Eredivisie · Round 1
Euroborg

FC Groningen 2–1 FC Utrecht starting lineups

FC Groningen FC Utrecht
2 - 1
Full time
Willumsson 8' van Bergen 48'
Blake 79'

FC Groningen and FC Utrecht lineup images

FC Groningen starting lineup vs FC Utrecht, 4-4-2: Vaessen, van der Werff, Blokzijl, Rente, Prins, Schreuders, Land, de Jonge, Clement, Willumsson, van Bergen. Eredivisie Round 1, Sunday, August 9, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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FC Utrecht starting lineup vs FC Groningen, 4-3-3: Brouwer, Vesterlund, Horemans, Eerdhuijzen, Zagré, de Wit, van Overeem, Pohl, Alarcon, Min, Cathline. Eredivisie Round 1, Sunday, August 9, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

1 - 0Willumssongoal
8'
van der Laan for Rentesubstitution
30'
Half time · 1 - 0
2 - 0van Bergengoal
48'
62'
substitutionBlake for Cathline
62'
substitutionvan den Berg for Ferdinand Pohl
62'
substitutionIqbal for David Min
70'
substitutionOfferhaus for Horemans
Mercera for Prinssubstitution
71'
79'
goalBlake2 - 1
Metu for Clementsubstitution
81'
Hernes for Willumssonsubstitution
81'
84'
substitutionParedes for Alarcon
84'
Yellow cardde Wit Yellow card
88'
Yellow cardvan Overeem Yellow card

FC Groningen and FC Utrecht team sheets and player ratings

FC Groningen

4-4-2
Starting XI
1 Suriname Vaessen rating 8.6
17 Netherlands van der Werff rating 7.9
3 Netherlands Blokzijl rating 7.3
5 Germany Rente off 30' rating 6.4
2 Netherlands Prins off 71' rating 6.5
14 Netherlands Schreuders rating 6.7
18 Netherlands Land rating 7.5
8 Netherlands de Jonge rating 6.9
24 Netherlands Clement off 81' rating 7.1
9 Iceland Willumsson 1 goal off 81' rating 7.9
26 Netherlands van Bergen 1 goal rating 8.3
Substitutes
15 Sweden van der Laan on 30' rating 6.3
29 Curacao Mercera on 71' rating 6.1
7 Norway Hernes on 81'
34 Netherlands Metu on 81'
13 Slovenia Stubljar
31 Netherlands Janse
42 Netherlands Mosselaar
12 Slovakia Brandis
16 Sweden Nordin
53 Netherlands Hall
44 Netherlands Dillema
20 Netherlands Eggens

FC Utrecht

4-3-3
Starting XI
25 Netherlands Brouwer rating 6.5
23 Denmark Vesterlund rating 6.5
2 Belgium Horemans off 70' rating 6.6
44 Netherlands Eerdhuijzen rating 6.3
92 Burkina Faso Zagré rating 6.8
20 Netherlands de Wit yellow card rating 5.9
8 Netherlands van Overeem yellow card rating 6.6
53 Germany Pohl off 62' rating 6.4
11 Spain Alarcon off 84' rating 5.8
9 Netherlands Min off 62' rating 6.1
10 France Cathline off 62' rating 6.4
Substitutes
34 Netherlands van den Berg on 62' rating 7.0
14 Iraq Iqbal on 62' rating 6.5
15 England Blake 1 goal on 62' rating 7.4
6 Netherlands Offerhaus on 70' rating 6.3
30 United States Paredes on 84'
33 Netherlands Gadellaa
32 Netherlands Kloosterboer
47 Germany Owen

Managers

Lukkien4-4-2FC Groningen
Correia4-3-3FC Utrecht
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FC Groningen 2–1 FC Utrecht: match summary

FC Groningen beat FC Utrecht 2–1 at Euroborg in Groningen on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in Round 1 of the Eredivisie. Brynjólfur Willumsson (8') and Thom van Bergen (48') scored for FC Groningen, Adrian Blake (79') for FC Utrecht. The match ratings read 7.2 for FC Groningen and 6.5 for FC Utrecht. Etienne Vaessen and Thom van Bergen tied for the highest player rating at 8.5, and Dani de Wit of FC Utrecht the lowest rated starter at 6.0. FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 under Lukkien, FC Utrecht in a 4-3-3 under Correia. Adrian Blake had come on for Yoann Cathline on 62 minutes. Dani de Wit was booked on 84 minutes and Joris van Overeem on 88, and nobody was sent off. The Eredivisie table taken on September 2, 2026 had FC Groningen 10th on 6 points and FC Utrecht 17th on 1.

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