FC Groningen 3-0 Heracles Almelo: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

FC Groningen 3-0 Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie · Saturday 19 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 3-0 Heracles Almelo: match report

FC Groningen beat Heracles Almelo 3-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 19 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Samir Memisevic opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Samir Memisevic (12', penalty), Thomas Bruns (74') and Thomas Bruns (78'). Heracles Almelo did not score.

Discipline: FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards; Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 16th on 15 points from 17 and Heracles Almelo 8th on 26 points from 17. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Heracles Almelo 8th with 48.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Heracles Almelo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Bruns of FC Groningen (8.7), ahead of Samir Memisevic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 2 draws and 4 for Heracles Almelo.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Samir MemisevicFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Thomas BrunsFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Thomas BrunsFC Groningen · 3-0
  • 81'Yellow card · D. ZeefuikFC Groningen
  • 82'Yellow card · Tim HandwerkerFC Groningen
  • 90+3'Yellow card · M. RossmannHeracles Almelo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, Heracles Almelo 4.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Jeff Chabot, Tim Handwerker, Iliass Bel Hassani, Samir Memisevic, Thomas Bruns, Django Warmerdam, Kaj Sierhuis, Mimoun Mahi

Heracles Almelo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Janis Blaswich, Wout Droste, Maximilian Rossmann, Dario Van den Buijs, Lennart Czyborra, Alexander Merkel, Yoëll van Nieff, Lerin Duarte, Kristoffer Peterson, Dabney dos Santos, Brandley Kuwas