Wednesday , 30 September 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)
3 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 15.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

4
2
FC Groningen 6 games · Avg 3.0 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
#8 Position #7
11 Points 11
7 Played 7
3 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 2
15 Scored 15
13 Conceded 9
+2 GD +6
1.57 PPG 1.57
43% Win % 43%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season
29% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season

FC Groningen are 8th (11 pts). SBV Excelsior are 7th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Groningen
Thom van Bergen 4 G 2 A
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 4 G
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A
SBV Excelsior
Aymen Sliti 3 G 1 A
David Garden 3 G
Irakli Yegoian 2 G 5 A
Noah Naujoks 2 G
Casper Widell 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: SBV Excelsior gets underway.
  • 3' A stunning finish from Tika de Jonge — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 8' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Marco Rente made 527 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 13' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 18' It’s high time Ruben den Uil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 23' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 28' SBV Excelsior are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 33' FC Groningen currently sit 9 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 38' FC Groningen are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against SBV Excelsior's 4-3-3 shape.
  • 40' What composure from Emil Hansson! The Sweden international strokes it home. 1-1.
  • 45' SBV Excelsior come into this ranked 14 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 47' A goal from the Morocco international Younes Taha! He fires home on 47 to make it 2-1!
  • 52' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Groningen and SBV Excelsior are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 57' 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.
  • 62' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 65' Derensili Sanches Fernandes adds to his 2 season tally! SBV Excelsior lead 2-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 70' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Groningen and SBV Excelsior are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 80' Over 80 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 85' SBV Excelsior have won 170 goals from 144 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 90' Gyan de Regt puts SBV Excelsior on the lead.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-3.

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
Ricardo Pepi 2
Johan Hove 1
Luigi Bruins 1
Gyan de Regt 1
Ryan Koolwijk 1
Casper Widell 1
Ritsu Doan 1
Derensili Sanches Fernandes 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
3 / 4
1.7 FC Groningen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.69 SBV Excelsior xG
I would bet for: FC Groningen or SBV Excelsior 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Groningen39% Draw26% SBV Excelsior35%
Actual: SBV Excelsior win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.39
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw
64%
Draw or SBV Excelsior
61%
FC Groningen or SBV Excelsior
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Groningen29% Draw42% SBV Excelsior29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
10.6%
2 – 1
7.9%
1 – 2
7.9%
2 – 2
6.6%
1 – 0
5.1%
0 – 1
5%
2 – 0
4.9%
0 – 0
4.9%
0 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.5%
1 – 3
4.4%
3 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap FC Groningen covers Push SBV Excelsior covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 18% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 18% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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