Dutch Eredivisie

FC Groningen vs Fortuna Sittard, 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
FC Groningen
  • 45': Ricardo Pepi
  • 90'+1': Florian Krüger
FT
2 - 3
Fortuna Sittard
  • 78': Paul Gladon
  • 84': Paul Gladon
  • 90'+5': Tijjani Noslin

About

FC Groningen are hosting Fortuna Sittard at Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ragnar Oratmangoen with a cross.
  • 11': Foul by Florian Krüger (FC Groningen).
  • 11': George Cox (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Ivor Pandur tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Ragnar Oratmangoen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neraysho Kasanwirjo.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Daleho Irandust (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ragnar Oratmangoen.
  • 17': Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Ragnar Oratmangoen.
  • 21': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Arianit Ferati tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
  • 26': Foul by Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 26': Neraysho Kasanwirjo (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Florian Krüger (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pepi with a cross.
  • 30': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Neraysho Kasanwirjo.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Ximo Navarro (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by George Cox with a cross following a corner.
  • 37': Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Foul by Radinio Balker (FC Groningen).
  • 40': Attempt missed. Ragnar Oratmangoen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luciano Valente.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arianit Ferati with a headed pass.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dogan Erdogan.
  • 45': Goal! FC Groningen 1, Fortuna Sittard 0. Ricardo Pepi (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ragnar Oratmangoen.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, FC Groningen 1, Fortuna Sittard 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins FC Groningen 1, Fortuna Sittard 0.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Cole Bassett (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Iñigo Córdoba with a cross.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Cole Bassett (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Remy Vita with a cross.
  • 48': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Tijjani Noslin replaces Remy Vita because of an injury.
  • 49': Cole Bassett (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Radinio Balker (FC Groningen).
  • 49': Radinio Balker (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Tijjani Noslin tries a through ball, but Ivo Pinto is caught offside.
  • 54': Foul by Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 54': Isak Määttä (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Mike te Wierik (FC Groningen).
  • 55': Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Isak Määttä.
  • 58': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Paul Gladon replaces Cole Bassett.
  • 58': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Úmaro Embaló replaces Iñigo Córdoba.
  • 58': Foul by Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 58': Neraysho Kasanwirjo (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Dogan Erdogan tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
  • 62': Substitution, FC Groningen. Tomás Suslov replaces Daleho Irandust.
  • 62': Substitution, FC Groningen. Cyril Ngonge replaces Ragnar Oratmangoen.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Cyril Ngonge (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Valente.
  • 64': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Úmaro Embaló.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by George Cox.
  • 66': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Arianit Ferati tries a through ball, but Úmaro Embaló is caught offside.
  • 68': Substitution, FC Groningen. Joey Pelupessy replaces Luciano Valente because of an injury.
  • 69': Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).
  • 69': Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 71': Mike te Wierik (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Úmaro Embaló (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 72': Neraysho Kasanwirjo (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Úmaro Embaló (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Cyril Ngonge.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Ximo Navarro (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by George Cox with a cross following a corner.
  • 74': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Ximo Navarro.
  • 76': Hand ball by Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by George Cox with a cross.
  • 78': Goal! FC Groningen 1, Fortuna Sittard 1. Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Gladon.
  • 82': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Arianit Ferati.
  • 84': Goal! FC Groningen 1, Fortuna Sittard 2. Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Úmaro Embaló.
  • 87': Substitution, FC Groningen. Damil Dankerlui replaces Neraysho Kasanwirjo.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Paul Gladon.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Suslov with a cross.
  • 89': Foul by Mike te Wierik (FC Groningen).
  • 89': Úmaro Embaló (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Mike te Wierik (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pepi.
  • 90'+1': Goal! FC Groningen 2, Fortuna Sittard 2. Florian Krüger (FC Groningen) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Paul Gladon tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Deroy Duarte replaces Arianit Ferati.
  • 90'+3': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Rodrigo Guth.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Cyril Ngonge (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Suslov with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Mike te Wierik.
  • 90'+5': Goal! FC Groningen 2, Fortuna Sittard 3. Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by George Cox with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+6': Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+7': Attempt saved. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Ivo Pinto (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Noslin.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, FC Groningen 2, Fortuna Sittard 3.
  • 0': Match ends, FC Groningen 2, Fortuna Sittard 3.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
6 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 3
44.6 Possession 55.4
15 SHOTS 12
7 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
256 Accurate Passes 328
325 Passes 402
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
11 Accurate Crosses 5
20 Crosses 25
0.6 Cross % 0.2
47 Long Balls 50
23 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 4
5 Effective Tackles 16
17 Tackles 23
0.3 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 6
27 Effective Clearances 14
27 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Euroborg
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Attendance: 21,023

Eredivisie Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 4 +8 12
2 PSV Eindhoven 5 +9 12
3 Ajax Amsterdam 5 +6 11
4 AZ Alkmaar 4 +5 10
Full Table

Line-Ups

GRO FC Groningen (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Peter Leeuwenburgh (GK)
12 Radinio Balker Yellow Card
5 Mike te Wierik Yellow Card
18 Isak Dybvik Määttä
21 Neraysho Kasanwirjo
23 Florian Krüger
40 Luciano Valente
6 Laros Duarte
9 Ricardo Pepi
34 Ragnar Oratmangoen
10 Daleho Irandust
FC Groningen Substitutes:
Damil Dankerlui, Emmanuel Matuta, Jan de Boer, Yahya Kalley, Jan Hoekstra, Marin Sverko, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Cyril Ngonge, Thom Van Bergen, Liam van Gelderen, Joel Pelupessy, Tomás Suslov.

FOR Fortuna Sittard (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
31 Ivor Pandur (GK)
14 Rodrigo Guth
2 Ximo Navarro
5 George Cox
12 Ivo Pinto
21 Dogan Erdogan
19 Arianit Ferati
61 Remy Vita
7 Iñigo Córdoba Yellow Card
17 Burak Yilmaz
8 Cole Bassett
Fortuna Sittard Substitutes:
Roel Janssen, Tom Hendriks, Deroy Duarte, Namory Cisse, Tunahan Tasci, Michael van Beijnen, Yanick van Osch, Tijjani Noslin, Úmaro Embaló, Paul Gladon, Nuri Emre Aksit.

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