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NEC Nijmegen
FT
2–2
25 Oct 2026
FC Groningen
Europa League Sun 25 Oct, 13:30London Goffertstadion, Nijmegen 12,650 attendance

Timeline

  1. 11' Brynjólfur Willumsson assist Marco Rente
  2. 34' Brynjólfur Willumsson assist Thom Van Bergen
  3. 42' Brynjólfur Willumsson Yellow Card
  4. 45' Tobias Storm for Perr Schuurs
  5. 56' David Van Der Werff Yellow Card
  6. 56' Mitchel Bakker for Deveron Fonville
  7. 56' Kaj Sierhuis for Ahmetcan Kaplan
  8. 57' Clement Bischoff assist Darko Nejasmic
  9. 68' Adam Tahaui for Kevin Kers
  10. 71' Noé Lebreton
  11. 72' Wouter Prins for Márk Csinger
  12. 73' Nils Eggens for Brynjólfur Willumsson
  13. 73' Tygo Land for Tika De Jonge
  14. 77' Travis Hearnes for David Van Der Werff
  15. 79' Hans Hateboer Yellow Card

Match stats

58.7% Possession 41.3%
22 Shots 9
9 On target 3
9 Fouls 13
0 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 3
1 Saves 6
395 Accurate passes 262

Lineups

NEC Nijmegen 3-4-2-1
1 Crettaz
24 Fonville 22 Kaplan 4 Schuurs
99 Bischoff 35 Monteiro 6 Nejasmic 34 Kers
20 Lebreton 30 Linssen
9 Chery
FC Groningen 4-2-3-1
1 Vaessen
4 Csinger 5 Rente 3 Blokzijl 33 Hateboer
8 De Jonge 24 Clement
17 Der Werff 26 Van Bergen 14 Schreuders
9 Willumsson
NEC Nijmegen 3-4-2-1
  1. 1 Gonzalo Crettaz G
  2. 22 Ahmetcan Kaplan ▼ CD
  3. 24 Deveron Fonville ▼ CD-L
  4. 4 Perr Schuurs ▼ CD-R
  5. 35 Jamiro Monteiro CM-L
  6. 6 Darko Nejasmic CM-R
  7. 99 Clement Bischoff LM
  8. 34 Kevin Kers ▼ RM
  9. 30 Bryan Linssen F
  10. 20 Noé Lebreton CF-L
  11. 9 Tjaronn Chery CF-R

Came on

  1. 19 Adam Tahaui ▲ SUB
  2. 21 Tobias Storm ▲ SUB
  3. 5 Mitchel Bakker ▲ SUB
  4. 14 Kaj Sierhuis ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 8 Isak Hansen-Aarøen SUB
  2. 12 Nikolas Polster SUB
  3. 11 Willum Thór Willumsson SUB
  4. 66 Almugera Kabar SUB
  5. 73 Gabi Brás SUB
  6. 36 Freek Entius SUB
  7. 18 Dennis Geiger SUB
FC Groningen 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Etienne Vaessen G
  2. 5 Marco Rente CD-L
  3. 3 Thijmen Blokzijl CD-R
  4. 4 Márk Csinger ▼ LB
  5. 33 Hans Hateboer RB
  6. 26 Thom Van Bergen AM
  7. 8 Tika De Jonge ▼ LM
  8. 24 Pelle Clement RM
  9. 9 Brynjólfur Willumsson ▼ F
  10. 17 David Van Der Werff ▼ AM-L
  11. 14 Jorg Schreuders AM-R

Came on

  1. 2 Wouter Prins ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Travis Hearnes ▲ SUB
  3. 18 Tygo Land ▲ SUB
  4. 20 Nils Eggens ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (8)
  1. 13 Lovro Štubljar SUB
  2. 16 Alvin Vilhelm Valdemar Nordin SUB
  3. 44 Jismerai Dillema SUB
  4. 30 Pelle Boevink SUB
  5. 42 Jesper Mosselaar SUB
  6. 19 Oskar Zawada SUB
  7. 12 Nikolas Brandis SUB
  8. 11 Jacob Ondrejka SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, NEC 2, Groningen 2.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, NEC 2, Groningen 2.
  3. 90'+4' Noé Lebreton (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  4. 90'+4' Foul by Thom van Bergen (Groningen).
  5. 90'+1' Foul by Jamiro Monteiro (NEC).
  6. 90'+1' Jorg Schreuders (Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  7. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  8. 89' Darko Nejasmic (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 89' Foul by Hans Hateboer (Groningen).
  10. 89' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Wouter Prins.
  11. 87' Attempt missed. Tygo Land (Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Travis Hernes.
  12. 86' Attempt missed. Clement Bischoff (NEC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
102 earlier entries
  1. 85' Attempt missed. Pelle Clement (Groningen) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nils Eggens following a fast break.
  2. 82' Foul by Tobias Storm (NEC).
  3. 82' Thom van Bergen (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 81' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Etienne Vaessen.
  5. 81' Attempt saved. Noé Lebreton (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen). Assisted by Tjaronn Chery with a cross.
  6. 81' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Pelle Clement.
  7. 81' Attempt blocked. Noé Lebreton (NEC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clement Bischoff.
  8. 79' Hans Hateboer (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Kaj Sierhuis (NEC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  10. 79' Foul by Hans Hateboer (Groningen).
  11. 78' Offside, Groningen. Nils Eggens is caught offside.
  12. 77' Substitution, Groningen. Travis Hernes replaces David van der Werff.
  13. 76' Noé Lebreton (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 76' Foul by Wouter Prins (Groningen).
  15. 74' Attempt missed. Kaj Sierhuis (NEC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mitchel Bakker with a cross.
  16. 73' Substitution, Groningen. Tygo Land replaces Tika de Jonge.
  17. 73' Substitution, Groningen. Nils Eggens replaces Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  18. 72' Substitution, Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Márk Csinger.
  19. 71' Goal! NEC 2, Groningen 2. Noé Lebreton (NEC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  20. 70' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Márk Csinger.
  21. 69' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  22. 69' Delay in match because of an injury Etienne Vaessen (Groningen).
  23. 68' Substitution, NEC. Adam Tahaui replaces Kevin Kers.
  24. 67' Kaj Sierhuis (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  25. 67' Foul by Jorg Schreuders (Groningen).
  26. 66' Attempt saved. Thom van Bergen (Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gonzalo Crettaz (NEC). Assisted by Marco Rente.
  27. 64' Foul by Clement Bischoff (NEC).
  28. 64' Thom van Bergen (Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  29. 63' Attempt missed. Bryan Linssen (NEC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tobias Storm with a cross.
  30. 62' Foul by Tjaronn Chery (NEC).
  31. 62' Hans Hateboer (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  32. 60' Noé Lebreton (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  33. 60' Foul by Tika de Jonge (Groningen).
  34. 59' Offside, Groningen. David van der Werff is caught offside.
  35. 58' VAR Decision: Goal NEC 1-2 Groningen (Clement Bischoff).
  36. 57' Goal! NEC 1, Groningen 2. Clement Bischoff (NEC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darko Nejasmic following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  37. 56' Substitution, NEC. Kaj Sierhuis replaces Ahmetcan Kaplan.
  38. 56' Substitution, NEC. Mitchel Bakker replaces Deveron Fonville.
  39. 56' David van der Werff (Groningen) is shown the yellow card.
  40. 56' Handball by David van der Werff (Groningen).
  41. 55' Attempt blocked. Jamiro Monteiro (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darko Nejasmic.
  42. 55' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Etienne Vaessen.
  43. 53' Attempt missed. David van der Werff (Groningen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  44. 51' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Jorg Schreuders.
  45. 51' Attempt saved. Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen). Assisted by Tjaronn Chery with a cross.
  46. 50' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Tika de Jonge.
  47. 50' Attempt saved. Kevin Kers (NEC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top left corner by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen). Assisted by Darko Nejasmic with a headed pass.
  48. 49' Foul by Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC).
  49. 49' Thom van Bergen (Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  50. 45' Substitution, NEC. Tobias Storm replaces Perr Schuurs.
  51. 45' Second Half begins NEC 0, Groningen 2.
  52. 45'+3' First Half ends, NEC 0, Groningen 2.
  53. 45'+2' Attempt saved. Darko Nejasmic (NEC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen).
  54. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  55. 45' Foul by Darko Nejasmic (NEC).
  56. 45' Thom van Bergen (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  57. 43' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Thom van Bergen.
  58. 42' Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  59. 42' Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  60. 42' Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen).
  61. 41' Attempt blocked. Tjaronn Chery (NEC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  62. 40' Deveron Fonville (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  63. 40' Foul by Jorg Schreuders (Groningen).
  64. 39' Foul by Kevin Kers (NEC).
  65. 39' Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  66. 34' Goal! NEC 0, Groningen 2. Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thom van Bergen with a cross following a fast break.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  67. 33' Attempt missed. Clement Bischoff (NEC) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Kers with a cross.
  68. 33' Attempt missed. Darko Nejasmic (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Noé Lebreton.
  69. 31' Offside, NEC. Tjaronn Chery is caught offside.
  70. 31' Attempt saved. Perr Schuurs (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen). Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
  71. 27' Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 27' Foul by Thom van Bergen (Groningen).
  73. 26' Foul by Kevin Kers (NEC).
  74. 26' Etienne Vaessen (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  75. 26' Attempt missed. Tika de Jonge (Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  76. 25' Corner, Groningen. Conceded by Deveron Fonville.
  77. 24' Foul by Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC).
  78. 24' Thijmen Blokzijl (Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  79. 24' Attempt missed. Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery with a cross following a corner.
  80. 23' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Jorg Schreuders.
  81. 19' Offside, Groningen. David van der Werff is caught offside.
  82. 19' Attempt blocked. Bryan Linssen (NEC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  83. 19' Attempt blocked. Clement Bischoff (NEC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
  84. 19' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Tika de Jonge.
  85. 15' Attempt blocked. Bryan Linssen (NEC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Darko Nejasmic.
  86. 14' Corner, NEC. Conceded by Thijmen Blokzijl.
  87. 14' Attempt missed. Kevin Kers (NEC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  88. 14' Attempt saved. Tjaronn Chery (NEC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal by Etienne Vaessen (Groningen). Assisted by Kevin Kers.
  89. 13' Clement Bischoff (NEC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  90. 13' Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen).
  91. 11' Goal! NEC 0, Groningen 1. Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Rente following a corner.
  92. 11' Attempt missed. Marco Rente (Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David van der Werff with a cross following a corner.
  93. 10' Corner, Groningen. Conceded by Noé Lebreton.
  94. 10' Attempt blocked. Tika de Jonge (Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David van der Werff.
  95. 7' Offside, NEC. Bryan Linssen is caught offside.
  96. 4' Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  97. 4' Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen).
  98. 4' Attempt blocked. Bryan Linssen (NEC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clement Bischoff.
  99. 2' Foul by Hans Hateboer (Groningen).
  100. 2' Clement Bischoff (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  101. First Half begins.
  102. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

NEC Nijmegen W D D D D

  • D Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Eredivisie
  • D at Ajax 1-1 Eredivisie
  • D Levski Sofia 1-1 UEFA Europa League
  • D Fortuna Sittard 2-2 Eredivisie
  • W at Dinamo Zagreb 4-2 UEFA Europa League

FC Groningen L W W D D

  • D FC Twente 2-2 Eredivisie
  • D at Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Eredivisie
  • W PEC Zwolle 3-0 Eredivisie
  • W at Excelsior 5-1 Eredivisie
  • L Ajax 5-2 Eredivisie

Head to head

NEC leads series 3-2

  • 10 May 2026 FC Groningen 2–1 NEC Nijmegen 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 9 Nov 2025 NEC Nijmegen 2–0 FC Groningen 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 8 Feb 2025 FC Groningen 2–1 NEC Nijmegen 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 3 Nov 2024 NEC Nijmegen 6–0 FC Groningen 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 25 Apr 2023 FC Groningen 0–1 NEC Nijmegen 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie