Groningen v Sparta Rotterdam Live Commentary & Result, 28/05/2023, Eredivisie

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
1	FEY Feyenoord	34	25	7	2	81	30	+51	82	L W W W W
2	PSV PSV	34	23	6	5	89	40	+49	75	W D W W W
3	AJX Ajax	34	20	9	5	86	38	+48	69	L W W D L
4	AZ AZ	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67	L W W D W
5	TWE Twente	34	18	10	6	66	27	+39	64	W W W W D
6	SPA Sparta Rotterdam	34	17	8	9	60	37	+23	59	W W L L D
7	UTR Utrecht	34	15	9	10	55	50	+5	54	W L W W L
8	HEE Heerenveen	34	12	10	12	44	50	-6	46	W D D W L
9	RKC RKC Waalwijk	34	11	8	15	50	64	-14	41	L L L W L
10	VIT Vitesse	34	10	10	14	45	50	-5	40	W W W L D
11	GAE Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	10	14	46	56	-10	40	L W L D W
12	NEC NEC	34	8	15	11	42	45	-3	39	D L L L W
13	FOR Fortuna Sittard	34	10	6	18	39	62	-23	36	D L L W L
14	VOL Volendam	34	10	6	18	42	71	-29	36	W L W L W
15	EXC Excelsior	34	9	5	20	32	71	-39	32	L W D L D
16	EMM Emmen	34	6	10	18	33	65	-32	28	L L L L W
17	CAM Cambuur	34	5	4	25	26	69	-43	19	W L L L L
18	GRO Groningen	34	4	6	24	31	75	-44	18	L L L D L

Match ends, FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 5.

90' + 1' Second Half ends, FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 5.

90' Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

90' Foul by Matej Chalus (FC Groningen).

V. van Crooij

Penalty Goal

89' Goal! FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 5. Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

88' Penalty Sparta Rotterdam. Koki Saito draws a foul in the penalty area.

88' Penalty conceded by Mads Bech Sørensen (FC Groningen) after a foul in the penalty area.

87' Attempt blocked. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Alemañ.

86' Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Mads Bech Sørensen.

86' Attempt blocked. Rick Meissen (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vito van Crooij with a cross.

86' Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

86' Foul by Mads Bech Sørensen (FC Groningen).

84' Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the left wing.

84' Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).

83' Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.

83' Attempt blocked. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mads Bech Sørensen.

A. Auassar

M. Eerdhuijzen

80' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Adil Auassar replaces Mike Eerdhuijzen.

T. Lauritsen

Goal

79' Goal! FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 4. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

79' Attempt saved. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Koki Saito.

A. Verschueren

D. Abels

75' Goal! FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 3. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dirk Abels.

73' Attempt saved. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.

72' Attempt missed. Pedro Alemañ (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.

72' Attempt saved. Pedro Alemañ (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.

70' Joshua Kitolano (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

70' Foul by Laros Duarte (FC Groningen).

69' Attempt missed. Mike Eerdhuijzen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vito van Crooij.

67' Attempt missed. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arno Verschueren with a through ball.

66' Attempt missed. Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mike Eerdhuijzen.

Pedro Alemañ

Y. Namli

65' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Pedro Alemañ replaces Younes Namli.

J. Kitolano

J. de Guzmán

65' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Joshua Kitolano replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.

R. Meissen

S. Sambo

65' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Rick Meissen replaces Shurandy Sambo.

D. Irandust

O. Antman

64' Substitution, FC Groningen. Daleho Irandust replaces Oliver Antman.

M. Chaluš

R. Balker

64' Substitution, FC Groningen. Matej Chalus replaces Radinio Balker.

T. Blokzijl

I. Määttä

64' Substitution, FC Groningen. Thijmen Blokzijl replaces Isak Määttä because of an injury.

63' Delay over. They are ready to continue.

62' Delay in match because of an injury Isak Määttä (FC Groningen).

62' Attempt missed. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aaron Meijers with a cross.

60' Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

60' Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).

K. Saito

T. Lauritsen

58' Goal! FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 2. Koki Saito (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.

58' Attempt blocked. Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tobias Lauritsen.

57' Attempt blocked. Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

56' Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jan de Boer.

56' Attempt saved. Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Younes Namli with a cross.

56' Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jorg Schreuders.

54' Attempt missed. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Koki Saito.

51' Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).

51' Johan Hove (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

50' Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Oliver Antman.

50' Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) hits the bar with a left footed shot from very close range.

48' Attempt saved. Tobias Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.

Second Half begins FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

A. Meijers

M. Pinto

45' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Aaron Meijers replaces Michael Pinto.

K. Saito

B. Vriends

45' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Koki Saito replaces Bart Vriends.

45' + 3' First Half ends, FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

45' + 2' Attempt missed. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.

45' + 1' Foul by Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam).

45' + 1' Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

45' Corner, Sparta Rotterdam. Conceded by Jorg Schreuders.

45' Attempt blocked. Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

43' Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).

43' Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

42' Offside, FC Groningen. Johan Hove tries a through ball, but Ricardo Pepi is caught offside.

41' Attempt missed. Mads Bech Sørensen (FC Groningen) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Suslov with a cross following a corner.

40' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Vito van Crooij.

37' Offside, Sparta Rotterdam. Jonathan de Guzmán tries a through ball, but Vito van Crooij is caught offside.

36' Attempt missed. Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jonathan de Guzmán.

32' Foul by Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam).

32' Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.

32' Attempt blocked. Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

31' Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).

31' Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

28' Shurandy Sambo (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

28' Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).

28' Delay over. They are ready to continue.

27' Delay in match because of an injury Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam).

I. Määttä

Yellow Card

26' Isak Määttä (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

26' Younes Namli (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick on the right wing.

26' Foul by Isak Määttä (FC Groningen).

J. de Guzmán

Goal

25' Goal! FC Groningen 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1. Jonathan de Guzmán (Sparta Rotterdam) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

N. Musampa

Red Card

24' Nordin Musampa (FC Groningen) is shown the red card.

24' Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

24' Foul by Nordin Musampa (FC Groningen).

23' Attempt saved. Vito van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shurandy Sambo with a cross.

18' Attempt saved. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

18' Attempt blocked. Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Antman.

17' Foul by Arno Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam).

17' Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

16' Attempt blocked. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

B. Vriends

Yellow Card

15' Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

15' Foul by Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam).

15' Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

13' Attempt saved. Michael Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arno Verschueren.

10' Delay over. They are ready to continue.

9' Delay in match because of an injury Bart Vriends (Sparta Rotterdam).

9' Offside, FC Groningen. Jan de Boer tries a through ball, but Isak Määttä is caught offside.

4' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Shurandy Sambo.

2' Attempt blocked. Dirk Abels (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

2' Delay over. They are ready to continue.

1' Delay in match because of an injury Radinio Balker (FC Groningen).

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Groningen v Sparta Rotterdam Live Commentary, 28/05/2023

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