FC Groningen 3-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 12 January 2008

Result

FC Groningen 3-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 12 January 2008, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Groningen 3-2 Excelsior: match report

FC Groningen beat Excelsior 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 12 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Goran Lovre opened the scoring in the 58th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Goran Lovre (58'), Marcus Berg (64') and Goran Lovre (90+5'). Excelsior scored through Geert Den Ouden (59') and Daniel Guijo-Velasco (73').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 5th on 33 points from 18 and Excelsior 18th on 12 points from 18. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Excelsior 18th with 27.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Groningen wins, 0 draws and 0 for Excelsior.

Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Excelsior's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Goal · Goran LovreFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 59'Goal · Geert Den OudenExcelsior · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Marcus BergFC Groningen · 2-1
  • 73'Goal · Daniel Guijo-VelascoExcelsior · 2-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Goran LovreFC Groningen · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: FC Groningen 3, draws 0, Excelsior 0.