FC Groningen 1-4 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 January 2016

Result

FC Groningen 1-4 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 January 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Groningen 1-4 FC Utrecht: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by FC Utrecht 1-4 in Eredivisie on Sunday 17 January 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Bart Ramselaar opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Alexander Sörloth (27'). FC Utrecht scored through Bart Ramselaar (16'), Timo Letschert (48'), Christian Kum (59') and A. Ludwig (61').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card; FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 9th on 22 points from 17 and FC Utrecht 5th on 31 points from 17. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and FC Utrecht 4th with 61.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Kum of FC Utrecht (8.5), ahead of Bart Ramselaar (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Groningen win, 1 draw and 4 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Bart RamselaarFC Utrecht · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Alexander SörlothFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Timo LetschertFC Utrecht · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · A. LudwigFC Utrecht
  • 59'Goal · Christian KumFC Utrecht · 1-3
  • 61'Goal · A. LudwigFC Utrecht · 1-4
  • 76'Second yellow · A. LudwigFC Utrecht
  • 88'Yellow card · Michael de LeeuwFC Groningen

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Groningen 1, draws 1, FC Utrecht 4.

Team news

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FC Groningen expected line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Padt, Etienne Reijnen, Hans Hateboer, Kasper Larsen, Johan Kappelhof, Albert Rusnák, Hedwiges Maduro, Bryan Linssen, Simon Tibbling

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

Robbin Ruiter, Mark van der Maarel, Ramon Leeuwin, Timo Letschert, Christian Kum, Bart Ramselaar, Rico Strieder, Andreas Ludwig, Yassin Ayoub, Patrick Joosten, Sébastien Haller