Vianello for M. van Bergen 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Groningen 4-2-3-1 5-4-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Etienne Vaessen  
Hans Hateboer  3 Thijmen Blokzijl  5 Marco Rente  4 Márk Csinger  
Tika de Jonge  24 Pelle Clement  
Jorg Schreuders  26 Thom van Bergen  11 Jacob Ondrejka  
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson  

Milan Zonneveld  
Mitchell Van Bergen  10 Jens Toornstra  8 Cedric Hatenboer  11 Isaac Babadi  
Lushendry Edward Martes  3 Marvin Young  6 Nick Verschuren  4 Bruno Martins Indi  5 Bas Kuipers  
Michael Brouwer  

Groningen bench

16Alvin Nordin
53Jahelille Hall
42Jesper Mosselaar
44Jismerai Dillema
13Lovro Štubljar
12Nikolas Brandis
20Nils Eggens
19Oskar Zawada
30Pelle Boevink
18Tygo Land
29Tyrique Mercera
2Wouter Prins

Sparta Rotterdam bench

16Alwande Roaldsoy
19Andrej Kostić
12Boyd Reith
17Casper Terho
20Filip Bednarek
15Giannino Vianello
22Joel Ideho
13Julian Baas
30Pascal Kuiper
18Robin van Cruijsen
21Shunsuke Mito
14Teo Quintero

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

59%Possession41%

20Shots8

10Shots on target4

7Shots off target2

3Blocked shots2

14Shots inside box6

6Shots outside box2

137Attacks79

40Dangerous attacks26

2Corners7

2Offsides3

8Fouls14

1Yellow cards3

1Saves8

504Passes344

417Accurate passes265

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Groningen

Sparta RotterdamThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam met on matchday 11 of the Eredivisie on 1 November at Euroborg. Final score — 2:3.

Groningen sit 9th on 15 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches. Sparta Rotterdam sit 12th on 12 points after 8 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Groningen last five Sparta Rotterdam

LDLWW form LWLWD

7 Matches 8

2 — 3 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 4

17 — 14 Scored — conceded 14 — 22

1.29 Points per game 1

2.43 Goals scored per game 1.75

1 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 1

winless in 3 Current streak winless in 1

Groningen at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 9—10, 1 points per match.

Sparta Rotterdam away: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 8—12, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	4	5	3	24—27	17
9	Groningen	11	4	3	4	26—24	15
10	Cambuur	11	4	3	4	23—22	15
11	Utrecht	11	3	3	5	19—31	12
12	Sparta Rotterdam	12	3	3	6	21—29	12
13	PEC Zwolle	12	3	3	6	13—24	12

Full Eredivisie table