In a weekend match on Sun Oct 23rd, in week 11, FC Utrecht plays host to Sparta Rotterdam in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. FC Utrecht is fresh off their 1-6 blowout loss against PSV. Xavi Simons struck first for PSV in the 8th minute on a feed from Joey Veerman, but Sander van de Streek got the equalizer for FC Utrecht in the 24th minute. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sparta Rotterdam recorded a 2-0 shutout win against NEC. Dirk Abels struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 7th minute, then Jonathan de Guzmán added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed NEC couldn’t manage to score, and Sparta Rotterdam took the shutout win. Sparta Rotterdam should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season FC Utrecht won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Arno Verschueren and Vito van Crooy have been the hottest scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Sander van de Streek has been the most prolific scorer on FC Utrecht in the last five matches with 2 goals
Henk Fraser’s squad will be without Bart Ramselaar and Ramon Hendriks, while Sparta Rotterdam will be without Tim Coremans and Younes Namli.