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Excelsior

1 — 5 Oct 11, 2026 · 08:15 PM IST

FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Round 8

Venue Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam

Referee Richard Martens

Attendance 4,600

Player of the Match Marco Rente 9.2 90' played

Match Events

7' Away ⚽ Marco Rente — 0-1

20' Away David van der Werff

36' Home ⚽ Irakli Yegoian — 1-1

38' Away ⚽ Stijn van Gassel (own goal) — 1-2

HT

64' Away ⚽ Thom van Bergen — 1-3

65' Home ↔ Kasey Bos → Simon Janssen

65' Home ↔ Mario Domínguez → David Garden

65' Home ↔ Daniël van Vianen → Ágúst Thorsteinsson

65' Home ↔ Valentin Sulzbacher → Eric da Silva Moreira

66' Away ↔ Tygo Land → Jacob Ondrejka

67' Away ⚽ Brynjólfur Willumsson — 1-4

72' Away ↔ Márk Csinger → Hans Hateboer

80' Away Tygo Land

81' Home ↔ Alireza Jahanbakhsh → Aymen Sliti

84' Away ↔ Nils Eggens → Brynjólfur Willumsson

85' Away ↔ Ryan Metu → Thom van Bergen

85' Away ↔ Oskar Zawada → David van der Werff

90 + 5' Away ⚽ Marco Rente — 1-5

FT

Match Stats

49 51

Ball possession

1.74 3.06

Expected goals (xG)

16 14

Total shots

2 9

Shots on target

30 28

Touches in opposition box

1 5

Big chances

0 3

Big chances missed

343 (82%) 364 (81%)

Accurate passes

0 2

Yellow cards

3 6

Corners

Lineups

Excelsior (4-3-3)

Coach: Ruben den Uil

Starting XI

1 Stijn van Gassel 6.9

2 Eric da Silva Moreira 5.5

4 Casper Widell 4.5

14 Jan Plug 5.9

15 Simon Janssen 5.8

8 Irakli Yegoian 8

3 Rick Meissen 6.3

20 Lennard Hartjes 6.2

7 Aymen Sliti 6.5

19 David Garden 6

30 Ágúst Thorsteinsson 7.1

Substitutes

12 Kasey Bos 6.9

6 Daniël van Vianen 7

9 Mario Domínguez 5.9

18 Valentin Sulzbacher 6.5

11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh

16 Celton Biai

24 Guilliano Cairo

22 Osman Mohamed Turay

21 Ilano Silva Timas

28 Nesto Groen

FC Groningen (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Dick Lukkien

Starting XI

1 Etienne Vaessen 6.6

14 Jorg Schreuders ↗ 7.4

3 Thijmen Blokzijl 7.3

5 Marco Rente 9.2

33 Hans Hateboer 6.4

8 Tika de Jonge 7.5

24 Pelle Clement 8

17 David van der Werff 7.2

26 Thom van Bergen 8.4

11 Jacob Ondrejka 7.2

9 Brynjólfur Willumsson 7.9

Substitutes

18 Tygo Land 6.8

4 Márk Csinger 6.3

20 Nils Eggens

19 Oskar Zawada

34 Ryan Metu

13 Lovro Štubljar

30 Pelle Boevink

42 Jesper Mosselaar

2 Wouter Prins

16 Alvin Nordin

53 Jahelille Hall ↗