Maduka Okoye kept his fourth clean sheet of the season in Sparta Rotterdam’s historic 1-0 road win over Fortuna Sittard on Wednesday night, Sports247 reports.
After a goalless first half at the Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Lennart They scored the only goal of the game in the 57th minute to hand Sparta the victory.
Okoye who has been indispensable for his side since dispatching the previous first-choice goalkeeper put up yet another fine performance between the sticks.
The 21-year-old made four saves to deny the opposition’s attempts on goal.
With the win, Sparta recorded three away wins in the Eredivisie for the first time since 1973.
Their previous two wins came against Willem II Tilburg (3-1) and SC Twente (2-0) in December 2020 on the 13th and 19th respectively.
With the result, Sparta Rotterdam move temporarily to 8th position on the league table with 21 points from 16 games.
