In a weekend match in week 20, on Sun Jan 23rd, FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam will play a match in Rotterdam in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 16th placed Sparta Rotterdam, recorded a 1-1 draw against SC Cambuur. Tim Coremans scored the first goal for SC Cambuur on an own goal in the 33rd minute, then Adrián Dalmau tied it up for Sparta Rotterdam in the 77th minute earning Sparta Rotterdam a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while fC Utrecht sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Ajax. Lucas Fasson dos Santos scored the first goal for Ajax in the 5th minute, then Brian Brobbey added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Dušan Tadić In the end, FC Utrecht was frustrated by Ajax’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajax ended the match with the shutout victory. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam last played eachother at the Stadion Galgenwaard on Aug 15th. FC Utrecht won by a score of 4 to 0 in front of almost 16000 excited fans. Adam Maher scored the first goal for FC Utrecht in the 1st minute, then Mark van der Maarel added another in the 65th minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam couldn’t muster any offence and FC Utrecht ran away with the shutout win.
FC Utrecht’s most prolific scorer has been Mimoun Mahi. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Both Mijnans and Vito van Crooy have been the hottest scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last five each having scored 2 goals.