Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Groningen · Eredivisie
Sparta Rotterdam
11-2-8
2 – 0
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FC Groningen
9-4-8
Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel · Rotterdam · Netherlands
Sparta Rotterdam won 2-0 against FC Groningen at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (crowd 10,031); Sparta have now won 3 straight. Shunsuke Mito got the deciding goal at the 55-minute mark and Shunsuke Mito added to the lead late on, at 90 minutes. Yellow cards: six. The ball split 54% to 46% and the shots 8 to 9. Sparta hit the target 5 times from 9 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Eredivisie Netherlands
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel · Rotterdam · Netherlands
- Crowd
- 10,031
- Referee
- Sander Van Der Eijk
- Sparta form
- LLDWD
- FC Groningen form
- DWWLD
On TV
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- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| FC Groningen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
8Fouls16
1Yellow Cards5
0Red Cards0
0Offsides3
3Corner Kicks6
2Saves3
45.9%Possession54.1%
9Shots8
5On Goal2
60%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
317Accurate Passes406
414Passes481
80%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses5
12Crosses23
20%Cross %20%
59Long Balls49
25Accurate Long Balls24
40%Long Balls %50%
1Blocked Shots5
10Effective Tackles11
20Tackles12
50%Tackle %90%
10Interceptions8
35Effective Clearances23
35Clearances23
Timeline
Full time · 2-0
90'+5'
🟨Mark Hoekstra
90'+5'
🟨Younes Taha
⚽Shunsuke MitoAssist: Mike Kleijn
90'2 - 0
🔁Mike Kleijnreplacing Mitchell van Bergen
88'
86'
🔁Nils Eggensreplacing David Van Der Werff
86'
🔁Mark Hoekstrareplacing Tygo Land
🔁Shurandy Samboreplacing Lushendry Martes
82'
🔁Julian Baasreplacing Pelle Clement
81'
🔁Alwande Roaldsøyreplacing Ayoni Santos
81'
62'
🔁Wouter Prinsreplacing Marvin Peersman
62'
🔁Tyrique Mercerareplacing Marco Rente
62'
🔁Oskar Zawadareplacing Brynjólfur Willumsson
⚽Shunsuke MitoAssist: Ayoni Santos
55'1 - 0
Half-time
45'+1'
🟨Marco Rente
45'+1'
🟨Marvin Peersman
43'
🟨Dies Janse
🟨Bruno Martins Indi
27'
Kick-off
Teams
Sparta Rotterdam4-2-3-1
9Lauritsen
11⚽⚽Mito
10↓Santos
7↓van Bergen
6↓Clement
8Kitolano
5Quintero
4🟨Martins Indi
2↓Martes
3Young
1Drommel
Bench
- 20Filip Bednarek
- 18Jens Toornstra
- 30Pascal Kuiper
- 12Shurandy Samboon for Lushendry Martes, 82'
- 21Alwande Roaldsøyon for Ayoni Santos, 81'
- 22Sayfallah Ltaief
- 19Nökkvi Thórisson
- 14Tijs Velthuis
- 15Mike Kleijnon for Mitchell van Bergen, 88'
- 16Julian Baason for Pelle Clement, 81'
- 17Saïd Bakari
- 13Jonathan de Guzmán
FC Groningen4-2-3-1
9↓Willumsson
17↓Van Der Werff
26Van Bergen
10🟨Taha
14Schreuders
18↓Land
43🟨↓Peersman
4🟨Janse
5🟨↓Rente
3Blokzijl
1Vaessen
Bench
- 15Elvis Laan
- 57Nils Eggenson for David Van Der Werff, 86'
- 21Hidde Jurjus
- 69Mark Hoekstraon for Tygo Land, 86' 🟨
- 11Noam Emeran
- 27Rui Mendes
- 7Travis Hearnes
- 13Lovro Štubljar
- 16Tyrique Merceraon for Marco Rente, 62'
- 19Oskar Zawadaon for Brynjólfur Willumsson, 62'
- 34Ryan Metu
- 2Wouter Prinson for Marvin Peersman, 62'
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
4Sparta wins
0Level
1FC Groningen wins
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Form
Last games: Sparta
W1-0W2-0L2-1W4-3W1-0
Last games: FC Groningen
W3-0D1-1D0-0W2-0L2-1
