Excelsior 2-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Excelsior 2-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 12 March 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Excelsior beat FC Groningen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 12 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Tom van Weert opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Tom van Weert (49') and Jeff Stans (54', penalty). FC Groningen scored through Michael de Leeuw (71').

Discipline: Excelsior received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 16th on 23 points from 26 and FC Groningen 13th on 30 points from 26. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 33 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 49.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rick Kruys of Excelsior (8.2), ahead of Michael de Leeuw (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 3 draws and 7 for FC Groningen.