Groningen vs Excelsior 02/05/2026

Groningen

Euroborg

02 May 2026, 18:45

2:3

Finished

Excelsior

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

3'

Goal

Tika De Jonge(D. Van Der Werff)

Casper Widell(Emil Hansson)

Goal

40'

2ND HALF

47'

Goal

Younes Taha(Tika De Jonge)

56'

Ryan Metu

D. Van Der Werff

S. Włodarczyk

60'

Emil Hansson

60'

D. Sanches Fernandes(Rick Meissen)

Goal

65'

71'

B. Willumsson

Tygo Land

L. Hartjes

A. Carlén

77'

J. Bergraaf

77'

N. Naujoks

77'

D. Sanches Fernandes

Ilias Bronkhorst

85'

87'

M. Seuntjens

Younes Taha

87'

Tyrique Mercera

87'

M. Rente

M. Van Duinen

88'

J. Bergraaf

Injured

88'

J. Bergraaf

88'

Gyan De Regt(A. Zagré)

Goal

90'

Match statistics

55%Possession45%

456Passes Attempted366

364Completed Passes268

5Corners8

26Throw-ins16

12Shots On Target18

Line-ups

Groningen

Formation

4-2-3-1

Etienne Frans Jozef

#1Vaessen

Dies

#4Janse

Thijmen

#3Blokzijl

Marvin

#43Peersman

Marco

#5Rente

Tygo

#18Land

Tika

#8De Jonge

Younes

#10Taha El Idrissi

Jorg

#14Schreuders

David

#17Van Der Werff

Thom

#26Van Bergen

Starting XI

E. Vaessen #1
Dies Janse #4
T. Blokzijl #3
M. Peersman #43
M. Rente #5	87'
Tygo Land #18	71'
Tika De Jonge #8	🎯47' ⚽3'
Younes Taha #10	87' ⚽47'
Jorg Schreuders #14
D. Van Der Werff #17	56' 🎯3'
T. Van Bergen #26

Substitutes

Lovro Štubljar #13
Dirk Baron #24
Tyrique Mercera #16	87'
Wouter Prins #2
E. Van Der Laan #15
Jismerai Dillema #44
Travis Hernes #7
M. Seuntjens #20	87'
B. Willumsson #9	71'
Ryan Metu #34	56'
Rui Mendes #27

Will not play

Oskar

Oskar Zawada

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: About a week

Stije

Stije Resink

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Early January 2027

Mark

Mark Hoekstra

Forward

Unknown

Return: About a week

Manager

Groningen

Dick Lukkien

Groningen

Formation

4-2-3-1

Etienne Frans Jozef

#1Vaessen

Dies

#4Janse

Thijmen

#3Blokzijl

Marvin

#43Peersman

Marco

#5Rente

Tygo

#18Land

Tika

#8De Jonge

Younes

#10Taha El Idrissi

Jorg

#14Schreuders

David

#17Van Der Werff

Thom

#26Van Bergen

Starting XI

E. Vaessen #1
Dies Janse #4
T. Blokzijl #3
M. Peersman #43
M. Rente #5	87'
Tygo Land #18	71'
Tika De Jonge #8	🎯47' ⚽3'
Younes Taha #10	87' ⚽47'
Jorg Schreuders #14
D. Van Der Werff #17	56' 🎯3'
T. Van Bergen #26

Substitutes

Lovro Štubljar #13
Dirk Baron #24
Tyrique Mercera #16	87'
Wouter Prins #2
E. Van Der Laan #15
Jismerai Dillema #44
Travis Hernes #7
M. Seuntjens #20	87'
B. Willumsson #9	71'
Ryan Metu #34	56'
Rui Mendes #27

Will not play

Oskar

Oskar Zawada

Forward

Shoulder injury

Return: About a week

Stije

Stije Resink

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Early January 2027

Mark

Mark Hoekstra

Forward

Unknown

Return: About a week

Manager

Groningen

Dick Lukkien

Excelsior

Formation

4-3-3

Stijn

#1Van Gassel

Lewis

#14Schouten

Casper Ludvig

#4Widell

Arthur

#12Zagré

Rick

#3Meissen

Lennard

#20Hartjes

Irakli

#23Yegoian

Noah

#10Naujoks

Emil

#7Hansson

Gyan

#11De Regt

Derensili

#30Sanches Fernandes

Starting XI

S. Van Gassel #1
Lewis Schouten #14
Casper Widell #4	⚽40'
A. Zagré #12	🎯90'
Rick Meissen #3	🎯65'
L. Hartjes #20	77'
Irakli Yegoian #23
N. Naujoks #10	77'
Emil Hansson #7	60' 🎯40'
Gyan De Regt #11	⚽90'
D. Sanches Fernandes #30	85' ⚽65'

Substitutes

C. Raatsie #16
Ilias Bronkhorst #2	85'
G. Cairo #24
Simon Janssen #15
A. Carlén #6	77'
J. Bergraaf #33	88' 88' 77'
S. Włodarczyk #9	60'
M. Van Duinen #29	88'

Will not play

Hamdi

Hamdi Jobi Akujobi

Defender

Miliano

Miliano Jonathans

Forward

Knee injury

Return: A few weeks

Manager

Excelsior

Ruben den Uil

Head-to-head

30 matches

Groningen

Groningen

18

Wins

4

Draws

8

Wins

Excelsior

Excelsior

Eredivisie2025 • 1 match

Excelsior

Groningen

KNVB Beker2024 • 1 match

Excelsior

Groningen

Eredivisie2023 • 2 matches

Groningen

Excelsior

Excelsior

Groningen

KNVB Beker2021 • 1 match

Excelsior

Groningen

Eredivisie2019 • 1 match

Groningen

Excelsior

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	PSV	30	24	2	4	84:40	+44	74	WLLWW
2	Feyenoord	30	16	7	7	62:41	+21	55	DWDDD
3	Nijmegen	30	15	9	6	72:48	+24	54	WWDWD
4	Twente	30	14	11	5	51:32	+19	53	WLWWW
5	Ajax	30	13	12	5	57:37	+20	51	LWDLW
6	AZ Alkmaar	30	14	6	10	52:45	+7	48	LWLWW
7	Utrecht	30	12	8	10	49:36	+13	44	DWWLW
8	Heerenveen	30	12	8	10	53:50	+3	44	WWDWL
9	Groningen	30	12	6	12	42:37	+5	42	WDWWD
10	Sparta Rotterdam	30	12	6	12	35:49	-14	42	DLWDL
11	Go Ahead Eagles	30	8	12	10	50:45	+5	36	LWLWD
12	Fortuna Sittard	30	10	6	14	44:55	-11	36	LWLLD
13	Zwolle	30	8	10	12	40:60	-20	34	DDWLD
14	FC Volendam	30	7	7	16	31:50	-19	28	LLLDL
15	Excelsior	30	7	7	16	31:51	-20	28	LLDLD
16	Telstar	30	6	9	15	39:52	-13	27	WLWLL
17	NAC Breda	30	5	10	15	30:51	-21	25	DLLDD
18	Heracles	30	5	4	21	34:77	-43	19	DLDLL

Champion

UCL

UCL Qualifying Round

Qualifying phase Europa League

Next Round

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

I. Oostrom

Venue:

Euroborg

Capacity:

22 579

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