Match Report
The table read 12th (Sparta Rotterdam, 4 pts) against 17th (FC Utrecht, 1 pts), 3 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Sparta Rotterdam 1.75 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, FC Utrecht 1.5 and 3.75, with the league averaging 2.02.
FC Utrecht had been beaten in three straight games.
23 meetings are on record — 4 won by Sparta Rotterdam, 17 by FC Utrecht, 2 drawn, at 2.7 goals per meeting. Only 39% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 61% of the meetings produced three or more.
Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel, capacity 11,026, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-3.
Goal scorers
Sparta Rotterdam: Marvin Young (45'), Milan Zonneveld (67'), Nick Verschuren (90') · FC Utrecht: Matisse Didden (16'), Artem Stepanov (46'), Adrian Blake (76')
Key stats
Possession: Sparta Rotterdam 56% · FC Utrecht 44% · Total shots: 14-16 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 5-7