Today's attendance is 21995

FC Groningen with a deserved victory after a fine display

Ball possession: FC Groningen: 43%, Sparta Rotterdam: 57%.

Boyd Reith relieves the pressure with a clearance

That's it! The referee blows the final whistle

Stije Resink is leaving the field to be replaced by Thijmen Blokzijl in a tactical substitution.

Marvin Young from Sparta Rotterdam goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Brynjolfur Andersen Willumsson

Marvin Peersman wins an air challenge against Tobias Lauritsen

Good effort by Romano Postema as he directs a shot on target, but Nick Olij saves it

Arno Verschueren takes the free-kick but it is blocked by the wall