FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 21 August 2015

Result

FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Friday 21 August 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

FC Groningen · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

FC Groningen 2-0 Excelsior: match report

FC Groningen defeated Excelsior 2-0 in Eredivisie on Friday 21 August 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Mimoun Mahi opened the scoring in the 70th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Mimoun Mahi (70') and Mimoun Mahi (86'). Excelsior did not score.

Discipline: FC Groningen received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Excelsior 12th on 1 point from 2. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Excelsior 15th with 33.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mimoun Mahi of FC Groningen (8.2), ahead of Hans Hateboer (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 69'Yellow card · Kevin Van DiermenExcelsior
  • 70'Goal · Mimoun MahiFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 86'Goal · Mimoun MahiFC Groningen · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 7, draws 3, Excelsior 0.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Johan Kappelhof, Lorenzo Burnet, Etienne Reijnen, Hans Hateboer, J. Drost, Simon Tibbling, Tom Hiariej, Michael de Leeuw, Albert Rusnák, Bryan Linssen

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Filip Kurto, Khalid Karami, Kevin Van Diermen, Bas Kuipers, Sander Fischer, Rick Kruys, Adil Auassar, Jeff Stans, Jordan Botaka, Tom van Weert, Nigel Hasselbaink