FC Groningen vs SBV Excelsior, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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FC Groningen vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie at Euroborg.
- FC Groningen 32 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
- SBV Excelsior 32 games · 34 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ingmar Oostrom
- Assistant 1 Roan van Marrewijk (Netherlands)
- Assistant 2 Luc de Koning (Netherlands)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 32 78 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 32 61 3 NEC 32 56 4 AFC Ajax 32 55 5 FC Twente '65 32 55 6 AZ 32 50 7 SC Heerenveen 32 50 8 FC Utrecht 32 47 9 Sparta Rotterdam 32 43 10 FC Groningen 32 42 11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 38 12 PEC Zwolle 32 37 13 Fortuna Sittard 32 36 14 SBV Excelsior 32 34 15 Telstar 1963 32 31 16 FC Volendam 32 31 17 NAC Breda 32 25 18 Heracles Almelo 32 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May SBV Excelsior H 2–3 L 25 Apr Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–3 L 11 Apr Go Ahead Eagles H 0–0 D 04 Apr Telstar 1963 A 2–0 W 22 Mar AZ H 3–0 W 13 Mar PEC Zwolle A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May FC Groningen A 3–2 W 26 Apr FC Utrecht H 5–0 W 12 Apr PEC Zwolle A 2–2 D 04 Apr NEC H 0–2 L 20 Mar Heracles Almelo A 1–1 D 15 Mar Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–2 L Season Stats
FC Groningen SBV Excelsior #10 Position #14 42 Points 34 32 Played 32 12 / 6 / 14 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 16 45 Scored 39 43 Conceded 53 +2 GD -14 1.31 PPG 1.06 38% Win % 28% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history31% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season19% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this seasonFC Groningen are 10th (42 pts). SBV Excelsior are 14th (34 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Euroborg will turn into a battlefield for FC Groningen and SBV Excelsior.
- 3' Tika de Jonge puts FC Groningen on the lead.
- 8' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 13' FC Groningen seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 18' SBV Excelsior is showing some good football. However, SBV Excelsior are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 23' It looks surprising SBV Excelsior does not make any changes. Arthur Zagre has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 28' It’s high time Dick Lukkien made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 33' Supporters expect more eagerness from Casper Widell, as he is very good at scoring at Euroborg with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 38' FC Groningen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
- 40' GOAL! Emil Hansson scores on 40.
- 45' Derensili Sanches Fernandes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 47' Sensational shot from Younes Taha. FC Groningen is back in the lead.
- 52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Groningen that had 296 games and scored 198 goals.
- 57' FC Groningen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 62' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with SBV Excelsior winning 50% of all matches.
- 65' Goal! Derensili Sanches Fernandes scores his 5 goal in 135 matches.
- 70' Lennard Hartjes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 41 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 75' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Groningen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 80' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Sensational shot from Gyan de Regt. SBV Excelsior is back in the lead.
- The final score is 2-3.
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FC Groningen
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 5
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- 26
- 14
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- 18
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- 43
- 8
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- 17
Bench- 20
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- 27
- 24
- 13
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- 16
- 7
- 15
- 44
- 34
Coach Dick LukkienSBV Excelsior
4-3-3Starting XI- 7
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- 20
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- 11
- 10
- 14
- 23
- 4
- 30
Bench- 15
- 29
- 9
- 16
- 2
- 6
- 24
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Coach Ruben den Uil -
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