Willem II 2-3 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Thursday 14 January 2021

Result

Willem II 2-3 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Thursday 14 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Willem II 2-3 FC Groningen: match report

Willem II lost to FC Groningen 2-3 in Eredivisie on Thursday 14 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mohammed El Hankouri opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Willem II's goals came from Che Nunnely (60') and Vangelis Pavlidis (79'). FC Groningen scored through Mohammed El Hankouri (50'), Ko Itakura (84') and Mohammed El Hankouri (90+3').

Discipline: Willem II received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Willem II were 17th on 9 points from 15 and FC Groningen 7th on 27 points from 15. Willem II went on to finish that season 14th with 31 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 50.

Willem II 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 Mohammed El Hankouri of FC Groningen (8.9), ahead of Gabriel Gudmundsson (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Goal · Mohammed El HankouriFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Che NunnelyWillem II · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisWillem II · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Ko ItakuraFC Groningen · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ko ItakuraFC Groningen
  • 90+3'Goal · Mohammed El HankouriFC Groningen · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Willem II 4, draws 3, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

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Willem II line-up (4-3-3)

Jorn Brondeel, Leeroy Owusu, Sebastian Holmén, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Derrick Köhn, Driess Saddiki, Görkem Sağlam, Freek Heerkens, Ché Nunnely, Kwasi Wriedt, Vangelis Pavlidis

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

Sergio Padt, Damil Dankerlui, Ko Itakura, Bart van Hintum, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Daniël van Kaam, Azor Matusiwa, Tomas Suslov, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Patrick Joosten, Jørgen Strand Larsen