FC Utrecht won in the Eredivisie on Sunday without too many problems. The team visited Sparta Rotterdam and expanded to a margin of three in the final phase. On the same Football Sunday, Go Ahead Eagles and PEC Zwolle drew, while NEC and RKC Waalwijk won against FC Groningen and Almere City respectively.
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FT | Go Ahead Eagles – PEC Zwolle (2-2)
Football Sunday kicked off in Deventer, where Go Ahead Eagles and PEC Zwolle drew in the always heated IJsselderby: 2-2. The visitors took the lead within half an hour through goals from Davy van den Berg and Jamiro Monteiro. Shortly after the break, Oliver Edvardsen brought back the tension by making it 1-2. In the 49th minute, Dylan Vente thought he had scored 1-3, but the VAR disallowed his goal for offside. The final score went to former Ajax player Enric Llansana, who put the final score on the board with a nice shot from distance.
Lineup Go Ahead Eagles:
Plogmann; Deijl, Nauber, Kramer, Adelgaard (James 59′); Llansana (Twigt 88′), Linthorst; Adekanye (Antman 59′), Breum, O. Edvardsen (Suray 85′); V. Edvardsen (Stokkers 85′).
PEC Zwolle line-up:
violator; Floranus, Aertssen, McNulty, Van der Haar (Velanas 77′); El Azzouzi (Reijnders 85′), Monteiro (Fichtinger 77′); Mbayo (Lutonda 77′), Krastev (De Rooij 54′), Van den Berg; Vente.
Goals:
0-1 Davy van den Berg (20′)
0-2 Jamiro Monteiro (26′)
1-2 Oliver Edvardsen (47′)
2-2 Enric Llansana (67′)
FT | NEC – FC Groningen (6-0)
In Nijmegen, number fourteen NEC and number fifteen FC Groningen played against each other. Both teams had success in midweek by progressing in the KNVB Cup and hoped to continue this positively in the competition. The afternoon started well for NEC, when they were awarded a penalty after just over five minutes of play. Koki Ogawa took responsibility and doubled the score within half an hour. Ultimately, NEC reached a monster score of no less than 6-0.
NEC setup:
Roefs; Pereira, Marquez, Sandler (Ouwejan 46′), Verdonk; Hoedemakers, Sano, González (Darelas 79′); Van Crooij (Ouaissa 66′); Ogawa (Shiogai 79′), Hansen (Onal 61′).
FC Groningen line-up:
Vaessen; Bacuna, Peersman, Interest, Prince; Schreuders (Pelupessy 67′), De Jonge (Resink 46′), Hove, Valente (Mendes 82′); Willumsson (Oosting 75′), Van Bergen (Postema 68′).
Goals:
1-0 Koki Ogawa (6′, pen.)
2-0 Koki Ogawa (26′)
3-0 Sontje Hansen (32′)
4-0 Vito van Crooij (52′)
5-0 in Sami Ouai (74′)
6-0 Thomas Ouwejan (86′, pen.)
FT | Sparta Rotterdam – FC Utrecht (1-4)
Sparta Rotterdam took on FC Utrecht at Het Kasteel. The unconvincing play of the last few weeks was the reason for the club management to suspend head coach Jeroen Rijsdijk. Maurice Steijn is his replacement. Sparta Rotterdam was able to get straight to work on Sunday, because FC Utrecht is participating in the top part of the Eredivisie this season. FC Utrecht also had a problem-free day on Sunday. Head coach Ron Jans’ team took the lead after fifteen minutes and only really led in the final phase: 1-4.
Sparta Rotterdam line-up:
Olive; Bakari, Young, Eerdhuijzen, Van der Kust; Kitolano (Kleijn 73′), Clement (Lauritsen 73′); Kayky (Mito 46′), Verschueren, Nassoh (Neghli 46′); Brym (Oufkir 88′).
FC Utrecht line-up:
Barkas; Horemans, Van der Hoorn, Viergever, El Karouani; Bozdogan (Fraulo 42′), Aaronson; Booth (Rodriguez 46′), Jensen (Toornstra 82′), Cathline (Romeny 82′); Ohio (Descotte 70′).
Goals:
0-1 Victor Jensen (15′)
0-2 Miguel Rodriguez (86′)
0-3 Paxten Aaronson (88′)
1-3 Tobias Lauritsen (90+1′, pen.)
1-4 Mike van der Hoorn (90+5′)
FT | RKC Waalwijk – Almere City (2-0)
The last game of this Eredivisie weekend was played in Waalwijk. Hekkensluiter RKC received number seventeen Almere City. Although the Brabant team had not won in competition beforehand, they continued to convert at the expense of Vitesse (3-1). Almere City, on the other hand, was defeated when they visited Quick Boys: 3-0. Hedwiges Maduro’s team had to try to shake off the negative feeling in Waalwijk, but they did not succeed. The former Ajax player and his team were sidelined 2-0 by RKC Waalwijk.
RKC Waalwijk line-up:
Hew; Van Gelderen, Van Eijma, Van den Buijs, Familia-Castillo (Wouters 17′); Roemeratoe, Van der Venne (Van de Loo 80′), Weidmann; Van der Water (Al Mazyani 74′), Zawada (Cleonise 46′), Margaret.
Almere City line-up:
Baker; Akujobi, Visus, Barbet (Lawrence 55′), Zagaritis; Tahiri (Providence 55′), Ritmeester van de Kamp, Haye (Carbonell 55′); Delaurier-Chaubet (Hansen 70′), Robinet, Kadile (Nalic 80′).
Goals:
1-0 Richard van der Venne (41′)
2-0 Richonell Margaret (58′)
