NEC Nijmegen 5-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 October 2007

Result

NEC Nijmegen 5-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 October 2007, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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NEC Nijmegen 5-1 FC Groningen: match report

NEC Nijmegen defeated FC Groningen 5-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 28 October 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Youssef El-Akchaoui opened the scoring in the 5th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Youssef El-Akchaoui (5', penalty), L. Davids (63'), J. van Beukering (74'), Jonas Olsson (78') and J. van Beukering (87'). FC Groningen scored through Koen van de Laak (7', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 17th on 5 points from 8 and FC Groningen 8th on 14 points from 8. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and FC Groningen 8th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 NEC Nijmegen wins, 2 draws and 2 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Penalty goal · Youssef El-AkchaouiNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 7'Penalty goal · Koen van de LaakFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · L. DavidsNEC Nijmegen · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · J. van BeukeringNEC Nijmegen · 3-1
  • 78'Goal · Jonas OlssonNEC Nijmegen · 4-1
  • 87'Goal · J. van BeukeringNEC Nijmegen · 5-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 0, draws 2, FC Groningen 2.