Heerenveen vs Groningen 18/01/2026

Heerenveen

Abe Lenstra Stadion

18 Jan 2026, 12:15

0:2

Finished

Groningen

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

12'

Sam Kersten

21'

Injured

Sam Kersten

22'

N. Hopland

Sam Kersten

E. Vaessen

Injured

37'

E. Vaessen

H. Jurjus

38'

2ND HALF

B. Klaverboer(Own Goal)

Own Goal

58'

Jorg Schreuders

67'

73'

M. Rivera

Luuk Brouwers

Tygo Land

74'

76'

J. Van Overeem

M. Rente

B. Willumsson

78'

Tygo Land

Tika De Jonge

78'

Younes Taha

T. Mercera

78'

T. Blokzijl(T. Van Bergen)

Goal

79'

81'

A. Van Axel Dongen

Oliver Braude

81'

L. Nordås

Vasilios Zagaritis

M. Peersman

Wouter Prins

88'

Match statistics

56%Possession44%

488Passes Attempted378

400Completed Passes290

3Corners6

30Throw-ins23

17Shots On Target12

Line-ups

Heerenveen

Formation

4-2-3-1

Bernt

#22Klaverboer

Maas

#3Willemsen

Sam

#4Kersten

Vasilios

#19Zagaritis

Oliver

#45Johansen Braude

Joris

#6Van Overeem

Marcus

#16Linday

Luuk

#8Brouwers

Ringo

#10Meerveld

Jacob

#20Bennedsen Trenskow

Dylan

#9Vente

Starting XI

B. Klaverboer #22	58'
Maas Willemsen #3
Sam Kersten #4	21' 22' 12'
Vasilios Zagaritis #19	81'
Oliver Braude #45	81'
J. Van Overeem #6	76'
M. Linday #16
Luuk Brouwers #8	73'
Ringo Meerveld #10
Jacob Trenskow #20
Dylan Vente #9

Substitutes

N. Bakker #31
A. Noppert #44
Mats Egbring #15
P. Bochniewicz #5
Robin Bouw #34
N. Hopland #17	22'
N. Courtens #36
Luca Oyen #11
Eser Gürbüz #50
M. Rivera #7	73'
A. Van Axel Dongen #26	81'
L. Nordås #18	81'

Will not play

Amourricho Jahvairo Déshauntino

Amourricho Jahvairo Déshauntino Van Axel Dongen

Forward

Illness

Return: Doubtful

Levi

Levi Smans

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Heerenveen

Robin Veldman

Heerenveen

Formation

4-2-3-1

Bernt

#22Klaverboer

Maas

#3Willemsen

Sam

#4Kersten

Vasilios

#19Zagaritis

Oliver

#45Johansen Braude

Joris

#6Van Overeem

Marcus

#16Linday

Luuk

#8Brouwers

Ringo

#10Meerveld

Jacob

#20Bennedsen Trenskow

Dylan

#9Vente

Starting XI

B. Klaverboer #22	58'
Maas Willemsen #3
Sam Kersten #4	21' 22' 12'
Vasilios Zagaritis #19	81'
Oliver Braude #45	81'
J. Van Overeem #6	76'
M. Linday #16
Luuk Brouwers #8	73'
Ringo Meerveld #10
Jacob Trenskow #20
Dylan Vente #9

Substitutes

N. Bakker #31
A. Noppert #44
Mats Egbring #15
P. Bochniewicz #5
Robin Bouw #34
N. Hopland #17	22'
N. Courtens #36
Luca Oyen #11
Eser Gürbüz #50
M. Rivera #7	73'
A. Van Axel Dongen #26	81'
L. Nordås #18	81'

Will not play

Amourricho Jahvairo Déshauntino

Amourricho Jahvairo Déshauntino Van Axel Dongen

Forward

Illness

Return: Doubtful

Levi

Levi Smans

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Doubtful

Manager

Heerenveen

Robin Veldman

Groningen

Formation

4-2-3-1

Etienne Frans Jozef

#1Vaessen

Dies

#4Janse

Thijmen

#3Blokzijl

Marvin

#43Peersman

Marco

#5Rente

Stije

#6Resink

Tygo

#18Land

Younes

#10Taha El Idrissi

Jorg

#14Schreuders

David

#17Van Der Werff

Thom

#26Van Bergen

Starting XI

E. Vaessen #1	37' 38'
Dies Janse #4
T. Blokzijl #3	⚽79'
M. Peersman #43	88'
M. Rente #5	78'
S. Resink #6
Tygo Land #18	78' 74'
Younes Taha #10	78'
Jorg Schreuders #14	67'
D. Van Der Werff #17
T. Van Bergen #26	🎯79'

Substitutes

H. Jurjus #21	38'
Lovro Stubljar #13
Wouter Prins #2	88'
T. Mercera #16	78'
Travis Hernes #7
Tika De Jonge #8	78'
Oskar Zawada #19
B. Willumsson #9	78'
Noam Emeran #11
Nils Eggens #57
R. Mendes #27
Ryan Metu #34

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

Head-to-head

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30

Wins

17

Draws

14

Wins

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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:

Rob Dieperink

Venue:

Abe Lenstra Stadion

Capacity:

27

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