FC Groningen 2-1 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 9 August 2026

Result

FC Groningen 2-1 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Sunday 9 August 2026, 12:30 UTC · Euroborg, Groningen · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-1 FC Utrecht: match report

FC Groningen won against FC Utrecht 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 9 August 2026 at Euroborg. The half-time score was 1-0.

Brynjólfur Willumsson opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Brynjólfur Willumsson (8') and Thom van Bergen (48'). FC Utrecht scored through Adrian Blake (80').

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

In the current table FC Groningen are 8th on 15 points and FC Utrecht are 12th on 12 points.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Etienne Vaessen of FC Groningen (8.3), ahead of Thom van Bergen (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Groningen win, 0 draws and 4 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Brynjólfur WillumssonFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · Thom van BergenFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Adrian BlakeFC Utrecht · 2-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Dani de WitFC Utrecht
  • 88'Yellow card · Joris van OvereemFC Utrecht

Form and table

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8FC Groningen114342624+215WWLDL
12FC Utrecht113351931-1212LWWDL

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Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Groningen 1, draws 0, FC Utrecht 4.

Team news

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

Etienne Vaessen, Jorg Schreuders, Thijmen Blokzijl, Marco Rente, Wouter Prins, Tika de Jonge, Tygo Land, David van der Werff, Thom van Bergen, Pelle Clement, Brynjólfur Willumsson

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

Michael Brouwer, Niklas Vesterlund, Siebe Horemans, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Arthur Zagré, Dani de Wit, Joris van Overeem, Ferdinand Pohl, Ángel Alarcón, David Min, Yoann Cathline

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