Dutch Eredivisie

FC Utrecht vs Sparta Rotterdam, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
FC Utrecht
  • 36': Paxten Aaronson
FT
1 - 1
Sparta Rotterdam
  • 12': Tobias Lauritsen

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FC Utrecht are hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 7': Foul by Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 7': Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 12': Goal! FC Utrecht 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a fast break.
  • 14': Foul by Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht).
  • 14': Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kristian Hlynsson.
  • 17': Foul by Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 17': Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
  • 18': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Marvin Young.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Alonzo Engwanda (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paxten Aaronson.
  • 19': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Mohamed Nassoh.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 20': Foul by Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 20': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht).
  • 22': Kristian Hlynsson (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Miguel Rodríguez with a cross.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gjivai Zechiël.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saïd Bakari.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Miguel Rodríguez.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pelle Clement.
  • 30': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Tobias Lauritsen is caught offside.
  • 31': Foul by Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht).
  • 31': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Oscar Fraulo.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
  • 36': Goal! FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 38': Delay in match because of an injury Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Pelle Clement.
  • 43': Foul by Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 43': Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Saïd Bakari (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 43': Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Saïd Bakari.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Oscar Fraulo (FC Utrecht).
  • 45'+1': Mitchell van Bergen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Kristian Hlynsson (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gjivai Zechiël.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
  • 46': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mike van der Hoorn.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Oscar Fraulo (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paxten Aaronson.
  • 50': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Nick Olij.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oscar Fraulo.
  • 54': Foul by Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht).
  • 54': Pelle Clement (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Hand ball by Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 56': Foul by Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 56': Kristian Hlynsson (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Gjivai Zechiël (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 57': Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
  • 61': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Marvin Young.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paxten Aaronson.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Rodríguez.
  • 62': Hand ball by Nick Olij (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 62': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Mohamed Nassoh (Sparta Rotterdam) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 65': VAR Decision: No Goal FC Utrecht 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 67': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Nick Olij.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 68': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Mike Eerdhuijzen.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 69': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Mitchell van Bergen is caught offside.
  • 71': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Adrian Blake replaces Yoann Cathline.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Gjivai Zechiël (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with a cross.
  • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Gjivai Zechiël (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mike van der Hoorn.
  • 75': Foul by Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 75': Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Delay in match (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 85': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Patrick van Aanholt replaces Mike Kleijn.
  • 86': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Shunsuke Mito replaces Mitchell van Bergen.
  • 86': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Victor Jensen replaces Miguel Rodríguez.
  • 86': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Jens Toornstra replaces Oscar Fraulo.
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 17 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Adrian Blake (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adrian Blake following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Adrian Blake (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jens Toornstra.
  • 90'+3': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Gjivai Zechiël.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+4': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Nick Olij.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Alonzo Engwanda (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht).
  • 90'+5': Shunsuke Mito (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Joshua Kitolano replaces Pelle Clement.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Mike Eerdhuijzen (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 90'+6': Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+8': Attempt missed. Adrian Blake (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jens Toornstra.
  • 90'+8': Foul by Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 90'+8': Kristian Hlynsson (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+10': Attempt missed. Adrian Blake (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 90'+11': Attempt saved. Jens Toornstra (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Paxten Aaronson.
  • 90'+13': Attempt blocked. Kristian Hlynsson (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shunsuke Mito with a headed pass.
  • 90'+15': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Mike Eerdhuijzen.
  • 90'+16': Attempt missed. Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+16': Foul by Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht).
  • 90'+16': Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+16': Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+18': Attempt missed. Jens Toornstra (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alonzo Engwanda.
  • 90'+18': Second Half ends, FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
  • 0': Match ends, FC Utrecht 1, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 11
8 Saves 3
53.3 Possession 46.7
9 SHOTS 32
4 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
382 Accurate Passes 307
464 Passes 382
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 9
9 Crosses 27
0.2 Cross % 0.3
70 Long Balls 43
41 Accurate Long Balls 26
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 9
13 Effective Tackles 7
16 Tackles 18
0.8 Tackle % 0.4
7 Interceptions 6
40 Effective Clearances 17
40 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Attendance: 22,351

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 PSV Eindhoven 33 +62 76
2 Ajax Amsterdam 33 +33 75
3 Feyenoord Rotterdam 33 +40 68
4 FC Utrecht 33 +17 63
Full Standings

Line-Ups

UTR FC Utrecht (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Vasilios Barkas (GK)
24 Nick Viergever
3 Mike van der Hoorn Yellow Card
16 Souffian El Karouani
23 Niklas Vesterlund
6 Oscar Fraulo
21 Paxten Aaronson
27 Alonzo Engwanda
91 Sébastien Haller
20 Yoann Cathline
22 Miguel Rodríguez
FC Utrecht Substitutes:
Noah Ohio, Tom De Graaff, Matisse Didden, Joshua Mukeh, Jens Toornstra, Victor Jensen, Michael Brouwer, Massien Ghaddari, Adrian Blake, David Min, Kolbeinn Finnsson.

SPA Sparta Rotterdam (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Nick Olij (GK)
4 Mike Eerdhuijzen
3 Marvin Young
5 Mike Kleijn
2 Saïd Bakari
6 Gjivai Zechiël
8 Pelle Clement
10 Kristian Hlynsson
9 Tobias Lauritsen
11 Mohamed Nassoh
7 Mitchell van Bergen
Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
Boyd Reith, Joshua Kitolano, Patrick van Aanholt, Rick Meijssen, Youri Schoonderwaldt, Carel Eiting, Nökkvi Thórisson, Jonathan de Guzmán, Kaylen Reitmaier, Shunsuke Mito, Max De Ligt, Joel Ideho.

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