Groningen vs Ajax 07/03/2026

Groningen

Euroborg

07 Mar 2026, 16:30

3:1

Finished

Ajax

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

6'

Goal

T. Van Bergen(Dies Janse)

Davy Klaassen(Anton Gaaei)

Goal

30'

2ND HALF

46'

Injured

T. Mercera

46'

M. Rente

46'

T. Mercera

46'

Oskar Zawada

46'

B. Willumsson

46'

H. Jurjus

46'

E. Vaessen

65'

Goal

Oskar Zawada(M. Peersman)

69'

Injured

Travis Hernes

69'

Tika De Jonge

Travis Hernes

K. Dolberg

69'

Steven Berghuis

69'

Davy Klaassen

Rayane Bounida

69'

72'

Goal

Oskar Zawada(T. Blokzijl)

76'

Injured

Oskar Zawada

76'

R. Mendes

Oskar Zawada

82'

Wouter Prins

M. Peersman

Josip Šutalo

M. Carrizo

83'

Owen Wijndal

T. Tomiyasu

88'

Kian Fitz-Jim

88'

S. Steur

88'

D. Konadu

88'

J. Mokio

88'

W. Weghorst

94'

95'

T. Blokzijl

Match statistics

39%Possession61%

372Passes Attempted553

272Completed Passes454

6Corners8

20Throw-ins17

13Shots On Target13

Line-ups

Groningen

Formation

4-4-2

Etienne Frans Jozef

#1Vaessen

Dies

#4Janse

Thijmen

#3Blokzijl

Marvin

#43Peersman

Tyrique Christopher

#16Mercera

Jorg

#14Schreuders

Tygo

#18Land

Travis Enrique

#7Hernes

David

#17Van Der Werff

Thom

#26Van Bergen

Brynjólfur

#9Darri Willumsson

Starting XI

E. Vaessen #1	46'
Dies Janse #4	🎯6'
T. Blokzijl #3	95' 🎯72'
M. Peersman #43	82' 🎯65'
T. Mercera #16	46' 46'
Jorg Schreuders #14
Tygo Land #18
Travis Hernes #7	69' 69'
D. Van Der Werff #17
T. Van Bergen #26	⚽6'
B. Willumsson #9	46'

Substitutes

Lovro Stubljar #13
H. Jurjus #21	46'
Sven Bouland #22
Robin Kelder #48
Wouter Prins #2	82'
M. Rente #5	46'
E. Van Der Laan #15
M. Seuntjens #20
Tika De Jonge #8	69'
Jismerai Dillema #44
R. Mendes #27	76'
Oskar Zawada #19	76' 76' ⚽72' ⚽65' 46'

Will not play

Oskar

Oskar Zawada

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Mid April 2026

Etienne Frans Jozef

Etienne Frans Jozef Vaessen

Goalkeeper

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Stije

Stije Resink

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Out for season

Mark

Mark Hoekstra

Forward

Unknown

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Groningen

Dick Lukkien

Groningen

Formation

4-4-2

Etienne Frans Jozef

#1Vaessen

Dies

#4Janse

Thijmen

#3Blokzijl

Marvin

#43Peersman

Tyrique Christopher

#16Mercera

Jorg

#14Schreuders

Tygo

#18Land

Travis Enrique

#7Hernes

David

#17Van Der Werff

Thom

#26Van Bergen

Brynjólfur

#9Darri Willumsson

Starting XI

E. Vaessen #1	46'
Dies Janse #4	🎯6'
T. Blokzijl #3	95' 🎯72'
M. Peersman #43	82' 🎯65'
T. Mercera #16	46' 46'
Jorg Schreuders #14
Tygo Land #18
Travis Hernes #7	69' 69'
D. Van Der Werff #17
T. Van Bergen #26	⚽6'
B. Willumsson #9	46'

Substitutes

Lovro Stubljar #13
H. Jurjus #21	46'
Sven Bouland #22
Robin Kelder #48
Wouter Prins #2	82'
M. Rente #5	46'
E. Van Der Laan #15
M. Seuntjens #20
Tika De Jonge #8	69'
Jismerai Dillema #44
R. Mendes #27	76'
Oskar Zawada #19	76' 76' ⚽72' ⚽65' 46'

Will not play

Oskar

Oskar Zawada

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: Mid April 2026

Etienne Frans Jozef

Etienne Frans Jozef Vaessen

Goalkeeper

Muscle injury

Return: Late March 2026

Stije

Stije Resink

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Out for season

Mark

Mark Hoekstra

Forward

Unknown

Return: Late March 2026

Manager

Groningen

Dick Lukkien

Ajax

Formation

4-3-3

Maarten

#26Paes

Youri

#15Baas

Josip

#37Šutalo

Owen

#5Wijndal

Anton

#3Gaaei

Jorthy

#24Mokio

Sean Johannes Maria

#48Steur

Davy

#18Klaassen

Mika Marcel

#11Godts

Wout François Maria

#25Weghorst

Steven

#23Berghuis

Starting XI

M. Paes #26
Youri Baas #15
Josip Šutalo #37	83'
Owen Wijndal #5	88'
Anton Gaaei #3	🎯30'
J. Mokio #24	88'
S. Steur #48	88'
Davy Klaassen #18	69' ⚽30'
Mika Godts #11
W. Weghorst #25	94'
Steven Berghuis #23	69'

Substitutes

Joeri Heerkens #12
Paul Reverson #52
Aaron Bouwman #30
Lucas Rosa #2
T. Tomiyasu #32	88'
Rayane Bounida #43	69'
Kian Fitz-Jim #28	88'
Oscar Gloukh #10
Mohammed Abdalla #67
D. Konadu #19	88'
M. Carrizo #7	83'
K. Dolberg #9	69'

Will not play

Oleksandr

Oleksandr Zinchenko

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Doubtful

Ko Itakura

Defender

Unknown

Return: Doubtful

Vítězslav

Vítězslav Jaroš

Goalkeeper

Knee injury

Return: Out for season

Manager

Ajax

Fred Grim

Head-to-head

70 matches

Groningen

Groningen

38

Wins

10

Draws

22

Wins

Ajax

Ajax

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Ajax

Groningen

Groningen

Ajax

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Ajax

Groningen

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Groningen

Ajax

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Ajax

Groningen

Groningen

Ajax

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Ajax

Groningen

Ajax

Groningen

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	PSV	27	22	2	3	77:34	+43	68	LWWWL
2	Feyenoord	27	16	4	7	60:39	+21	52	WWLDW
3	Nijmegen	27	14	7	6	67:45	+22	49	DDLWW
4	Ajax	27	12	11	4	52:34	+18	47	WDDLW
5	Twente	27	11	11	5	45:29	+16	44	DWWWL
6	AZ Alkmaar	27	12	6	9	47:42	+5	42	WWLLW
7	Heerenveen	27	11	7	9	47:44	+3	40	WLWWW
8	Utrecht	27	10	8	9	40:31	+9	38	WDWDW
9	Sparta Rotterdam	27	11	5	11	33:47	-14	38	DLLDL
10	Groningen	27	10	5	12	37:37	0	35	LLLWD
11	Fortuna Sittard	27	10	5	12	42:50	-8	35	LWWLW
12	Go Ahead Eagles	27	7	11	9	45:43	+2	32	LWWLW
13	Zwolle	27	7	9	11	36:52	-16	30	LDDDD
14	FC Volendam	27	7	6	14	30:46	-16	27	WLWLL
15	Excelsior	27	7	5	15	28:46	-18	26	LLLLL
16	Telstar	27	5	9	13	35:45	-10	24	DLWWL
17	NAC Breda	27	5	8	14	28:48	-20	23	WWLDL
18	Heracles	27	5	3	19	32:69	-37	18	LLLDL

Champion

UCL

UCL Qualifying Round

Qualifying phase Europa League

Next Round

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Serdar Gözübüyük

Venue:

Euroborg

Capacity:

22 579

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