Dutch Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo vs Sparta Rotterdam, 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo
    FT
    0 - 1
    Sparta Rotterdam
    • 62': Joshua Kitolano

    About

    Heracles Almelo are hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Asito Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 2': Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Tobias Lauritsen.
    • 6': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
    • 6': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 7': Foul by Mohamed Sankoh (Heracles Almelo).
    • 7': Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Sankoh (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 14': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Saïd Bakari.
    • 15': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
    • 15': Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
    • 17': Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Camiel Neghli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kitolano.
    • 30': Foul by Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo).
    • 30': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo).
    • 30': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 34': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Saïd Bakari.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker.
    • 36': Foul by Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 36': Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 37': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Jonathan de Guzmán.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Ruben Roosken (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Anas Ouahim following a corner.
    • 38': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 38': Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Hansson with a cross.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker.
    • 44': Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Foul by Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo).
    • 44': Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Joshua Kitolano.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
    • 46': Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 46': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
    • 48': Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 49': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mario Engels with a cross following a corner.
    • 55': Foul by Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo).
    • 55': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Camiel Neghli is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Camiel Neghli with a headed pass.
    • 59': Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Tijs Velthuis (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 60': Attempt saved. Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jannes Wieckhoff.
    • 61': Hand ball by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
    • 62': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Djevencio van der Kust.
    • 65': Delay in match because of an injury Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Anas Ouahim.
    • 70': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Sem Scheperman replaces Anas Ouahim.
    • 70': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Mario Engels.
    • 71': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Abed Nankishi replaces Bryan Limbombe.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Mohamed Sankoh (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jannes Wieckhoff with a cross.
    • 76': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Django Warmerdam replaces Charles-Andreas Brym because of an injury.
    • 83': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Antonio Satriano replaces Mohamed Sankoh.
    • 83': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
    • 83': Metinho (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 85': Hand ball by Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo).
    • 86': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Sven Sonnenberg.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruben Roosken.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sven Sonnenberg with a headed pass.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Rick Meissen replaces Metinho.
    • 90'+2': Django Warmerdam (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Camiel Neghli.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Django Warmerdam (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Brian De Keersmaecker.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 90'+4': Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Sven Sonnenberg (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+6': Foul by Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam).
    • 90'+6': Ruben Roosken (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 13
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    3 Saves 3
    47.1 Possession 52.9
    10 SHOTS 13
    4 ON GOAL 3
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    329 Accurate Passes 378
    432 Passes 470
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 5
    18 Crosses 29
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    82 Long Balls 71
    40 Accurate Long Balls 32
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    5 Blocked Shots 5
    11 Effective Tackles 12
    16 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    8 Interceptions 7
    26 Effective Clearances 17
    26 Clearances 17

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Asito Stadion
    Location: Almelo, Netherlands
    Attendance: 11,645

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 10 +29 30
    2 FC Utrecht 9 +5 22
    3 Ajax Amsterdam 8 +11 19
    4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 9 +13 19
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    HER Heracles Almelo (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Michael Brouwer (GK)
    21 Justin Hoogma
    4 Sven Sonnenberg
    12 Ruben Roosken
    3 Jannes Wieckhoff
    8 Mario Engels
    10 Anas Ouahim Yellow Card
    14 Brian De Keersmaecker
    44 Mohamed Sankoh
    29 Emil Hansson
    7 Bryan Limbombe Ekango
    Heracles Almelo Substitutes:
    Thomas Bruns, Fabian De Keijzer, Robin Jalving, Sylian Mokono, Stijn Bultman, Abdenego Nankishi, Antonio Satriano, Jetro Willems, Marko Vejinovic, Sava-Arangel Cestic, Lasse Wehmeyer, Sem Scheperman.

    SPA Sparta Rotterdam (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Nick Olij (GK)
    4 Tijs Velthuis
    3 Bart Vriends
    5 Djevencio Van Der Kust
    2 Saïd Bakari
    6 Jonathan de Guzmán
    10 Metinho
    8 Joshua Kitolano
    9 Tobias Lauritsen
    11 Charles-Andreas Brym
    7 Camiel Neghli
    Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
    Jesse Bal, Sergi Rosanas, Kaylen Reitmaier, Hamza El Dahri, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Rick Meijssen, Jorn Triep, Pedro Alemañ, Youri Schoonderwaldt, Django Warmerdam, Augustin Anello.

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