Sparta Rotterdam — Willem II 3:2, 17 October: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 9 Saturday 17 October · 19:00 UTC

Sparta Rotterdam 14th · 6 pts WDLLD

3 : 2 1st half 1:1

Willem II 18th · 2 pts LLLLD

venue to be confirmed · referee Serdar Gozubuyuk, Netherlands

Match predictionSafe

Willem II to stay within two goals

93% · Willem II are winless in 6 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Willem II to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 3:2.

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

Sparta Rotterdam 42% draw 23% Willem II 35%

The model was right

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

fans 43 votes

Sparta Rotterdam 46% draw 14% Willem II 40%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

T. Vilhena 0-1 17'

J. Toornstra assist: M. Zonneveld 1-1 39'

F. Stam 41'

L. Martes 2-1 50'

M. Zonneveld assist: J. Toornstra 3-1 57'

R. Meijer 59'

T. Verheydt for A. Zarrouk 66'

M. Lemmens for T. Vilhena 66'

U. van Aalst assist: V. van Crooij 3-2 68'

V. van Crooij 70'

L. Martes 70'

A. Roaldsoy for J. Toornstra 74'

T. Verheydt 75'

A. Roaldsoy 78'

J. Schuurman for U. van Aalst 81'

C. Obi for J. Slory 81'

M. van Bergen for R. van Cruijsen 83'

T. Quintero for C. Hatenboer 83'

M. Zonneveld 85'

B. Kuipers 88'

E. Gurbuz for M. Dekker 88'

C. Obi 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Sparta Rotterdam 5-4-1 4-2-3-1 Willem II

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

Devin Haen  
Jaden Slory  19 Uriel van Aalst  32 Vito van Crooij  
Anass Zarrouk  52 Tonny Vilhena  
Hidde ter Avest  3 Finn Stam  23 Maxim Dekker  24 Nathan Tjoe-A-On  
Maxime Delanghe  

Sparta Rotterdam bench

18Alwande Roaldsoy
19Andrej Kostić
12Boyd Reith
21Casper Terho
20Filip Bednarek
15Giannino Vianello
22Joel Ideho
16Julian Baas
17Mitchell Van Bergen
30Pascal Kuiper
14Teo Quintero

Willem II bench

2Alessandro Ciranni
15Amine Et-Taibi
17Chido Obi-Martin
50Eser Gürbüz
10Jari Schuurman
14Jens Mathijsen
31Karst de Leeuw
8Kasper Boogaard
83Mats Lemmens
22Per van Loon
28Thomas Verheydt
41Tygo Kotte

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

49%Possession51%

22Shots13

8Shots on target4

11Shots off target6

3Blocked shots3

18Shots inside box7

4Shots outside box6

98Attacks110

46Dangerous attacks34

3Corners4

12Fouls12

4Yellow cards4

2Saves5

383Passes395

300Accurate passes294

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Sparta Rotterdam

Willem IIThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Sparta Rotterdam and Willem II met on matchday 9 of the Eredivisie on 17 October. Final score — 3:2.

Sparta Rotterdam sit 14th on 6 points after 5 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses). Willem II sit 18th on 2 points after 6 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses), winless in 6 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Sparta Rotterdam last five Willem II

WDLLD form LLLLD

5 Matches 6

1 — 2 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 1 — 5

9 — 15 Scored — conceded 5 — 16

1 Points per game 0.17

1.8 Goals scored per game 0.83

0 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 6

Sparta Rotterdam at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 5—8, 1.33 points per match.

Willem II away: 4 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 5—12, 0.25 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
13	Utrecht	8	2	2	4	14—25	8
14	Sparta Rotterdam	8	1	3	4	13—20	6
15	Telstar	8	1	3	4	7—14	6
16	ADO Den Haag	9	1	3	5	11—20	6
17	PEC Zwolle	8	1	1	6	6—21	4
18	Willem II	7	0	2	5	6—20	2

Full Eredivisie table