Eredivisie · NED · Round 2

Excelsior
2 - 0 Full time
FC Groningen

Stadion Woudestein

Lineups

Excelsior4-3-3
TM22Muyters
KK2Karami
HD4Drost
JM15⚽Mattheij
BK5Kuipers
KV18⚽Vermeulen
RK8↓84'Koolwijk
LB10Bruins
F17Fredy
NH7↓65'Hasselbaink
SE11↓65'Elbers
SP1Padt
HH33Hateboer
ER6Reijnen
HM23↓28'Maduro
YV20↓56'van Nieff
TH24Hiariej
JD17↓68'Drost
RY8Jenssen
JA7Antonia
TV19van Weert
AR10Rusnak
FC Groningen4-3-3

Excelsior substitutes

14 Cedric Badjeck ↑65'
9 Terell Ondaan ↑65'
6 Anour Hadouir ↑84'
34 Dogucan Haspolat
1 Filip Kurto
3 Leeroy Owusu
26 Mike Havekotte
23 Milan Massop

Coach: Mitchell van der Gaag

FC Groningen substitutes

5 Samir Memisevic ↑28'
45 Oussama Idrissi ↑56'
9 Danny Hoesen ↑68'
28 Abel Tamata
11 Bryan Linssen
12 Juninho Bacuna
4 Martijn van der Laan
32 Nick Borgman
22 Simon Tibbling
16 Stefan van der Lei

Coach: Ernest Faber

Match events

2'Jurgen Mattheij assist: Ryan Koolwijk 1 - 0⚽
17'Ruben Yttergård Jenssen
28'↑ Samir Memisevic ↓ Hedwiges Maduro⇄
36'Hans Hateboer
Second half
56'↑ Oussama Idrissi ↓ Yoell van Nieff⇄
65'↑ Cedric Badjeck ↓ Nigel Hasselbaink⇄
65'↑ Terell Ondaan ↓ Stanley Elbers⇄
68'↑ Danny Hoesen ↓ Jesper Drost⇄
76'Fredy
84'↑ Anour Hadouir ↓ Ryan Koolwijk⇄
85'Terell Ondaan
88'Tom Hiariej
90+2'Anour Hadouir
90+4'Kevin Vermeulen assist: Luigi Bruins 2 - 0⚽

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 13 August 2016, 16:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Excelsior wins4Draws10FC Groningen wins

17 past meetings on record. Biggest Excelsior win: FC Groningen 4–0 Excelsior (2018). Biggest FC Groningen win: Excelsior 2–4 FC Groningen (2021).

25 Feb 2023FC Groningen 3 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
8 Jan 2023Excelsior 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
15 Dec 2021Excelsior 2 - 4 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
6 Apr 2019FC Groningen 1 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
2 Nov 2018Excelsior 2 - 4 FC GroningenEredivisie
29 Apr 2018FC Groningen 4 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
17 Dec 2017Excelsior 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
4 Feb 2017FC Groningen 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
12 Mar 2016Excelsior 2 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
21 Aug 2015FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
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8 Apr 2015FC Groningen 3 - 0 ExcelsiorKNVB Cup
14 Feb 2015Excelsior 1 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
19 Oct 2014FC Groningen 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
23 Mar 2012Excelsior 0 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
17 Sep 2011FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
18 Dec 2010Excelsior 2 - 2 FC GroningenEredivisie
18 Sep 2010FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie