Saturday , 14 November 2026

FC Groningen vs SBV Excelsior, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2025-26
FC Groningen
2 – 3
Full Time
SBV Excelsior
Sat 2 May 2026 · 16:45 UTC Euroborg 22,525 HT 45' · FT 45'
Tika de Jonge 3' 1–0
1–1 40' Casper Widell
Younes Taha 47' 2–1
2–2 65' Derensili Sanches Fernandes
2–3 90' Gyan de Regt

Overview

Match Preview

FC Groningen vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie at Euroborg.

Match Details

  • Referee Ingmar Oostrom
  • Assistant 1 Roan van Marrewijk (Netherlands)
  • Assistant 2 Luc de Koning (Netherlands)
4 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 12.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

5
2
FC Groningen 7 games · Avg 3.4 goals SBV Excelsior
Last 5 meetings
2026-05-02 FC Groningen 2–3 SBV Excelsior 2025-12-05 SBV Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen 2023-02-25 FC Groningen 3–0 SBV Excelsior 2023-01-08 SBV Excelsior 1–0 FC Groningen 2019-04-06 FC Groningen 1–0 SBV Excelsior

Recent Form

FC Groningen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
SBV Excelsior
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#9 Position #15
15 Points 11
12 Played 12
4 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 7
29 Scored 16
28 Conceded 29
+1 GD -13
1.25 PPG 0.92
33% Win % 25%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season
17% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season

FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts). SBV Excelsior are 15th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Groningen
0-15
7/4
16-30
6/3
31-45
4/5
46-60
4/5
61-75
3/5
76+
3/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SBV Excelsior
0-15
1/5
16-30
2/–
31-45
6/6
46-60
1/4
61-75
3/6
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Groningen
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 9 G 1 A
Thom van Bergen 8 G 3 A
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A
SBV Excelsior
Irakli Yegoian 3 G 5 A
Aymen Sliti 3 G 1 A
David Garden 3 G
Noah Naujoks 2 G
Casper Widell 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: SBV Excelsior gets underway.
  • 3' Tika de Jonge makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and FC Groningen are in front.
  • 8' 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.
  • 13' FC Groningen are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against SBV Excelsior's 4-3-3 shape.
  • 18' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 23' SBV Excelsior are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 28' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SBV Excelsior needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 33' David van der Werff has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 38' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gyan de Regt suffering a number of foals already.
  • 40' What a strike from Emil Hansson! The score is 1-1.
  • 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SBV Excelsior that had 146 games and scored 172 goals.
  • 47' The Morocco forward Younes Taha breaks the deadlock on 47 minutes. 2-1!
  • 52' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 57' It looks surprising FC Groningen does not make any changes. Derensili Sanches Fernandes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 62' Jorg Schreuders is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Groningen so far.
  • 65' What a moment for Derensili Sanches Fernandes! That strike on 65 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 70' SBV Excelsior fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 75' FC Groningen looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marco Rente scoring 2 goals.
  • 80' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 85' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 90' The deadlock is broken! Gyan de Regt gets on the scoresheet on 90 minutes.
  • Another three points for SBV Excelsior.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dick Lukkien

SBV Excelsior Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ruben den Uil

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Marco Rente 2
Ricardo Pepi 2
Ritsu Doan 1
Derensili Sanches Fernandes 1
Mimoun Mahi 1
Younes Taha 1
Mateo Cassierra 1
Tika de Jonge 1

Head to Head

2026-05-02 FC Groningen 2–3 SBV Excelsior 2025-12-05 SBV Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen 2023-02-25 FC Groningen 3–0 SBV Excelsior 2023-01-08 SBV Excelsior 1–0 FC Groningen 2019-04-06 FC Groningen 1–0 SBV Excelsior

FC Groningen Form

2026-05-02 FC Groningen 2–3 SBV Excelsior L 2026-04-25 Feyenoord Rotterdam 3–1 FC Groningen L 2026-04-11 FC Groningen 0–0 Go Ahead Eagles D 2026-04-04 Telstar 1963 0–2 FC Groningen W 2026-03-22 FC Groningen 3–0 AZ W 2026-03-13 PEC Zwolle 1–1 FC Groningen D

SBV Excelsior Form

2026-05-02 FC Groningen 2–3 SBV Excelsior W 2026-04-26 SBV Excelsior 5–0 FC Utrecht W 2026-04-12 PEC Zwolle 2–2 SBV Excelsior D 2026-04-04 SBV Excelsior 0–2 NEC L 2026-03-20 Heracles Almelo 1–1 SBV Excelsior D 2026-03-15 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2–1 SBV Excelsior L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.59 FC Groningen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 SBV Excelsior xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Groningen55% Draw22% SBV Excelsior23%
Actual: SBV Excelsior win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 4.05
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 38%
62%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw
77%
Draw or SBV Excelsior
45%
FC Groningen or SBV Excelsior
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Groningen46% Draw36% SBV Excelsior18%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
2 – 1
8.3%
1 – 1
7.4%
3 – 1
7.1%
2 – 0
6%
2 – 2
6%
3 – 2
5.1%
3 – 0
5%
1 – 2
4.7%
4 – 1
4.6%
1 – 0
4.2%
4 – 2
3.4%
4 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap FC Groningen covers Push SBV Excelsior covers
-2.5 23% — 77%
-2 23% 18% 59%
-1.5 41% — 59%
-1 41% 20% 39%
-0.5 61% — 39%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 11% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.