Dutch Eredivisie

FT Sunday, October 11, 2026
FC Groningen LLDDW 5
–
Excelsior WWDLD 1
1st2ndT
GRO235
EXC101
Stadion Woudestein

Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
50.9
Possession
49.1
14
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
364
Accurate Passes
343
446
Passes
417
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
53
31
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
13
26
Effective Clearances
23
26
Clearances
23

Head to Head

GRO leads series 3-2

Lineups

EXC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Stijn van GasselG
  2. 14Jan PlugCD-L
  3. 4Casper WidellCD-R
  4. 15Simon JanssenLB
  5. 2Eric Da Silva MoreiraRB
  6. 3Rick MeissenCM
  7. 20Lennard HartjesLM
  8. 8Irakli YegoianRM
  9. 19David GardenF
  10. 30Ágúst ÞorsteinssonLF
  11. 7Aymen SlitiRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Ilano Silva TimasSUB
  2. 12Kasey BosSUB
  3. 11Alireza JahanbakhshSUB
  4. 28Nesto GroenSUB
  5. 9Mario DominguezSUB
  6. 16Celton BiaiSUB
  7. 18Valentin SulzbacherSUB
  8. 22Osman TuraySUB
  9. 6Daniel Van VianenSUB
  10. 24Guilliano CairoSUB

GRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Etienne VaessenG
  2. 5Marco RenteCD-L
  3. 3Thijmen BlokzijlCD-R
  4. 33Hans HateboerLB
  5. 14Jorg SchreudersRB
  6. 26Thom Van BergenAM
  7. 24Pelle ClementLM
  8. 8Tika De JongeRM
  9. 9Brynjólfur WillumssonF
  10. 11Jacob OndrejkaAM-L
  11. 17David Van Der WerffAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Pelle BoevinkSUB
  2. 34Ryan MetuSUB
  3. 42Jesper MosselaarSUB
  4. 20Nils EggensSUB
  5. 2Wouter PrinsSUB
  6. 13Lovro ŠtubljarSUB
  7. 19Oskar ZawadaSUB
  8. 53Jahelille HallSUB
  9. 16Alvin Vilhelm Valdemar NordinSUB
  10. 18Tygo LandSUB
  11. 4Márk CsingerSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Excelsior 0, Groningen 1. Marco Rente (Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 20' David van der Werff (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34'
  4. 35'
  5. 36' Goal! Excelsior 1, Groningen 1. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 38' Own Goal by Stijn van Gassel, Excelsior. Excelsior 1, Groningen 2.
  7. 59'
  8. 62'
  9. 63' Delay in match (Excelsior).
  10. 63'
  11. 64' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 64'
  13. 64' Goal! Excelsior 1, Groningen 3. Thom van Bergen (Groningen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  14. 65' Substitution, Excelsior. Kasey Bos replaces Simon Janssen.
  15. 65' Substitution, Excelsior. Mario Domínguez replaces David Garden.
  16. 65' Substitution, Excelsior. Daniël van Vianen replaces Ágúst Thorsteinsson.
  17. 65' Substitution, Excelsior. Valentin Sulzbacher replaces Eric da Silva Moreira.
  18. 66' Substitution, Groningen. Tygo Land replaces Jacob Ondrejka.
  19. 67' Goal! Excelsior 1, Groningen 4. Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pelle Clement.
  20. 72' Substitution, Groningen. Márk Csinger replaces Hans Hateboer.
  21. 80' Tygo Land (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 81' Substitution, Excelsior. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Aymen Sliti.
  23. 84' Substitution, Groningen. Nils Eggens replaces Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  24. 85' Substitution, Groningen. Ryan Metu replaces Thom van Bergen.
  25. 85' Substitution, Groningen. Oskar Zawada replaces David van der Werff.
  26. 88' Delay in match (Groningen).
  27. 88'
  28. 88' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  29. 88'
  30. 90'+5' Goal! Excelsior 1, Groningen 5. Marco Rente (Groningen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a corner.

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