Excelsior 0-2 FC Groningen: result and report
Eredivisie · Friday 5 December 2025
Result
Excelsior 0-2 FC Groningen
Eredivisie · Friday 5 December 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Excelsior 0-2 FC Groningen: match report
Excelsior were beaten by FC Groningen 0-2 in Eredivisie on Friday 5 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Thom van Bergen opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Excelsior did not score. FC Groningen scored through Thom van Bergen (61') and Stije Resink (90+2', penalty).
Discipline: Excelsior received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Excelsior were 13th on 16 points from 14 and FC Groningen 8th on 20 points from 14. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and FC Groningen 9th with 48.
Excelsior lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stijn van Gassel of Excelsior (8.0), ahead of Younes Taha (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Excelsior win, 0 draws and 0 for FC Groningen.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Thijmen Blokzijl
- 45+3'Yellow card · Rick Meissen
- 58'Yellow card · Marco Rente
- 61'Goal · Thom van Bergen
- 70'Red card · Stijn Middendorp
- 85'Yellow card
- 85'Yellow card · Do-young Yoon
- 89'Second yellow · Marco Rente
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Stije Resink
Head-to-head
Team news
Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Rick Meissen, Arthur Zagré, Stijn Middendorp, Lennard Hartjes, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Noah Naujoks, Gyan de Regt, Jerolldino Bergraaf
FC Groningen line-up (4-4-2)
Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Thijmen Blokzijl, Dies Janse, Marvin Peersman, Jorg Schreuders, Tika de Jonge, Stije Resink, Younes Taha, Brynjólfur Willumsson, Thom van Bergen