FC Groningen 1-2 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 February 2026

Result

FC Groningen 1-2 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Groningen 1-2 FC Utrecht: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by FC Utrecht 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 February 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Younes Taha opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Younes Taha (52'). FC Utrecht scored through Dani de Wit (79') and Jesper Karlsson (90+1').

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

Going into the game FC Groningen were 8th on 31 points from 22 and FC Utrecht 10th on 27 points from 22. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and FC Utrecht 6th with 57.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Utrecht in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Etienne Vaessen of FC Groningen (7.8), ahead of Dani de Wit (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 3 draws and 5 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Gjivai ZechiëlFC Utrecht
  • 52'Goal · Younes TahaFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 79'Goal · Dani de WitFC Utrecht · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Jesper KarlssonFC Utrecht · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 3, FC Utrecht 5.

Team news

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

Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Thijmen Blokzijl, Dies Janse, Marvin Peersman, David van der Werff, Tygo Land, Stije Resink, Jorg Schreuders, Younes Taha, Thom van Bergen

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

Vasilios Barkas, Niklas Vesterlund, Matisse Didden, Mike van der Hoorn, Souffian El, Alonzo Engwanda, Gjivai Zechiël, Ángel Alarcón, Dani de Wit, Yoann Cathline, Artem Stepanov