The story
Sparta beat Venlo 4-1 at Het Kasteel (Sparta Stadion) in Eredivisie, matchday 2.
Sparta's goals came from Halil Dervisoglu (56'), Ragnar Ache (61'), Abdou Harroui (83') and Lars Veldwijk (89'); Peter van Ooijen (20') replied for Venlo.
It was 0-1 at half-time. Sparta came from behind to win.
Sparta had 50% of the ball and 17 shots to Venlo's 6.
Match stats
Key moments
- 20' Peter van Ooijen Goal · Venlo 0-1
- 56' Halil Dervisoglu Goal · Sparta 1-1 Assist: Jurgen Mattheij
- 61' Ragnar Ache Goal · Sparta 2-1 Assist: Abdou Harroui
- 83' Abdou Harroui Goal · Sparta 3-1 Assist: Bryan Smeets
- 89' Lars Veldwijk Goal · Sparta 4-1 Assist: Abdou Harroui
Line-ups
Sparta
- Tim CoremansGoalkeeper
- Jurgen MattheijDefender
- Bart VriendsDefender
- Dirk AbelsDefender
- Adil AuassarDefender
- Lassana FayeDefender
- Abdou HarrouiMidfielder
- Bryan SmeetsMidfielder
- Halil Dervisogluoff 86'Forward
- Ragnar Acheoff 86'Forward
- Mohamed Rayhioff 89'Forward
Venlo
- Thorsten KirschbaumGoalkeeper
- Roel Janssenoff 71'Defender
- Tobias PachonikDefender
- Steffen SchäferDefender
- Nils RöselerDefender
- Evert LinthorstMidfielder
- Richard NeudeckerMidfielder
- Johnatan Opokuoff 73'Midfielder
- Haji Wrightoff 84'Forward
- Peter van OoijenForward
- Elia SorianoForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (9)
- 20' ⚽ Peter van Ooijen
- 26' 🟨 Adil Auassar
- 53' 🟨 Lassana Faye
- 54' 🟨 Evert Linthorst
- 56' ⚽ Halil Dervisogluassist Jurgen Mattheij
- 61' ⚽ Ragnar Acheassist Abdou Harroui
- 70' 🟨 Nils Röseler
- 83' ⚽ Abdou Harrouiassist Bryan Smeets
- 89' ⚽ Lars Veldwijkassist Abdou Harroui
Head to head
2Sparta wins0Draws0Venlo wins