Dutch Eredivisie

FT Friday, December 5, 2025
FC Groningen LDLDL 2
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Excelsior DLLWW 0
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Stadion Woudestein · 4,400 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
6
54.5
Possession
45.5
20
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
414
Accurate Passes
325
502
Passes
417
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.5
64
Long Balls
88
28
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
7
15
Effective Clearances
23
15
Clearances
23

Head to Head

GRO leads series 4-1

Lineups

EXC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Stijn van GasselG
  2. 3Rick MeissenCD-L
  3. 4Casper WidellCD-R
  4. 12Arthur ZagreLB
  5. 2Ilias BronkhorstRB
  6. 10Noah NaujoksAM
  7. 20Lennard HartjesLM
  8. 25Stjin MiddendorpRM
  9. 33Jerolldino BergraafF
  10. 11Gyan De RegtAM-L
  11. 30Sanches FernandesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Stan HendrikxSUB
  2. 17Nolan MartensSUB
  3. 9Szymon WlodarczykSUB
  4. 16Calvin RaatsieSUB
  5. 29Mike van DuinenSUB
  6. 7Yoon Do-YongSUB
  7. 22Stefan MitrovicSUB
  8. 6Adam CarlénSUB
  9. 15Simon JanssenSUB
  10. 34Noa El HamdaouiSUB
  11. 14Lewis SchoutenSUB

GRO · 4-4-2

  1. 1Etienne VaessenG
  2. 4Dies JanseCD-L
  3. 3Thijmen BlokzijlCD-R
  4. 43Marvin PeersmanLB
  5. 5Marco RenteRB
  6. 6Stije ResinkCM-L
  7. 8Tika De JongeCM-R
  8. 10Younes TahaLM
  9. 14Jorg SchreudersRM
  10. 26Thom Van BergenCF-L
  11. 9Brynjólfur WillumssonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Noam EmeranSUB
  2. 18Tygo LandSUB
  3. 57Nils EggensSUB
  4. 69Mark HoekstraSUB
  5. 17David Van Der WerffSUB
  6. 16Tyrique MerceraSUB
  7. 13Lovro ŠtubljarSUB
  8. 27Rui MendesSUB
  9. 20Mats SeuntjensSUB
  10. 21Hidde JurjusSUB
  11. 22Sven BoulandSUB
  12. 2Wouter PrinsSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+3' Rick Meissen (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Excelsior. Lewis Schouten replaces Lennard Hartjes.
  4. 45' Substitution, Excelsior. Stan Henderikx replaces Rick Meissen.
  5. 58' Marco Rente (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Goal! Excelsior 0, FC Groningen 1. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 70' Stijn Middendorp (Excelsior) is shown the red card.
  8. 72' Substitution, FC Groningen. Tygo Land replaces Tika de Jonge.
  9. 72' Substitution, FC Groningen. David van der Werff replaces Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  10. 76' Substitution, Excelsior. Simon Janssen replaces Arthur Zagré.
  11. 81' Substitution, Excelsior. Yoon Do-Young replaces Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
  12. 81' Substitution, Excelsior. Szymon Wlodarczyk replaces Jerolldino Bergraaf.
  13. 85' Yoon Do-Young (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, FC Groningen. Nils Eggens replaces Younes Taha.
  15. 88' Substitution, FC Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Marvin Peersman.
  16. 89' Second yellow card to Marco Rente (FC Groningen).
  17. 90'+2' Goal! Excelsior 0, FC Groningen 2. Stije Resink (FC Groningen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  18. 90'+5' Substitution, FC Groningen. Tyrique Mercera replaces Jorg Schreuders.

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