FC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Wednesday 5 April 2017

Result

FC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Wednesday 5 April 2017, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report

FC Groningen won against NEC Nijmegen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Wednesday 5 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mimoun Mahi opened the scoring in the 30th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Mimoun Mahi (30') and J. Bacuna (67'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

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

Going into the game FC Groningen were 12th on 30 points from 28 and NEC Nijmegen 14th on 27 points from 28. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Juninho Bacuna of FC Groningen (8.7), ahead of Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Groningen wins, 4 draws and 3 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Mimoun MahiFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · J. BacunaFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Janio BikelNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 3, draws 4, NEC Nijmegen 3.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Samir Memisevic, Etienne Reijnen, Tom Hiariej, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Simon Tibbling, Bryan Linssen, Mimoun Mahi

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Joris Delle, Dario Dumic, Janio Bikel, Lorenzo Burnet, F. Sturing, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Julian von Haacke, Gregor Breinburg, Taiwo Awoniyi, Mohamed Rayhi, André Fomitschow