Timeline
- 1' Jacob Ondrejka assist Brynjólfur Willumsson
- 5' Tika De Jonge Yellow Card
- 15' Cedric Hatenboer assist Marvin Young
- 25' Milan Zonneveld
- 29' Thom Van Bergen assist Hans Hateboer
- 36' Bruno Martins Indi Yellow Card
- 45' Teo Quintero for Nick Verschuren
- 55' Robin Van Cruijsen for Jens Toornstra
- 61' Lushendry Martes Yellow Card
- 71' Andrej Kostic for Milan Zonneveld
- 71' Shunsuke Mito for Isaac Babadi
- 75' Cedric Hatenboer Yellow Card
- 75' Tygo Land for Thom Van Bergen
- 83' Jismerai Dillema for Brynjólfur Willumsson
- 83' Nils Eggens for Jacob Ondrejka
- 83' Wouter Prins for Jorg Schreuders
- 85' Andrej Kostic
- 87' Oskar Zawada for Marco Rente
- 87' Giannino Vianello for Mitchell van Bergen
Match stats
58.9%
Possession
41.1%
20
Shots
8
10
On target
4
8
Fouls
14
1
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Saves
8
419
Accurate passes
267
Lineups
FC Groningen
4-2-3-1
1
Vaessen
4
Csinger
5
Rente
3
Blokzijl
33
Hateboer
24
Clement
8
De Jonge
11
Ondrejka
26
Van Bergen
14
Schreuders
9
Willumsson
Sparta Rotterdam
5-4-1
1
Brouwer
5
Kuipers
4
Indi
6
Verschuren
3
Young
2
Martes
11
Babadi
8
Hatenboer
10
Toornstra
7
van Bergen
9
Zonneveld
FC Groningen
4-2-3-1
- 1 Etienne Vaessen G
- 5 Marco Rente ▼ CD-L
- 3 Thijmen Blokzijl CD-R
- 4 Márk Csinger LB
- 33 Hans Hateboer RB
- 26 Thom Van Bergen ▼ AM
- 24 Pelle Clement LM
- 8 Tika De Jonge RM
- 9 Brynjólfur Willumsson ▼ F
- 11 Jacob Ondrejka ▼ AM-L
- 14 Jorg Schreuders ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 44 Jismerai Dillema ▲ SUB
- 20 Nils Eggens ▲ SUB
- 2 Wouter Prins ▲ SUB
- 19 Oskar Zawada ▲ SUB
- 18 Tygo Land ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 30 Pelle Boevink SUB
- 29 Tyrique Mercera SUB
- 53 Jahelille Hall SUB
- 42 Jesper Mosselaar SUB
- 12 Nikolas Brandis SUB
- 16 Alvin Vilhelm Valdemar Nordin SUB
- 13 Lovro Štubljar SUB
Sparta Rotterdam
5-4-1
- 1 Michael Brouwer G
- 6 Nick Verschuren ▼ CD
- 4 Bruno Martins Indi CD-L
- 3 Marvin Young CD-R
- 5 Bas Kuipers LB
- 2 Lushendry Martes RB
- 8 Cedric Hatenboer CM-L
- 10 Jens Toornstra ▼ CM-R
- 11 Isaac Babadi ▼ LM
- 7 Mitchell van Bergen ▼ RM
- 9 Milan Zonneveld ▼ F
Came on
- 21 Shunsuke Mito ▲ SUB
- 15 Giannino Vianello ▲ SUB
- 19 Andrej Kostic ▲ SUB
- 14 Teo Quintero ▲ SUB
- 18 Robin Van Cruijsen ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 22 Joel Ideho SUB
- 12 Boyd Reith SUB
- 30 Pascal Kuiper SUB
- 13 Julian Baas SUB
- 17 Casper Terho SUB
- 16 Alwande Roaldsøy SUB
- 20 Filip Bednarek SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Groningen 2, Sparta Rotterdam 3.
- 90'+4' Second Half ends, Groningen 2, Sparta Rotterdam 3.
- 90'+2' Offside, Groningen. Hans Hateboer is caught offside.
- 90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 89' Attempt missed. Oskar Zawada (Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tika de Jonge.
- 87' Substitution, Sparta Rotterdam. Giannino Vianello replaces Mitchell van Bergen.
- 87' Substitution, Groningen. Oskar Zawada replaces Marco Rente.
- 87' Tygo Land (Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87' Foul by Robin van Cruijsen (Sparta Rotterdam).
- 85' Goal! Groningen 2, Sparta Rotterdam 3. Andrej Kostic (Sparta Rotterdam) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
- 83' Substitution, Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Jorg Schreuders.
- 83' Substitution, Groningen. Nils Eggens replaces Jacob Ondrejka.
Recent form
FC Groningen
L
D
L
W
W
- W PEC Zwolle 3-0 Eredivisie
- W at Excelsior 5-1 Eredivisie
- L Ajax 5-2 Eredivisie
- D at NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Eredivisie
- L FC Emmen 2-0 KNVB Beker
Sparta Rotterdam
L
L
W
D
L
- L SC Heerenveen 4-0 Eredivisie
- D at Go Ahead Eagles 3-3 Eredivisie
- W Willem II 3-2 Eredivisie
- L Ajax 2-1 Eredivisie
- L Fortuna Sittard 2-2 KNVB Beker
Head to head
SPA leads series 4-1
- 31 Jan 2026 Sparta Rotterdam 2–0 FC Groningen 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
- 30 Oct 2025 Sparta Rotterdam 5–2 FC Groningen 2025-26 Dutch KNVB Beker
- 19 Oct 2025 FC Groningen 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
- 2 Feb 2025 Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 FC Groningen 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
- 9 Nov 2024 FC Groningen 1–0 Sparta Rotterdam 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
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