FC Groningen 1-1 Vitesse: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

FC Groningen 1-1 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Saturday 21 January 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 1-1 Vitesse: match report

FC Groningen drew with Vitesse 1-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

FC Groningen's goal came from an own goal by K. Leerdam (6'). Vitesse scored through N. Foor (49').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card; Vitesse received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 9th on 23 points from 18 and Vitesse 8th on 26 points from 18. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and Vitesse 6th with 51.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Maikel Van der Werff of Vitesse (7.8), ahead of Yoëll van Nieff (7.3).

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Own goal · K. LeerdamFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · N. FoorVitesse · 1-1
  • 86'Red card · N. FoorVitesse
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Hans HateboerFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 3, draws 3, Vitesse 4.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Kasper Larsen, Etienne Reijnen, Yoëll van Nieff, Hans Hateboer, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Bryan Linssen, Juninho Bacuna, Simon Tibbling, Alexander Sørloth, Mimoun Mahi

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Maikel Van der Werff, Kelvin Leerdam, Arnold Kruiswijk, Guram Kashia, Sheran Yeini, Navarone Foor, Julian Calor, Milot Rashica, Adnane Tighadouini, Ricky van Wolfswinkel