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GRONINGEN. FC Groningen was eventually too good for TOP Oss with the goal of Johan Hove (41′), Luciano Valente (55′) and Kristian Stromland Lien (87′). FC Groningen took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

Leandro Bacuna squandered a penalty (51′) for FC Groningen.​

The match was played at the Euroborg stadium in Groningen on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Martin Perez who was helped by Kevin Bodde and Roan van Marrewijk. The 4th official was Preston Henshuijs. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.41 degrees Celsius or 47.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Groningen had a strong ball possession 60% while TOP Oss was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Groningen had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Groningen won the match​.

FC Groningen shot 21 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, TOP Oss shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

FC Groningen didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, TOP Oss received 2 yellow cards (Karim Loukili and Mike Havekotte).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Groningen has 41 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, TOP Oss will stays with 17 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, FC Groningen will play away with FC Eindhoven on the 16th of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Groningen (0 draws).

TOP Oss will host Jong Ajax on the 16th of February with a 11-6 head to head statistic in favor of Jong Ajax (4 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: Hidde Jurjus (7.5), Leandro Bacuna (7.1), Thijmen Blokzijl (7.5), Marvin Peersman (8.5), Wouter Prins (6.6), Jorg Schreuders (7.7), Laros Duarte (7.7), Johan Hove (7.9), Luciano Valente (7.1), Thom van Bergen (7.3) and Romano Postema (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nick Bakker, Kristian Stromland Lien (7.3), Isak Dybvik Määttä (7.3), Daniël Beukers, Rui Mendes (7.3), Maxim Mariani, Kian Slor, Fofin Turay (6.4), Jasper Meijster, Dirk Baron and Tika de Jonge (6.8).

Substitutions

FC Groningen made 4 changes: Laros Duarte for Rui Mendes (74′), Romano Postema for Fofin Turay (85′), Luciano Valente for Kristian Stromland Lien (85′) and Wouter Prins for Isak Dybvik Määttä (46′).

Player of the match: Marvin Peersman​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Groningen was Marvin Peersman even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 80 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 15.

TOP Oss – Formation

TOP Oss started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ruud Brood played with: Mike Havekotte (7.8), Ilounga Pata (6.8), Xander Lambrix (6.7), Lars Nieuwpoort (6.6), Julian Kuijpers (6.6), Giovanni Troupée (7.0), Grad Damen (7.1), Delano Ladan (6.6), Arthur Allemeersch (6.7), Karim Loukili (6.6) and Abel Stensrud (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Calvin Mac-Intosch, Joshua Eijgenraam, Thijs van Leeuwen (6.8), Konstantinos Doumtsios (6.4), Max van Herk, Selim Can Sönmez (7.0), Maxim van Peer, Maarten Schouten, Sven Zitman (6.7) and J. Zimmerman (6.6).

Substitutions

TOP Oss made 5 changes: Lars Nieuwpoort for Sven Zitman (56′), Karim Loukili for Selim Can Sönmez (74′), Abel Stensrud for Konstantinos Doumtsios (46′), Delano Ladan for J. Zimmerman (46′) and Arthur Allemeersch for Thijs van Leeuwen (56′).

Player of the match: Mike Havekotte​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for TOP Oss was the goalkeeper: Mike Havekotte. His rating is 7.75. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• ADO Den Haag – FC Den Bosch – 3-0
• FC Groningen – TOP Oss – 3-0