Excelsior vs Groningen

Eredivisie · Dec 5, 2025 · 19:00

Final score: Excelsior 0–2 Groningen

Standings

• Excelsior: #13 · 38 Pts · 34 P (10W 8D 16L)
• Groningen: #9 · 48 Pts · 34 P (14W 6D 14L)

Recent form

Excelsior

• W Nov 29, 2025: Excelsior 1–0 NAC Breda
• W Nov 22, 2025: Ajax 1–2 Excelsior
• L Nov 8, 2025: Excelsior 1–2 Heracles
• D Nov 1, 2025: Telstar 2–2 Excelsior
• L Oct 26, 2025: GO Ahead Eagles 2–0 Excelsior

Groningen

• L Dec 2, 2025: Ajax 2–0 Groningen
• D Nov 23, 2025: Groningen 2–2 PEC Zwolle
• L Nov 9, 2025: NEC Nijmegen 2–0 Groningen
• D Nov 2, 2025: Groningen 1–1 Twente
• W Oct 25, 2025: Fortuna Sittard 1–2 Groningen

Head-to-head

• 2026-05-02T16:45:00+00:00: Groningen 2–3 Excelsior
• 2025-12-05T19:00:00+00:00: Excelsior 0–2 Groningen
• 2024-01-16T19:00:00+00:00: Excelsior 0–2 Groningen
• 2023-02-25T15:30:00+00:00: Groningen 3–0 Excelsior
• 2023-01-08T15:45:00+00:00: Excelsior 1–0 Groningen

Match events

• 21' Card Yellow Card — Thijmen Blokzijl (Groningen)
• 45'+3 Card Yellow Card — Rick Meissen (Excelsior)
• 45'+2 Var Penalty cancelled — Thom van Bergen (Groningen)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — R. Meissen (Excelsior) (assists: S. Henderikx)
• 46' subst Substitution 2 — L. Hartjes (Excelsior) (assists: L. Schouten)
• 58' Card Yellow Card — Marco Rente (Groningen)
• 61' Goal Normal Goal — T. van Bergen (Groningen)
• 70' Card Red Card — Stijn Middendorp (Excelsior)
• 70' Var Card upgrade — Stijn Middendorp (Excelsior)
• 72' subst Substitution 1 — B. Willumsson (Groningen) (assists: D. van der Werff)
• 72' subst Substitution 2 — T. de Jonge (Groningen) (assists: T. Land)
• 76' subst Substitution 3 — A. Zagre (Excelsior) (assists: S. Janssen)
• 81' subst Substitution 4 — D. Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior) (assists: D. Yoon)
• 81' subst Substitution 5 — J. Bergraaf (Excelsior) (assists: S. Wlodarczyk)
• 85' Card Yellow Card — Yoon Do-young (Excelsior)
• 88' subst Substitution 3 — M. Peersman (Groningen) (assists: W. Prins)
• 88' subst Substitution 4 — Y. Taha (Groningen) (assists: N. Eggens)
• 89' Card Yellow Card — Marco Rente (Groningen)
• 89' Card Red Card — Marco Rente (Groningen)
• 90'+5 subst Substitution 5 — J. Schreuders (Groningen) (assists: T. Mercera)
• 90' Goal Penalty — S. Resink (Groningen)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 6 — 8
• Shots off Goal: 8 — 8
• Total Shots: 16 — 20
• Blocked Shots: 2 — 4
• Shots insidebox: 14 — 12
• Shots outsidebox: 2 — 8
• Fouls: 10 — 9
• Corner Kicks: 5 — 5
• Offsides: 3 — 2
• Ball Possession: 46% — 54%
• Yellow Cards: 2 — 3
• Red Cards: 1 — 1
• Goalkeeper Saves: 6 — 5
• Total passes: 417 — 502
• Passes accurate: 325 — 414
• Passes %: 78% — 82%
• expected_goals: 2.01 — 3.89
• goals_prevented: 0.71 — 0.71