2 - 1

Full time

FC Utrecht

Sunday 9 August 2026 · 13:30 · HT 1-0 · Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium, Groningen · Referee Joey Kooij

FC Groningen v FC Utrecht: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a Eredivisie game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

Overview

Lineups

Form

Table

Match stats

FC Groningen v FC Utrecht, full match

59%

Possession

41%

1.55

Expected goals (xG)

2.27

16

Shots

14

5

Shots on target

7

5

Corners

1

12

Fouls

17

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

8'

Goal

Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson FCG

48'

Goal

Thom van Bergen FCG

80'

Goal

Adrian Blake FCU

84'

Yellow card

Dani De Wit FCU

88'

Yellow card

Joris van Overeem FCU

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

FC Groningen

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Etienne Vaessen

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

14

MIDFIELDERS

8

Tika de Jonge

18

Tygo Land

26

Thom van Bergen

FORWARDS

9

Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson

17

David van der Werff

24

Pelle Clement

SUBSTITUTES

13

31

12

15

29

42

7

16

44

53

20

34

FC Utrecht

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Michael Brouwer

DEFENDERS

2

23

44

92

MIDFIELDERS

8

Joris van Overeem

20

Dani De Wit

53

Ferdinand Pohl

FORWARDS

9

David Min

10

Yoann Cathline

11

Ángel Alarcón

SUBSTITUTES

33

6

32

14

30

34

15

47

Referee: Joey Kooij

6 games in the Eredivisie this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 2.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.17

Fouls per game

26.5

League 21.7

Penalties per game

1.2

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Form

Home / Away

All games

FC Groningen

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

FC Utrecht

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Head to head

League games since 2026/27 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

FC Groningen and FC Utrecht haven't met in a league game since 2026/27.

Eredivisie table

2026/27 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Feyenoord

10

7

3

0

32

11

+21

24

D

W

2

AFC Ajax

10

6

3

1

29

13

+16

21

W

D

W

3

PSV Eindhoven

10

6

2

28

13

+15

20

D

L

W

L

W

4

FC Twente

10

6

2

19

10

+9

20

W

L

D

W

5

AZ Alkmaar

10

6

2

20

12

+8

20

L

D

L

W

D

6

Fortuna Sittard

10

5

3

2

17

0

18

W

D

W

L

7

SC Heerenveen

10

4

3

18

13

+5

15

W

L

W

D

8

FC Groningen

10

4

3

24

21

+3

15

D

L

W

D

9

Go Ahead Eagles

10

3

5

2

23

0

14

W

L

D

10

SC Cambuur

10

3

4

19

22

-3

12

W

D

W

D

W

11

FC Utrecht

10

3

4

17

27

-10

12

D

W

L

W

12

NEC Nijmegen

10

2

5

3

17

18

-1

11

D

L

13

Excelsior

10

3

2

5

16

19

-3

11

L

D

L

14

Sparta Rotterdam

10

2

3

5

17

24

-7

9

L

W

D

L

15

PEC Zwolle

10

2

6

11

23

-12

8

D

W

L

16

SC Telstar

10

1

3

6

12

21

-9

6

L

D

L

D

17

ADO Den Haag

10

1

3

6

13

23

-10

6

L

W

D

L

18

Willem II Tilburg

10

0

2

8

10

32

-22

2

L

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