FC Groningen 4-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 April 2018

Result

FC Groningen 4-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 April 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

FC Groningen · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

FC Groningen 4-0 Excelsior: match report

FC Groningen beat Excelsior 4-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 29 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom van Weert opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Tom van Weert (42'), Samir Memisevic (45+1'), Ritsu Doan (71') and Tom van Weert (73'). Excelsior did not score.

Discipline: FC Groningen received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 12th on 34 points from 32 and Excelsior 10th on 40 points from 32. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom van Weert of FC Groningen (8.8), ahead of Ajdin Hrustic (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Groningen wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Ryan KoolwijkExcelsior
  • 42'Goal · Tom van WeertFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jurgen MattheijExcelsior
  • 45+1'Goal · Samir MemisevicFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Ritsu DoanFC Groningen · 3-0
  • 73'Goal · Tom van WeertFC Groningen · 4-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: FC Groningen 0, draws 0, Excelsior 1.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Samir Memisevic, Amir Absalem, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Ajdin Hrustic, Ritsu Doan, Tom van de Looi, Tom van Weert

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Ögmundur Kristinsson, Khalid Karami, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Luigi Bruins, Mike van Duinen, Stanley Elbers, Ali Messaoud