VVV-Venlo 0-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 April 2021

Result

VVV-Venlo 0-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 April 2021, 16:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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VVV-Venlo 0-1 FC Groningen: match report

VVV-Venlo lost to FC Groningen 0-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 3 April 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Mohammed El Hankouri of FC Groningen in the 87th minute.

Discipline: VVV-Venlo received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VVV-Venlo were 16th on 22 points from 27 and FC Groningen 6th on 43 points from 27. VVV-Venlo went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 50.

VVV-Venlo lined up in a 5-3-2 and FC Groningen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Kum of VVV-Venlo (7.8), ahead of Sergio Padt (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 VVV-Venlo wins, 5 draws and 2 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Azor MatusiwaFC Groningen
  • 20'Second yellow · Azor MatusiwaFC Groningen
  • 87'Goal · Mohammed El HankouriFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Alessio Da CruzFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VVV-Venlo 3, draws 5, FC Groningen 2.

Team news

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VVV-Venlo line-up (5-3-2)

Thorsten Kirschbaum, Tobias Pachonik, Roy Gelmi, Kristopher Da Graca, Christian Kum, Tristan Dekker, Steffen Schäfer, Zinédine Machach, Simon Janssen, Vito van Crooij, Georgios Giakoumakis

FC Groningen line-up (3-5-2)

Sergio Padt, Mike te Wierik, Wessel Dammers, Ko Itakura, Mohammed El Hankouri, Tomas Suslov, Azor Matusiwa, Alessio Da Cruz, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Ahmed El Messaoudi