Groningen - Utrecht

Logo Groningen
Groningen
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Eredivisie Season 2026 - Round 1
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: Joey Kooij
Logo Utrecht
Utrecht
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Result

Ball possession

59%
41%

Timeline

Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson
1-0
8'
Marco Rente (out)
Elvis Arnold van der Laan (in)
30'
Goal cancelled
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson
VAR
35'
Thom van Bergen
2-0
48'
62'
David Min (out)
Zidane Iqbal (in)
62'
Yoann Cathline (out)
Adrian Blake (in)
70'
Siebe Horemans (out)
Guus Offerhaus (in)
Wouter Prins (out)
Tyrique Mercera (in)
71'
80'
2-1
Adrian Blake
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson (out)
Travis Hearnes (in)
81'
Pelle Clement (out)
(in)
81'
84'
Dani de Wit
84'
Ángel Alarcón Galiot (out)
Kevin Paredes (in)
88'
Joris van Overeem

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 Groningen 2.25 2.30 2.25 2.25 2.32 2.20 2.20 2.37 2.23 2.29 2.16 2.30 2.28 2.25
X Draw 3.40 3.44 3.25 3.40 3.30 3.50 3.50 3.45 3.34 3.48 3.20 3.40 3.25 3.25
2 Utrecht 3.00 3.17 2.90 3.20 3.15 3.00 3.00 3.05 3.08 3.18 2.82 3.10 3.05 2.90

Previous confrontations (H2H)

4 Groningen
7 Draw
13 Utrecht
46% Over 2.5 goals
54% Both teams scored
2.4 Goals per match
Logo Groningen 4 | Logo Utrecht 10 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Utrecht 1-5 Groningen (2016)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Groningen
1.00
Logo Utrecht
1.38
Goals in home matches
Logo Groningen
0.83
Logo Utrecht
1.25
Goals in away matches
Logo Groningen
1.17
Logo Utrecht
1.50
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Groningen
Utrecht
5
Shots on goal
7
4
Shots off goal
7
16
Total shots
14
10
Shots inside box
12
6
Shots outside box
2
12
Fouls
17
5
Corners
1
1
Offsides
4
6
Goalkeeper saved
3
449
Total passes
306
365
Passes success
225
81%
Passes %
74%
1.55
Expected goals (xG)
2.27
-0.79
Goals prevented
-0.79

Stadion

Stadion name

Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium

Capacity

22579

Address

Boumaboulevard 41
Groningen

table 2026

Eredivisie
Team Pts
AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 19
Feyenoord Feyenoord 17
PSV Eindhoven PSV Eindhoven 16
Twente Twente 16
Ajax Ajax 14
Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard 13
Excelsior Excelsior 11
Groningen Groningen 11
GO Ahead Eagles GO Ahead Eagles 9
Heerenveen Heerenveen 9
NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen 7
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 5
Telstar Telstar 5
Cambuur Cambuur 5
Utrecht Utrecht 5
PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle 4
ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag 2
Willem II Willem II 2
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Groningen Groningen — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Dick Lukkien
1
Etienne Vaessen
14
Jorg Schreuders
3
Thijmen Blokzijl
5
Marco Rente
2
Wouter Prins
8
Tika de Jonge
18
Tygo Land
17
David van der Werff
26
Thom van Bergen
24
Pelle Clement
9
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson
10
Yoann Cathline
9
David Min
11
Ángel Alarcón Galiot
53
8
Joris van Overeem
20
Dani de Wit
92
Arthur Zagre
44
Mike Eerdhuijzen
2
Siebe Horemans
23
Niclas Vesterlund
25
Michael Brouwer
Utrecht — Formation: 4-3-3 Logo Utrecht
Coach: Anthony Correia

Substitutes

Substitutes Groningen

Name Age Position
Rijk Janse 24 Goalkeeper
Lovro Štubljar 22 Goalkeeper
Nikolas Brandis 21 Defender
Tyrique Mercera 22 Defender
Elvis Arnold van der Laan 18 Defender
Besnik Mashuku - Midfielder
Alvin Vilhelm Valdemar Nordin 18 Midfielder
Travis Hearnes - Midfielder
Nils Eggens 21 Attacker

Substitutes Utrecht

Name Age Position
Kevin Gadellaa 23 Goalkeeper
Guus Offerhaus 25 Defender
Per Kloosterboer 21 Defender
Zidane Iqbal 23 Midfielder
Kevin Paredes 23 Midfielder
Adrian Blake 21 Attacker
Davy van den Berg 26 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
17 Logo Groningen David van der Werff 8.7 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 44 4 37 2 - 1 13 9 6 4 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Groningen Etienne Vaessen 8.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 61 2 35 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 6 1 0 0 0
15 Logo Utrecht Adrian Blake (sub) 7.9 28 Attacker 1 0 2 1 10 - 8 - - - 3 2 1 - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Groningen Thom van Bergen 7.6 90 Midfielder 1 0 4 2 20 1 18 2 - - 16 9 3 2 2 4 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Groningen Thijmen Blokzijl ©️ 7.3 90 Defender - 0 - - 71 - 62 1 - 2 7 5 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Groningen Tygo Land 7.3 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 49 3 44 - - - 3 2 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Groningen Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 7.3 81 Attacker 1 0 3 3 10 - 7 2 - - 10 5 - - - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
92 Logo Utrecht Arthur Zagre 7.3 90 Defender - 0 - - 23 5 21 3 2 1 9 4 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Utrecht Guus Offerhaus (sub) 7.2 20 Defender - 0 - - 8 - 6 1 2 1 2 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Groningen Pelle Clement 7.0 81 Midfielder - 0 - - 20 1 15 - - - 9 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Utrecht Zidane Iqbal (sub) 7.0 28 Midfielder - 0 - - 16 2 14 - - - 2 1 2 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Groningen Marco Rente 6.9 30 Defender - 0 - - 19 - 14 1 - - 2 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Groningen Travis Hearnes (sub) 6.9 9 Midfielder - 0 - - 4 1 3 - - - 1 1 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
34 Logo Utrecht Davy van den Berg (sub) 6.9 28 Midfielder - 1 - - 8 2 7 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Groningen Elvis Arnold van der Laan (sub) 6.7 60 Defender - 0 - - 29 - 28 - - - 9 4 - - - 3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Utrecht Joris van Overeem ©️ 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 42 - 27 1 1 2 12 8 1 1 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
30 Logo Utrecht Kevin Paredes (sub) 6.7 13 Midfielder - 0 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 2 1 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Utrecht Michael Brouwer 6.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 46 - 28 - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
23 Logo Utrecht Niclas Vesterlund 6.6 90 Defender - 0 1 1 17 3 11 3 2 1 8 6 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Utrecht Yoann Cathline 6.6 62 Attacker - 0 1 - 8 - 6 4 - - 15 8 3 - 1 4 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Utrecht Siebe Horemans 6.5 70 Defender - 0 - - 37 1 30 2 - 2 7 6 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Groningen Wouter Prins 6.3 71 Defender - 0 - - 21 - 16 - - - 4 1 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Groningen Tyrique Mercera (sub) 6.3 19 Defender - 0 - - 6 - 4 1 - - 4 2 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Utrecht Dani de Wit 6.3 90 Midfielder - 0 2 2 16 - 13 1 - - 14 5 1 - 3 - 1 0 3 - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Utrecht David Min 6.3 62 Attacker - 0 - - 7 1 4 - - - 8 2 1 1 3 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Groningen Jorg Schreuders 6.2 90 Defender - 0 1 - 43 - 37 3 - - 13 5 - - 5 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Groningen Tika de Jonge 6.0 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 52 - 45 - - 2 10 2 3 - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
44 Logo Utrecht Mike Eerdhuijzen 5.9 90 Defender - 0 3 1 41 1 34 - - 2 10 2 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Utrecht Ángel Alarcón Galiot 5.9 84 Attacker - 0 3 2 11 - 4 - - - 4 2 2 2 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
31 Logo Groningen Rijk Janse (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
13 Logo Groningen Lovro Štubljar (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Groningen Nikolas Brandis (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
44 Logo Groningen Besnik Mashuku (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Groningen Alvin Vilhelm Valdemar Nordin (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Groningen Nils Eggens (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
33 Logo Utrecht Kevin Gadellaa (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
32 Logo Utrecht Per Kloosterboer (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -