NEC Nijmegen vs Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie
NEC Nijmegen
7-3-4
3 – 1
FT
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Sparta Rotterdam
5-2-7
Goffertstadion · Nijmegen · Netherlands
The game ended NEC Nijmegen 3, Sparta Rotterdam 1 at Goffertstadion (crowd 12,650); NEC have now won 3 straight. The goal that settled it came from Koki Ogawa at the 10-minute mark and Koki Ogawa widened the gap in added time before the break with a penalty; it went to 3-0 when Sami Ouaissa scored at the 50-minute mark and a goal from Tobias Lauritsen after 65 minutes cut it to 3-1. Six players went into the book. NEC had more of the shots, 19 to 13, and 52% of the ball. From 19 shots, NEC found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Eredivisie Netherlands
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season
- Ground
- Goffertstadion · Nijmegen · Netherlands
- Crowd
- 12,650
- Referee
- Ingmar Oostrom
- NEC form
- DDDWD
- Sparta form
- LLDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEC | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sparta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls13
2Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
7Corner Kicks6
6Saves3
51.5%Possession48.5%
19Shots13
7On Goal5
40%On Target %40%
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
293Accurate Passes266
382Passes361
80%Pass Completion %70%
2Accurate Crosses5
19Crosses20
10%Cross %30%
65Long Balls65
29Accurate Long Balls28
40%Long Balls %40%
5Blocked Shots2
11Effective Tackles9
19Tackles12
60%Tackle %80%
8Interceptions6
30Effective Clearances30
30Clearances30
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
90'+2'
🟨Marvin Young
🟨Kento Shiogai
90'+2'
🔁Deveron Fonvillereplacing Philippe Sandler
88'
84'
🔁Jens Toornstrareplacing Teo Quintero
84'
🔁Nökkvi Thórissonreplacing Shunsuke Mito
75'
🟨Shurandy Sambo
71'
🔁Mike Kleijnreplacing Patrick van Aanholt
71'
🔁Ayoni Santosreplacing Julian Baas
🔁Dirk Properreplacing Bryan Linssen
70'
🔁Jetro Willemsreplacing Ahmetcan Kaplan
70'
🔁Kento Shiogaireplacing Koki Ogawa
70'
65'3 - 1
⚽Tobias LauritsenAssist: Joshua Kitolano
52'
🔁Ayoub Oufkirreplacing Mitchell van Bergen
⚽Sami OuaissaAssist: Bryan Linssen
50'3 - 0
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Koki OgawaPenalty
45'+6'2 - 0
45'+6'
🟨Teo Quintero
31'
🟨Lance Duijvestijn
🟨Philippe Sandler
26'
⚽Koki OgawaAssist: Sami Ouaissa
10'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
NEC Nijmegen3-4-1-2
30↓Linssen
18⚽⚽↓Ogawa
10Chery
11Önal
6Nejasmic
25⚽Ouaissa
23Sano
4↓Kaplan
3🟨↓Sandler
14Dasa
1Crettaz
Bench
- 71Dirk Properon for Bryan Linssen, 70'
- 24Deveron Fonvilleon for Philippe Sandler, 88'
- 5Thomas Ouwejan
- 35Sam De Laat
- 9Kento Shiogaion for Koki Ogawa, 70' 🟨
- 21Roberto González
- 32Vito van Crooij
- 15Jetro Willemson for Ahmetcan Kaplan, 70'
- 38Martijn Overmars
- 7Virgil Misidjan
- 33Yousri Sbai
- 31Rijk Janse
Sparta Rotterdam4-2-3-1
9⚽Lauritsen
11↓Mito
10🟨Duijvestijn
7↓van Bergen
8Kitolano
6↓Baas
5↓van Aanholt
4🟨↓Quintero
2🟨Sambo
3🟨Young
1Drommel
Bench
- 15Mike Kleijnon for Patrick van Aanholt, 71'
- 14Tijs Velthuis
- 12Saïd Bakari
- 16Pelle Clement
- 20Filip Bednarek
- 13Lushendry Martes
- 17Ayoub Oufkiron for Mitchell van Bergen, 52'
- 30Pascal Kuiper
- 18Jens Toornstraon for Teo Quintero, 84'
- 21Jonathan de Guzmán
- 19Nökkvi Thórissonon for Shunsuke Mito, 84'
- 22Ayoni Santoson for Julian Baas, 71'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | +21 | 24 |
| 2 |  Ajax Amsterdam | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +16 | 21 |
| 3 |  PSV Eindhoven | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +15 | 20 |
| 4 |  FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 6 |  Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 |  Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 15 |
| 8 |  FC Groningen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 |  SC Cambuur | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 |  FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 |  NEC Nijmegen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 |  Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 |  Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 |  PEC Zwolle | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 |  Telstar | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 |  ADO Den Haag | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 |  Willem II | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -22 | 2 |
Meetings
1NEC wins
3Level
1Sparta wins
Last times they met
FT
Sparta
2–0
NEC · 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
FT
NEC
1–1
Sparta · 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
FT
NEC
2–0
Sparta · 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
FT
Sparta
1–1
NEC · 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
FT
NEC
1–1
Sparta · 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie
Form
Last games: NEC
D2-2W3-2L1-0W2-0W4-2
Last games: Sparta
W1-0W5-2L1-0L1-0D1-1
