PSV 5-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 August 2026

Result

PSV 5-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 August 2026, 12:30 UTC · Philips Stadion, Eindhoven · half-time 3-1

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PSV 5-1 FC Groningen: match report

PSV beat FC Groningen 5-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 23 August 2026 at Philips Stadion. The half-time score was 3-1.

Brynjólfur Willumsson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. PSV's goals came from an own goal by Thijmen Blokzijl (11'), Ivan Perisic (35'), Ricardo Pepi (45+3', penalty), Ivan Perisic (53') and Sergiño Dest (56'). FC Groningen scored through Brynjólfur Willumsson (9').

Discipline: PSV received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game PSV were 6th on 4 points from 2 and FC Groningen 3rd on 6 points from 2. In the current table PSV are 3rd on 23 points and FC Groningen are 8th on 15 points.

PSV lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Perisic of PSV (9.0), ahead of Guus Til (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 PSV wins, 0 draws and 1 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Brynjólfur WillumssonFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 11'Own goal · Thijmen BlokzijlPSV · 1-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Ruben van BommelPSV
  • 35'Goal · Ivan PerisicPSV · 2-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Márk CsingerFC Groningen
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Ricardo PepiPSV · 3-1
  • 53'Goal · Ivan PerisicPSV · 4-1
  • 56'Goal · Sergiño DestPSV · 5-1

Form and table

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3PSV117223513+2223LWLDW
8FC Groningen114342624+215WWLDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: PSV 9, draws 0, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

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PSV line-up (4-3-3)

Matej Kovar, Sergiño Dest, Ryan Flamingo, Armando Obispo, Mauro Júnior, Guus Til, Kodai Sano, Noah Fernandez, Ivan Perisic, Ricardo Pepi, Ruben van Bommel

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

Etienne Vaessen, Jorg Schreuders, Thijmen Blokzijl, Márk Csinger, Wouter Prins, Tika de Jonge, Tygo Land, David van der Werff, Thom van Bergen, Pelle Clement, Brynjólfur Willumsson

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