Match summary
Sparta Rotterdam won comfortably, 4-1 away at Vitesse. Sparta Rotterdam led 3-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Shunsuke Mito put Sparta Rotterdam ahead in the 7th minute, Pelle Clement made it 0-2 in the 19th minute, Koki Saito made it 0-3 in the 43rd minute, and Kacper Kozłowski pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Mike Eerdhuijzen made it 1-4 with a header in the 58th minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: Vitesse created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Sparta Rotterdam 2.18 from 12.