Eredivisie · NED · Round 23

FC Groningen
1 - 2 Full time
FC Utrecht

Euroborg · Groningen

Lineups

FC Groningen4-4-2
EV1Vaessen
MR5↓46'Rente
TB3Blokzijl
DJ4Janse
MP43↓85'Peersman
DV17↓79'van der Werff
SR6Resink
TL18↓85'Land
JS14Schreuders
YT10⚽Taha
TV26↓85'van Bergen
VB1Barkas
NV23Vesterlund
MD40Didden
MV3van der Hoorn
SE16El Karouani
AE27↓86'Engwanda
GZ21Zechiel
77↓62'Alarcon
DD20⚽de Wit
YC10↓73'Cathline
AS18↓73'Stepanov
FC Utrecht4-2-3-1

FC Groningen substitutes

16 Tyrique Mercera 7.0 ↑46'
19 Oskar Zawada 6.1 ↑79'
2 Wouter Prins ↑85'
7 Travis Hernes ↑85'
34 Ryan Metu ↑85'
21 Hidde Jurjus
13 Lovro Stubljar
22 Sven Bouland
27 Rui Mendes
9 Brynjolfur Andersen Willumsson

Coach: Dick Lukkien · Unavailable: Tika de Jonge (injury), Mats Seuntjens (injury)

FC Utrecht substitutes

22 Miguel Rodriguez 6.5 ↑62'
9 David Min 6.2 ↑73'
11 Jesper Karlsson 7.3 ⚽↑73'
38 Oualid Agougil ↑86'
33 Kevin Gadellaa
25 Michael Brouwer
53 Neal Viereck
24 Nick Viergever
8 Can Bozdogan
5 Emeka Adiele
46 Jaygo van Ommeren
15 Adrian Blake

Coach: Ron Jans · Unavailable: Mike Eerdhuijzen (injury), Siebe Horemans (injury), Victor Jensen (injury), Sebastien Haller (injury)

Match events

9'Gjivai Zechiel
Second half
46'↑ Tyrique Mercera ↓ Marco Rente⇄
52'Younes Taha assist: Tyrique Mercera 1 - 0⚽
62'↑ Miguel Rodriguez ↓ Ángel Alarcon⇄
73'↑ Jesper Karlsson ↓ Yoann Cathline⇄
73'↑ David Min ↓ Artem Stepanov⇄
79'↑ Oskar Zawada ↓ David van der Werff⇄
79'Dani de Wit assist: Gjivai Zechiel 1 - 1⚽
85'↑ Wouter Prins ↓ Marvin Peersman⇄
85'↑ Ryan Metu ↓ Thom van Bergen⇄
85'↑ Travis Hernes ↓ Tygo Land⇄
86'↑ Oualid Agougil ↓ Alonzo Engwanda (injured)⇄
90+1'Jesper Karlsson 1 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 14 February 2026, 20:00 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

8FC Groningen wins7Draws19FC Utrecht wins

34 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Groningen win: FC Utrecht 3–1 FC Groningen (2025). Biggest FC Utrecht win: FC Utrecht 1–5 FC Groningen (2016).

14 Sep 2025FC Utrecht 0 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
13 Apr 2025FC Utrecht 3 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
20 Oct 2024FC Groningen 0 - 1 FC UtrechtEredivisie
7 Apr 2023FC Groningen 1 - 2 FC UtrechtEredivisie
23 Dec 2022FC Utrecht 0 - 3 FC GroningenClub Friendlies
6 Nov 2022FC Utrecht 2 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
20 Mar 2022FC Utrecht 1 - 3 FC GroningenEredivisie
21 Aug 2021FC Groningen 0 - 0 FC UtrechtEredivisie
19 May 2021FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie ECL Playoff
9 Jan 2021FC Utrecht 2 - 2 FC GroningenEredivisie
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18 Oct 2020FC Groningen 0 - 0 FC UtrechtEredivisie
19 Dec 2019FC Groningen 0 - 1 FC UtrechtKNVB Cup
8 Dec 2019FC Groningen 0 - 1 FC UtrechtEredivisie
8 Mar 2019FC Utrecht 0 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
30 Sep 2018FC Groningen 1 - 1 FC UtrechtEredivisie
19 Apr 2018FC Utrecht 1 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
27 Aug 2017FC Groningen 2 - 1 FC UtrechtEredivisie
25 Feb 2017FC Groningen 2 - 3 FC UtrechtEredivisie
26 Oct 2016FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
16 Sep 2016FC Utrecht 1 - 5 FC GroningenEredivisie
17 Jan 2016FC Groningen 1 - 4 FC UtrechtEredivisie
28 Oct 2015FC Utrecht 5 - 3 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
29 Aug 2015FC Utrecht 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
25 Jan 2015FC Groningen 2 - 2 FC UtrechtEredivisie
21 Sep 2014FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
23 Feb 2014FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
11 Aug 2013FC Groningen 2 - 0 FC UtrechtEredivisie
20 Jan 2013FC Groningen 0 - 2 FC UtrechtEredivisie
26 Oct 2012FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
18 Mar 2012FC Utrecht 3 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
17 Dec 2011FC Groningen 1 - 0 FC UtrechtEredivisie
11 Mar 2011FC Utrecht 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
26 Jan 2011FC Utrecht 3 - 2 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
12 Sep 2010FC Groningen 1 - 0 FC UtrechtEredivisie