FC Utrecht 3-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2012

Result

FC Utrecht 3-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Utrecht 3-1 FC Groningen: match report

FC Utrecht won against FC Groningen 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 18 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Dusan Tadić opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Utrecht's goals came from Edouard Duplan (42'), Cedric van der Gun (84') and Alexander Gerndt (89'). FC Groningen scored through Dusan Tadić (13').

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

Going into the game FC Utrecht were 15th on 27 points from 25 and FC Groningen 11th on 32 points from 25. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and FC Groningen 14th with 37.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Dusan TadićFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Jonas IvensFC Groningen
  • 31'Yellow card · Nana AsareFC Utrecht
  • 42'Goal · Edouard DuplanFC Utrecht · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Johan KappelhofFC Groningen
  • 84'Goal · Cedric van der GunFC Utrecht · 2-1
  • 89'Goal · Alexander GerndtFC Utrecht · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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FC Utrecht line-up

Roberto Fernández, Mark van der Maarel, Nana Asare, Alje Schut, Mike van der Hoorn, Johan Martensson, Anouar Kali, Edouard Duplan, Cedric van der Gun, Michael Zullo, Alexander Gerndt

FC Groningen line-up

Luciano, Jonas Ivens, Johan Kappelhof, Virgil van Dijk, Leandro Bacuna, M. Jones, Petter Andersson, David Texeira, Dusan Tadic, Tim Sparv, Lorenzo Burnet