FC Groningen 2-1 Heracles Almelo: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 22 May 2011

Result

FC Groningen 2-1 Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie · Sunday 22 May 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-1 Heracles Almelo: match report

FC Groningen beat Heracles Almelo 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Petter Andersson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Petter Andersson (29') and Oluwafemi Ajilore (47'). Heracles Almelo scored through Glynor Plet (87').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 6th on 57 points from 35 and Heracles Almelo 8th on 52 points from 35. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Heracles Almelo 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 1 draw and 5 for Heracles Almelo.

Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Heracles Almelo's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jonas IvensFC Groningen
  • 28'Yellow card · Tim SparvFC Groningen
  • 29'Goal · Petter AnderssonFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Oluwafemi AjiloreFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Thomas EnevoldsenFC Groningen
  • 76'Second yellow · Tim SparvFC Groningen
  • 76'Yellow card · Mark Jan FledderusHeracles Almelo
  • 79'Yellow card · Ben RienstraHeracles Almelo
  • 87'Goal · Glynor PletHeracles Almelo · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Peter ReekersHeracles Almelo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 1, Heracles Almelo 5.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up

Luciano, Jonas Ivens, Fredrik Stenman, Andreas Granqvist, Danny Holla, Leandro Bacuna, Oluwafemi Ajilore, Petter Andersson, Tom Hiariej, Dusan Tadic, Tim Sparv

Heracles Almelo line-up

Remko Pasveer, Tim Breukers, Birger Maertens, Antoine van der Linden, Mark Looms, Mark Jan Fledderus, Marko Vejinović, Kwame Quansah, Everton, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros, Darl Douglas