Vitesse 2-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Vitesse 2-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 1 October 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Vitesse 2-1 FC Groningen: match report

Vitesse won against FC Groningen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Danny Hoesen opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Vitesse's goals came from Lewis Baker (44') and K. Leerdam (76'). FC Groningen scored through Danny Hoesen (4', penalty).

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

Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 10 points from 7 and FC Groningen 13th on 6 points from 7. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 51 points, and FC Groningen 8th with 43.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Baker of Vitesse (8.8), ahead of Guram Kashia (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Vitesse wins, 2 draws and 0 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Danny HoesenFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 4'Yellow card · Milot RashicaVitesse
  • 25'Yellow card · Adnane TighadouiniVitesse
  • 43'Yellow card · Jason DavidsonFC Groningen
  • 44'Goal · Lewis BakerVitesse · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · K. LeerdamVitesse · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Vitesse 4, draws 2, FC Groningen 0.

Team news

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Maikel Van der Werff, Kelvin Leerdam, Arnold Kruiswijk, Guram Kashia, Marvelous Nakamba, Navarone Foor, Lewis Baker, Milot Rashica, Adnane Tighadouini, Ricky van Wolfswinkel

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