Dutch Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo vs Sparta Rotterdam, 2021-22 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo
  • 83': Sinan Bakıs
FT
1 - 3
Sparta Rotterdam
  • 45'+1': Arno Verschueren
  • 69': Lennart Thy
  • 79': Mario Engels

About

Heracles Almelo are hosting Sparta Rotterdam at Asito Stadion, Almelo, 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.
  • 4': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Bart Vriends.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Nikolai Laursen (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 6': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Adil Auassar.
  • 6': Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Foul by Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo).
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Fadiga.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Mats Knoester (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Schoofs.
  • 10': Foul by Joeri de Kamps (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 10': Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Luca de la Torre (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 10': Foul by Noah Fadiga (Heracles Almelo).
  • 10': Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 11': Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Luca de la Torre (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Hansson.
  • 15': Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Arno Verschueren tries a through ball, but Vito van Crooij is caught offside.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Nikolai Laursen (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luca de la Torre with a cross.
  • 19': Foul by Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo).
  • 19': Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Aaron Meijers (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Nikolai Laursen (Heracles Almelo).
  • 26': Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Luca de la Torre.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 30': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Jeremy Van Mullem replaces Vito van Crooij because of an injury.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Sinan Bakis with a headed pass.
  • 32': Foul by Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo).
  • 32': Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Emil Hansson (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anas Ouahim with a cross.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giacomo Quagliata with a cross.
  • 39': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Adil Auassar.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Emil Hansson with a cross following a corner.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aaron Meijers.
  • 41': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Koen Bucker.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Younes Namli with a through ball.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Luca de la Torre.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Jeremy Van Mullem (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Arno Verschueren with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Bilal Basacikoglu replaces Nikolai Laursen.
  • 47': Bilal Basacikoglu (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Foul by Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 52': Sven Mijnans (Sparta Rotterdam) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Younes Namli.
  • 53': Foul by Joeri de Kamps (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 53': Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giacomo Quagliata.
  • 57': Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Joeri de Kamps (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mats Knoester.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 61': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Samuel Armenteros replaces Emil Hansson.
  • 61': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Tom Beugelsdijk replaces Sven Mijnans because of an injury.
  • 65': Bilal Basacikoglu (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 65': Foul by Joeri de Kamps (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Luca de la Torre (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 68': Foul by Samuel Armenteros (Heracles Almelo).
  • 68': Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 2. Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Meijers.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Bilal Basacikoglu (Heracles Almelo) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giacomo Quagliata with a cross.
  • 72': Foul by Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 72': Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Lennart Thy (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Meijers.
  • 75': Foul by Bilal Basacikoglu (Heracles Almelo).
  • 75': Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Joeri de Kamps.
  • 77': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Justin Hoogma replaces Marco Rente.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anas Ouahim with a cross.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bilal Basacikoglu.
  • 79': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Mario Engels replaces Younes Namli.
  • 79': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Michael Pinto replaces Lennart Thy.
  • 79': Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Michael Heylen replaces Arno Verschueren.
  • 79': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Sparta Rotterdam 3. Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Pinto with a cross.
  • 83': Foul by Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam).
  • 83': Mats Knoester (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Sparta Rotterdam 3. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca de la Torre with a cross.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Noah Fadiga (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sinan Bakis.
  • 89': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Adrián Szoke replaces Anas Ouahim.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Schoofs with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Noah Fadiga.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Mats Knoester (Heracles Almelo).
  • 90'+5': Mario Engels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Heracles Almelo 1, Sparta Rotterdam 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Heracles Almelo 1, Sparta Rotterdam 3.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 1
32.6 Possession 67.4
7 SHOTS 28
4 ON GOAL 5
0.6 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
173 Accurate Passes 449
264 Passes 510
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 14
9 Crosses 54
0.3 Cross % 0.3
63 Long Balls 48
24 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 13
14 Effective Tackles 7
23 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
3 Interceptions 14
45 Effective Clearances 2
45 Clearances 2

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Asito Stadion
Location: Almelo, Netherlands
Attendance: 7,954

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 NEC Nijmegen 2 +8 6
2 PSV Eindhoven 2 +7 6
3 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2 +3 6
4 PEC Zwolle 2 +3 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

HER Heracles Almelo (4-3-3)

No. Name
26 Koen Bucker (GK)
13 Mats Knoester
5 Marco Rente
3 Giacomo Quagliata
23 Noah Fadiga
30 Anas Ouahim
15 Lucas Schoofs
14 Luca de la Torre
9 Sinan Bakıs
29 Emil Hansson
11 Nikolai Laursen
Heracles Almelo Substitutes:
Justin Hoogma, Ruben Roosken, Adrian Szöke, Navajo Bakboord, Sem Scheperman, Samuel Armenteros, Kasper Lunding Jakobsen, Bilal Basacikoglu, Mateo Les, Timo Jansink, Elias Sierra, Robin Jalving.

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

No. Name
1 Maduka Okoye (GK)
4 Adil Auassar
3 Bart Vriends
6 Joeri de Kamps
5 Aaron Meijers
2 Dirk Abels
10 Sven Mijnans
8 Arno Verschueren
11 Younes Namli
7 Vito van Crooij
9 Lennart Thy
Sparta Rotterdam Substitutes:
Jason Meerstadt, Tim Coremans, Mario Engels, Jeremy Van Mullem, Adrián Dalmau, Marouane Afaker, Riza Durmisi, Michaël Heylen, Mica Pinto, Benjamin van Leer, Laurent Jans, Tom Beugelsdijk.

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