NEC Nijmegen 3-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 31 October 2021

Result

NEC Nijmegen 3-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 31 October 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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NEC Nijmegen 3-0 FC Groningen: match report

NEC Nijmegen defeated FC Groningen 3-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 31 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

A. Akman opened the scoring in the 45th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from A. Akman (45+1'), E. Tavşan (55') and Jonathan Okita (90+2'). FC Groningen did not score.

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 9th on 14 points from 10 and FC Groningen 15th on 10 points from 10. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 11th with 38 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 36.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Souffian El of NEC Nijmegen (8.1), ahead of Elayis Tavsan (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Goal · A. AkmanNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · E. TavşanNEC Nijmegen · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Cyril NgongeFC Groningen
  • 81'Yellow card · Wessel DammersFC Groningen
  • 90+2'Goal · Jonathan OkitaNEC Nijmegen · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 3, draws 4, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Cas Odenthal, Souffian El, Jordy Bruijn, Édgar Barreto, Lasse Schöne, Elayis Tavsan, Ali Akman, Jonathan Okita

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

Peter Leeuwenburgh, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Wessel Dammers, Bart van Hintum, Damil Dankerlui, Laros Duarte, Tomas Suslov, Mohammed El Hankouri, Cyril Ngonge, Paulos Abraham, Michael de Leeuw