Excelsior 1-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 8 January 2023

Result

Excelsior 1-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 8 January 2023, 15:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Excelsior 1-0 FC Groningen: match report

Excelsior beat FC Groningen 1-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 8 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Redouan El Yaakoubi of Excelsior in the 69th minute.

Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 14th on 13 points from 14 and FC Groningen 15th on 12 points from 14. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 32 points, and FC Groningen 18th with 18.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Redouan El Yaakoubi of Excelsior (8.1), ahead of Stijn van Gassel (7.8).

Going into the match Excelsior's last five read L-L-L-W-L and FC Groningen's L-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Marouan AzarkanExcelsior
  • 40'Yellow card · Liam van GelderenFC Groningen
  • 59'Yellow card · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior
  • 61'Yellow card · T. SuslovFC Groningen
  • 69'Goal · Redouan El YaakoubiExcelsior · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Isak Dybvik MäättäFC Groningen

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Julian Baas, Adrian Fein, Marouan Azarkan, Kenzo Goudmijn, Couhaib Driouech, Mike van Duinen

FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michael Verrips, Liam van Gelderen, Thijmen Blokzijl, Radinio Balker, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Thom van Bergen, Luciano Valente, Tomas Suslov, Ricardo Pepi