FC Twente 4-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2012

Result

FC Twente 4-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Twente 4-1 FC Groningen: match report

FC Twente beat FC Groningen 4-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 29 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Luuk de Jong opened the scoring in the 14th minute. FC Twente's goals came from Luuk de Jong (14'), Luuk de Jong (23'), Luuk de Jong (58') and Leroy Fer (67'). FC Groningen scored through Virgil van Dijk (47').

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

Going into the game FC Twente were 3rd on 36 points from 18 and FC Groningen 8th on 29 points from 18. FC Twente went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and FC Groningen 14th with 37.

FC Twente lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Groningen in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Twente wins, 3 draws and 1 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Luuk de JongFC Twente · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Luuk de JongFC Twente · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Virgil van DijkFC Groningen · 2-1
  • 55'Yellow card · DouglasFC Twente
  • 58'Goal · Luuk de JongFC Twente · 3-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkFC Groningen
  • 63'Yellow card · Tim SparvFC Groningen
  • 67'Goal · Leroy FerFC Twente · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Twente 6, draws 3, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

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

Nikolay Mihaylov, Peter Wisgerhof, Roberto Rosales, Douglas, Dwight Tiendalli, Wout Brama, Leroy Fer, Emir Bajrami, Luuk de Jong, Nacer Chadli, O. John

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

Luciano, Johan Kappelhof, Virgil van Dijk, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Kees Kwakman, Petter Andersson, Tom Hiariej, David Texeira, Dusan Tadic, N. Pedersen, Tim Sparv