UTRECHT. FC Groningen beats FC Utrecht 3-1. FC Groningen got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. El Hankouri (4′) and M. de Leeuw (10′). FC Utrecht tried to recover with a goal from B. Ramselaar (49′). Nonetheless, the encounter was closed by a goal (89′) scored by J. Larsen for FC Groningen. FC Utrecht lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadion Galgenwaard stadium in Utrecht on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler who had the assistance of Roy de Nas and Frans Ozinga. The 4th official was Richard Martens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

FC Utrecht

1 - 3

FC Groningen

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 19 Total 8
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 13 Off Target 3
  • 6 Shots blocked 0
  • 163 Attack 80
  • 84 Dangerous attack 30
  • 124 Ball safe 114
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 4 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 13 Total 17
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

FC Utrecht had a superior ball possession 59% while FC Groningen was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Utrecht was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, FC Groningen was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

FC Utrecht shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, FC Groningen shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card (J. van Overeem). On the opposite side, FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards (B. Meijer, M. te Wierik and D. Dankerlui).

Match Timeline

4'
10'
41'
41'
46'
47'
48'
49'
63'
75'
75'
75'
Romano Postema- sub ->T. Suslov
79'
79'
84'
E. Nkenda Nosa- sub ->L. Duarte
89'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ajax
83
34
PSV
81
34
Feyenoord
71
34
FC Twente
68
34
AZ
61
34
Vitesse
51
34
FC Utrecht
47
34
SC Heerenveen
41
34
SC Cambuur
39
34
RKC Waalwijk
38
34
NEC
38
34
FC Groningen
36
34
Go Ahead Eagles
36
34
Sparta Rotterdam
35
34
Fortuna Sittard
35
34
Heracles Almelo
34
34
Willem II
33
34
PEC Zwolle
27
34

After this contest, FC Utrecht will stay with 40 points to remain in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Groningen will have 36 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht will play away with RKC Waalwijk on the 2nd of April with a 12-4 head to head stats in favor of FC Utrecht (2 draws).

FC Groningen will host Ajax on the 2nd of April with a 25-7 head to head statistic in favor of Ajax (4 draws).

FC Utrecht – Formation

FC Utrecht
G
Fabian de Keijzer 16.Netherlands
5.8
D
Mark van der Maarel 2.Netherlands
6.8
79'
D
Mike van der Hoorn 33.Netherlands
7.1
D
Tommy St. Jago 3.Netherlands
6.8
D
D. van der Kust 35.Suriname
6.9
M
J. van Overeem 8.Netherlands
6.7
79' 63'
M
Sander van de Streek 22.Netherlands
6.8
47'
M
B. Ramselaar 23.Netherlands
8.4
49'
M
Quinten Timber 27.Netherlands
7.8
M
Remco Balk 30.Netherlands
6.3
46'
F
Anastasios Douvikas 9.Greece
6.3
Substitutes
G
Kevin Gadellaa 61.Netherlands
G
T. Nijhuis 31.Netherlands
D
W. Janssen 14.Netherlands
D
R. Meissen 46.Netherlands
D
Arthur Zagré 20.France
M
Othmane Boussaid 26.Belgium
M
Simon Gustafson 10.Sweden
6.3
79'
M
Rocco Robert Shein 38.Estonia
F
Moussa Sylla 29.France
7.0
79'
F
Pontus Almqvist 17.Sweden
6.8
46'
F
Mimoun Mahi 11.Morocco
6.8
47'

FC Utrecht adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager René Hake decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 4 changes: R. Balk for P. Almqvist (46′), S. van de Streek for M. Mahi (47′), M. Van der Maarel for M. Sylla (79′) and J. van Overeem for S. Gustafson (79′).

FC Groningen – Formation

FC Groningen
G
Peter Leeuwenburgh 1.Netherlands
6.5
D
Bart van Hintum 3.Netherlands
7.4
D
Mike te Wierik 5.Netherlands
7.2
41'
D
D. Dankerlui 2.Suriname
7.1
75' 48'
D
B. Meijer 40.Netherlands
7.2
41'
M
N. Kasanwirjo 21.Netherlands
7.1
M
Laros Duarte 6.Cape Verde
6.4
84'
M
Mohammed El Hankouri 11.Morocco
8.5
90' 4'
M
Tomas Suslov 7.Slovakia
6.4
75'
M
Michael de Leeuw 8.Netherlands
7.4
75' 10'
F
Jørgen Strand Larsen 9.Norway
8.1
89'
Substitutes
G
Jan de Boer 25.Netherlands
G
O. van 39.Netherlands
D
Yahya Kalley 15.Sweden
M
E. Nkenda Nosa 14.Belgium
6.4
84'
M
Daleho Irandust 10.Sweden
M
Daniël van Kaam 26.Netherlands
M
Melayro Bogarde 18.Netherlands
6.5
75'
F
Paulos Abraham 19.Sweden
6.6
75'
F
Romano Postema 29.Netherlands
6.2
75'
F
Cyril Ngonge 27.Belgium
90'

Also FC Groningen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Danny Buijs played with: .

Substitutions

FC Groningen made 5 changes: D. Dankerlui for P. Abraham (75′), M. de Leeuw for M. Bogarde (75′), T. Suslov for R. Postema (75′), L. Duarte for E. Matuta (84′) and M. El Hankouri for C. Ngonge (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​