Excelsior 1-5 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 11 October 2026

Result

Excelsior 1-5 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 11 October 2026, 14:45 UTC · Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam · half-time 1-2

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Excelsior 1-5 FC Groningen: match report

Excelsior were beaten by FC Groningen 1-5 in Eredivisie on Sunday 11 October 2026 at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Marco Rente opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Excelsior's goal came from Irakli Yegoian (36', penalty). FC Groningen scored through Marco Rente (7'), an own goal by Stijn van Gassel (38'), Thom van Bergen (64', penalty), Brynjólfur Willumsson (67') and Marco Rente (90+5').

Discipline: Excelsior received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 7th on 11 points from 7 and FC Groningen 9th on 11 points from 7. In the current table Excelsior are 15th on 11 points and FC Groningen are 8th on 15 points.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Rente of FC Groningen (9.2), ahead of Irakli Yegoian (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Marco RenteFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · David van der WerffFC Groningen
  • 36'Penalty goal · Irakli YegoianExcelsior · 1-1
  • 38'Own goal · Stijn van GasselFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 64'Penalty goal · Thom van BergenFC Groningen · 1-3
  • 67'Goal · Brynjólfur WillumssonFC Groningen · 1-4
  • 80'Yellow card · Tygo LandFC Groningen
  • 90+5'Goal · Marco RenteFC Groningen · 1-5

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8FC Groningen114342624+215WWLDL
15Excelsior113261628-1211DLLLL

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Head-to-head

3 meetings: Excelsior 2, draws 0, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Eric da Silva Moreira, Casper Widell, Jan Plug, Simon Janssen, Irakli Yegoian, Rick Meissen, Lennard Hartjes, Aymen Sliti, David Garden, Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson

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

Etienne Vaessen, Jorg Schreuders, Thijmen Blokzijl, Marco Rente, Hans Hateboer, Tika de Jonge, Pelle Clement, David van der Werff, Thom van Bergen, Jacob Ondrejka, Brynjólfur Willumsson

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