GRONINGEN. FC Den Bosch was ultimately too much to handle for FC Groningen with the goal of Kacper Kostorz (52′), Shalva Ogbaidze (67′) and Ilias Boumassaoudi (90′). FC Groningen was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%).​
The match was played at the Euroborg stadium in Groningen on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin Perez with the assistance of Roy de Nas and Rick van Rijn. The 4th official was Gerbert Stegeman. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.95 degrees Celsius or 75.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​
Match Statistics​
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 7 Total 8
- 5 On Target 4
- 0 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 164 Attack 94
- 111 Dangerous attack 56
- 48 Ball safe 49
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
FC Groningen had a superior ball possession 66% while FC Den Bosch was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Groningen was putting more pressure with 111 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, FC Den Bosch found a way to find the solution to win this match.​
FC Groningen shot 7 times, 5 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, FC Den Bosch shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards (Isak Dybvik Määttä, Dick Lukkien and Luciano Valente). On the opposite side, FC Den Bosch received 5 yellow cards (Kacper Kostorz, Ryan Leijten, Luke Mbete, Yuya Ikeshita and Shalva Ogbaidze).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, FC Groningen will stay with 13 points like SC Cambuur and Jong PSV to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, FC Den Bosch will have 9 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, FC Groningen will host Roda JC Kerkrade on the 10th of May with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of FC Groningen (5 draws).
FC Den Bosch will play away agasint FC Eindhoven on the 10th of May with a 17-10 head to head stats in favor of FC Eindhoven (9 draws).
FC Groningen – Formation
FC Groningen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Dick Lukkien decided to play with the following team: Michael Verrips
, Radinio Balker , Thijmen Blokzijl , Marvin Peersman , Isak Dybvik Määttä , Luciano Valente , Johan Hove , Leandro Bacuna , Paulos Abraham , Daleho Irandust and Kevin van Veen .The home team had on the bench: Joey Pelupessy, Jorg Schreuders, Kristian Stromland Lien
, Liam van Gelderen , Hidde Jurjus, Nordin Musampa , Thom van Bergen , Romano Postema , Dirk Baron and Tika de Jonge.FC Groningen could not rely on the presence of Liam van Gelderen (injured).
Substitutions
FC Groningen made 5 changes: Daleho Irandust for Romano Postema (61′), Paulos Abraham for Thom van Bergen (61′), Marvin Peersman for Nordin Musampa (46′), Luciano Valente for Kristian Stromland Lien (77′) and Radinio Balker for Liam van Gelderen (78′).
Best player: Radinio Balker​
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Groningen was Radinio Balker.
His rating is
with 63 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.FC Den Bosch – Formation
FC Den Bosch started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Tomasz Kaczmarek played with: Jakub Ojrzyński
, Dennis Gyamfi , Ricardo Henning , Teun van Grunsven , Luke Mbete , Nick de Groot , Yuya Ikeshita , Gedion Zelalem , Shalva Ogbaidze , Ryan Leijten and Kacper Kostorz .They had on the bench: Joey Roggeveen, Vieiri Kotzebue, Tomas Kalinauskas, Sebastiaan van Bakel
, Stan Maas , Lars Vrolijks, Yannick Keijser, Ilias Boumassaoudi , Rhino Goutier and Sheddy Barglan .FC Den Bosch could not rely on the presence of Sebastiaan van Bakel (injured).
Substitutions
FC Den Bosch made 5 changes: Teun van Grunsven for Stan Maas (72′), Shalva Ogbaidze for Salah Oulad M’Hand (82′), Gedion Zelalem for Ilias Boumassaoudi (82′), Kacper Kostorz for Sheddy Barglan (87′) and Dennis Gyamfi for Sebastiaan van Bakel (88′).
Best player: Jakub Ojrzyński​
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Den Bosch was the goalkeeper: Jakub Ojrzyński. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​
- Jong AZ – Willem II – 0-2
- Telstar – Jong Ajax – 3-2
- TOP Oss – FC Emmen – 0-1
- FC Eindhoven – FC Dordrecht – 1-1
- FC Groningen – FC Den Bosch – 0-3
- MVV Maastricht – ADO Den Haag – 0-3
- SC Cambuur – Jong PSV – 3-4
- De Graafschap – Roda JC Kerkrade – 0-0