FC Utrecht 1-5 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 16 September 2016

Result

FC Utrecht 1-5 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Friday 16 September 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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FC Utrecht 1-5 FC Groningen: match report

FC Utrecht were beaten by FC Groningen 1-5 in Eredivisie on Friday 16 September 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Oussama Idrissi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Utrecht's goal came from Richairo Živković (60'). FC Groningen scored through Oussama Idrissi (13'), Oussama Idrissi (44'), Danny Hoesen (66'), Tom van Weert (80') and Danny Hoesen (90+3').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Utrecht were 13th on 4 points from 5 and FC Groningen 18th on 2 points from 5. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and FC Groningen 8th with 43.

FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and FC Groningen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Oussama Idrissi of FC Groningen (9.6), ahead of Danny Hoesen (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Utrecht wins, 1 draw and 1 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Oussama IdrissiFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Oussama IdrissiFC Groningen · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Richairo ŽivkovićFC Utrecht · 1-2
  • 66'Goal · Danny HoesenFC Groningen · 1-3
  • 80'Goal · Tom van WeertFC Groningen · 1-4
  • 90+3'Goal · Danny HoesenFC Groningen · 1-5

Head-to-head

7 meetings: FC Utrecht 5, draws 1, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)

Robbin Ruiter, Ramon Leeuwin, Menno Koch, Robin Van der Meer, Giovanni Troupée, Yassin Ayoub, Rico Strieder, Patrick Joosten, Sofyan Amrabat, Richairo Zivkovic, Sébastien Haller

FC Groningen line-up (4-3-3)

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Kasper Larsen, Samir Memisevic, Hans Hateboer, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Bryan Linssen, Tom Hiariej, Danny Hoesen, Mimoun Mahi, Oussama Idrissi