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FC Groningen
FT
3–1
HT 1–1
Ajax
Eredivisie Sat 7 Mar, 15:30London Euroborg, Groningen Serdar Gözübüyük 22,525 attendance

Timeline

  1. 6' Thom Van Bergen assist Dies Janse
  2. 30' Davy Klaassen assist Anton Gaaei
  3. 45' Hidde Jurjus for Etienne Vaessen
  4. 45' Oskar Zawada for Brynjólfur Willumsson
  5. 45' Marco Rente for Tyrique Mercera
  6. 65' Oskar Zawada assist Marvin Peersman
  7. 69' Rayane Bounida for Davy Klaassen
  8. 69' Kasper Dolberg for Steven Berghuis
  9. 69' Tika De Jonge for Travis Hearnes
  10. 72' Oskar Zawada assist Thijmen Blokzijl
  11. 76' Rui Mendes for Oskar Zawada
  12. 82' Wouter Prins for Marvin Peersman
  13. 83' Maher Carrizo for Josip Sutalo
  14. 88' Don-Angelo Konadu for Jorthy Mokio
  15. 88' Kian Fitz-Jim for Sean Steur
  16. 88' Takehiro Tomiyasu for Owen Wijndal
  17. 90'+4' Wout Weghorst Yellow Card
  18. 90'+5' Thijmen Blokzijl Yellow Card

Match stats

39.6% Possession 60.4%
13 Shots 13
6 On target 5
5 Fouls 7
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 2
4 Saves 3
272 Accurate passes 454

Lineups

FC Groningen 4-4-2
1 Vaessen
43 Peersman 4 Janse 3 Blokzijl 16 Mercera
7 Hearnes 14 Schreuders 18 Land 17 Der Werff
26 Van Bergen 9 Willumsson
Ajax 4-3-3
26 Paes
5 Wijndal 15 Baas 37 Sutalo 3 Gaaei
48 Steur 24 Mokio 18 Klaassen
11 Godts 25 Weghorst 23 Berghuis
FC Groningen 4-4-2
  1. 1 Etienne Vaessen ▼ G
  2. 4 Dies Janse CD-L
  3. 3 Thijmen Blokzijl CD-R
  4. 43 Marvin Peersman ▼ LB
  5. 16 Tyrique Mercera ▼ RB
  6. 14 Jorg Schreuders CM-L
  7. 18 Tygo Land CM-R
  8. 7 Travis Hearnes ▼ LM
  9. 17 David Van Der Werff RM
  10. 26 Thom Van Bergen CF-L
  11. 9 Brynjólfur Willumsson ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 2 Wouter Prins ▲ SUB
  2. 27 Rui Mendes ▲ SUB
  3. 8 Tika De Jonge ▲ SUB
  4. 5 Marco Rente ▲ SUB
  5. 21 Hidde Jurjus ▲ SUB
  6. 19 Oskar Zawada ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 20 Mats Seuntjens SUB
  2. 15 Elvis Laan SUB
  3. 22 Sven Bouland SUB
  4. 13 Lovro Štubljar SUB
  5. 44 Jismerai Dillema SUB
  6. 48 Robin Kelder SUB
Ajax 4-3-3
  1. 26 Maarten Paes G
  2. 15 Youri Baas CD-L
  3. 37 Josip Sutalo ▼ CD-R
  4. 5 Owen Wijndal ▼ LB
  5. 3 Anton Gaaei RB
  6. 24 Jorthy Mokio ▼ CM
  7. 48 Sean Steur ▼ LM
  8. 18 Davy Klaassen ▼ RM
  9. 25 Wout Weghorst F
  10. 11 Mika Godts LF
  11. 23 Steven Berghuis ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 19 Don-Angelo Konadu ▲ SUB
  2. 28 Kian Fitz-Jim ▲ SUB
  3. 32 Takehiro Tomiyasu ▲ SUB
  4. 43 Rayane Bounida ▲ SUB
  5. 9 Kasper Dolberg ▲ SUB
  6. 7 Maher Carrizo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 52 Paul Reverson SUB
  2. 2 Lucas Rosa SUB
  3. 12 Joeri Heerkens SUB
  4. 10 Oscar Gloukh SUB
  5. 67 Mohamed Abdalla SUB
  6. 30 Aaron Bouwman SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, FC Groningen 3, Ajax 1.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, FC Groningen 3, Ajax 1.
  3. 90'+6' Attempt saved. Rayane Bounida (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Hidde Jurjus (FC Groningen).
  4. 90'+5' Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 90'+5' Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 90'+5' Foul by Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen).
  7. 90'+4' Wout Weghorst (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'+4' Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  9. 90'+4' Dies Janse (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  11. 89' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Maarten Paes.
  12. 89' Attempt saved. Rui Mendes (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Maarten Paes (Ajax). Assisted by Thijmen Blokzijl with a through ball.
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  1. 89' Tika de Jonge (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  2. 89' Foul by Don-Angelo Konadu (Ajax).
  3. 88' Substitution, Ajax. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Owen Wijndal.
  4. 88' Substitution, Ajax. Kian Fitz-Jim replaces Sean Steur.
  5. 88' Substitution, Ajax. Don-Angelo Konadu replaces Jorthy Mokio.
  6. 87' Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  7. 87' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dies Janse.
  8. 84' Wouter Prins (FC Groningen) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Tika de Jonge.
  9. 83' Substitution, Ajax. Maher Carrizo replaces Josip Sutalo.
  10. 82' Substitution, FC Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Marvin Peersman.
  11. 80' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by David van der Werff.
  12. 80' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Marco Rente.
  13. 80' Attempt blocked. Josip Sutalo (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorthy Mokio with a headed pass.
  14. 79' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Tygo Land.
  15. 79' Attempt blocked. Rayane Bounida (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  16. 78' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  17. 78' Delay in match because of an injury Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen).
  18. 77' Attempt blocked. Rayane Bounida (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
  19. 76' Substitution, FC Groningen. Rui Mendes replaces Oskar Zawada because of an injury.
  20. 74' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  21. 73' Delay in match because of an injury Oskar Zawada (FC Groningen).
  22. 72' Goal! FC Groningen 3, Ajax 1. Oskar Zawada (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thijmen Blokzijl with a cross.
  23. 71' Attempt missed. Jorg Schreuders (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David van der Werff following a corner.
  24. 70' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Youri Baas.
  25. 70' Attempt blocked. Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
  26. 70' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Jorthy Mokio.
  27. 70' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Josip Sutalo.
  28. 69' Substitution, FC Groningen. Tika de Jonge replaces Travis Hernes because of an injury.
  29. 69' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  30. 69' Substitution, Ajax. Kasper Dolberg replaces Steven Berghuis.
  31. 69' Substitution, Ajax. Rayane Bounida replaces Davy Klaassen.
  32. 68' Delay in match because of an injury Travis Hernes (FC Groningen).
  33. 67' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Marco Rente.
  34. 65' Goal! FC Groningen 2, Ajax 1. Oskar Zawada (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marvin Peersman.
  35. 62' Attempt missed. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  36. 61' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Owen Wijndal.
  37. 59' Attempt blocked. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thijmen Blokzijl.
  38. 55' Attempt missed. Mika Godts (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Owen Wijndal with a cross.
  39. 53' Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  40. 53' Foul by Dies Janse (FC Groningen).
  41. 52' Attempt saved. Travis Hernes (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Maarten Paes (Ajax). Assisted by Tygo Land with a through ball.
  42. 49' Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Jorthy Mokio.
  43. 49' Attempt blocked. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Oskar Zawada.
  44. 48' Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  45. 48' Foul by Oskar Zawada (FC Groningen).
  46. 46' Attempt missed. David van der Werff (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oskar Zawada.
  47. 45' Substitution, FC Groningen. Oskar Zawada replaces Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  48. 45' Substitution, FC Groningen. Marco Rente replaces Tyrique Mercera because of an injury.
  49. 45' Substitution, FC Groningen. Hidde Jurjus replaces Etienne Vaessen.
  50. 45' Second Half begins FC Groningen 1, Ajax 1.
  51. 45'+3' First Half ends, FC Groningen 1, Ajax 1.
  52. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  53. 45' Tyrique Mercera (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  54. 45' Foul by Steven Berghuis (Ajax).
  55. 42' Attempt saved. David van der Werff (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Maarten Paes (Ajax). Assisted by Tygo Land.
  56. 39' Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  57. 39' Foul by Youri Baas (Ajax).
  58. 39' Attempt missed. Sean Steur (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jorthy Mokio following a corner.
  59. 38' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Etienne Vaessen.
  60. 38' Attempt saved. Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen). Assisted by Mika Godts.
  61. 38' Offside, Ajax. Wout Weghorst is caught offside.
  62. 36' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Etienne Vaessen.
  63. 36' Attempt saved. Owen Wijndal (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen). Assisted by Wout Weghorst.
  64. 32' Steven Berghuis (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  65. 32' Foul by Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen).
  66. 30' Goal! FC Groningen 1, Ajax 1. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anton Gaaei with a cross.
  67. 27' Offside, Ajax. Mika Godts is caught offside.
  68. 27' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  69. 26' Delay in match because of an injury Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen).
  70. 25' Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
  71. 22' Owen Wijndal (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 22' Foul by David van der Werff (FC Groningen).
  73. 21' Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  74. 21' Foul by Anton Gaaei (Ajax).
  75. 20' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dies Janse.
  76. 17' Tyrique Mercera (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 17' Foul by Mika Godts (Ajax).
  78. 17' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  79. 16' Delay in match (Ajax).
  80. 15' Attempt blocked. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  81. 6' Goal! FC Groningen 1, Ajax 0. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dies Janse with a through ball.
  82. 4' Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  83. 4' Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
  84. 1' Attempt saved. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen).
  85. First Half begins.
  86. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

FC Groningen L L L L L

  • L at Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 Eredivisie
  • L PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Eredivisie
  • L FC Utrecht 2-1 Eredivisie
  • L at FC Twente 2-1 Eredivisie
  • L at FC Volendam 3-2 Eredivisie

Ajax D D W D D

  • D at Excelsior 2-2 Eredivisie
  • D at AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Eredivisie
  • W Fortuna Sittard 4-1 Eredivisie
  • D NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Eredivisie
  • D at PEC Zwolle 0-0 Eredivisie

Head to head

AJA leads series 4-0-1

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  • 14 May 2025 FC Groningen 2–2 Ajax 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 6 Oct 2024 Ajax 3–1 FC Groningen 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 16 May 2023 FC Groningen 2–3 Ajax 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 14 Aug 2022 Ajax 6–1 FC Groningen 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie