Dutch Eredivisie

Willem II vs Sparta Rotterdam, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Willem II
  • 84': Cisse Sandra
FT
1 - 2
Sparta Rotterdam
  • 48': Pelle Clement
  • 89': Camiel Neghli

About

Willem II are hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, 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.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.
  • 8': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Amine Lachkar.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Camiel Neghli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boyd Reith.
  • 11': Foul by Amine Lachkar (Willem II).
  • 11': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Cisse Sandra (Willem II).
  • 16': Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 23': Boyd Reith (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 23': Foul by Kyan Vaesen (Willem II).
  • 24': Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Pelle Clement with a cross.
  • 25': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Nick Doodeman.
  • 26': Foul by Jesse Bosch (Willem II).
  • 26': Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Jesse Bosch (Willem II) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Baas with a cross.
  • 28': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jesse Bosch.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nick Doodeman with a cross.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Kyan Vaesen (Willem II) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mickaël Tirpan.
  • 36': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Boyd Reith.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy St. Jago.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Jesse Bosch (Willem II) header from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cisse Sandra.
  • 37': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Nick Olij.
  • 42': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 42': Mickaël Tirpan (Willem II) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Tommy St. Jago (Willem II) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Lachkar.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Camiel Neghli.
  • 45': Foul by Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 45': Nick Doodeman (Willem II) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Amine Lachkar (Willem II) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nick Doodeman with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Julian Baas (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Nassoh.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Willem II 0, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Willem II 0, Sparta Rotterdam 0.
  • 48': Goal! Willem II 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Djevencio van der Kust.
  • 54': Amine Lachkar (Willem II) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Boyd Reith (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 55': Boyd Reith (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Kyan Vaesen (Willem II) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mickaël Tirpan.
  • 59': Camiel Neghli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Foul by Tommy St. Jago (Willem II).
  • 60': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Mohamed Nassoh is caught offside.
  • 63': VAR Decision: Goal Sparta Rotterdam - Willem II 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam (Rick Meissen).
  • 69': Foul by Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 69': Jesse Bosch (Willem II) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 69': Djevencio van der Kust (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mike Eerdhuijzen with a cross.
  • 71': Amine Lachkar (Willem II) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 72': Substitution, Willem II. Boris Lambert replaces Amine Lachkar.
  • 72': Substitution, Willem II. Amar Fatah replaces Nick Doodeman.
  • 72': Substitution, Willem II. Rob Nizet replaces Rúnar Sigurgeirsson.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pelle Clement.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amar Fatah.
  • 77': Foul by Jesse Bosch (Willem II).
  • 77': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card.
  • 78': Amar Fatah (Willem II) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 80': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Joshua Kitolano replaces Arno Verschueren.
  • 80': Substitution, Willem II. Jeremy Bokila replaces Jesse Bosch.
  • 82': Foul by Tommy St. Jago (Willem II).
  • 82': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Djevencio van der Kust.
  • 84': Goal! Willem II 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 85': Foul by Kyan Vaesen (Willem II).
  • 85': Rick Meissen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 87': Delay in match because of an injury Jeremy Bokila (Willem II).
  • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 89': Goal! Willem II 1, Sparta Rotterdam 2. Camiel Neghli (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Julian Baas.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Amar Fatah (Willem II) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tommy St. Jago with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Mohamed Nassoh.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Boris Lambert (Willem II) header from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Amar Fatah with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Camiel Neghli.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a fast break.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 90'+5': Mickaël Tirpan (Willem II) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Rick Meissen (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Marvin Young replaces Rick Meissen.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Saïd Bakari replaces Camiel Neghli.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Willem II 1, Sparta Rotterdam 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Willem II 1, Sparta Rotterdam 2.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 8
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 2
56.5 Possession 43.5
14 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
506 Accurate Passes 364
587 Passes 435
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 24
0.3 Cross % 0.3
61 Long Balls 46
37 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 7
16 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.4
7 Interceptions 6
24 Effective Clearances 16
24 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion
Location: Tilburg, Netherlands
Attendance: 10,600

Eredivisie Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 PSV Eindhoven 12 +31 33
2 FC Utrecht 11 +9 28
3 Ajax Amsterdam 11 +14 26
4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 +15 25
Full Table

Line-Ups

WIL Willem II (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
1 Thomas Didillon (GK)
30 Raffael Behounek
33 Tommy St. Jago
25 Mickaël Tirpan
34 Amine Lachkar
16 Ringo Meerveld
8 Jesse Bosch Yellow Card
5 Runar Sigurgeirsson
7 Nick Doodeman
9 Kyan Vaesen
14 Cisse Sandra
Willem II Substitutes:
Maarten Schut, Khaled Razak, Jeremy Bokila, Per Van Loon, Rob Nizet, Boris Lambert, Amar Ahmed, Valentino Vermeulen, Patrick Joosten, Jens Mathijsen, Emilio Kehrer, Connor van den Berg.

SPA Sparta Rotterdam (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Nick Olij (GK)
4 Mike Eerdhuijzen
3 Rick Meijssen Yellow Card
5 Djevencio Van Der Kust Yellow Card
2 Boyd Reith Yellow Card
10 Arno Verschueren
8 Pelle Clement
6 Julian Baas
9 Tobias Lauritsen
11 Mohamed Nassoh
7 Camiel Neghli
Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
Jonathan de Guzmán, Charles-Andreas Brym, Ayoub Oufkir, Mike Kleijn, Joshua Kitolano, Saïd Bakari, Dylan Tevreden, Marvin Young, Hamza El Dahri, Metinho, Shunsuke Mito, Youri Schoonderwaldt.

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