FC Groningen 3-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

FC Groningen 3-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 February 2023, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 3-0 Excelsior: match report

FC Groningen won against Excelsior 3-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 25 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

J. Hove opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from J. Hove (13'), Ricardo Pepi (50') and Liam van Gelderen (66'). Excelsior did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 17th on 14 points from 22 and Excelsior 15th on 20 points from 22. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 18th with 18 points, and Excelsior 15th with 32.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daleho Irandust of FC Groningen (8.4), ahead of Johan Hove (8.2).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · J. HoveFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Ricardo PepiFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Liam van GelderenFC Groningen · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Michael Verrips, Liam van Gelderen, Thijmen Blokzijl, Radinio Balker, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Johan Hove, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Tomas Suslov, Daleho Irandust, Ricardo Pepi, Elvis Manu

Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Serano Seymor, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Julian Baas, Peer Koopmeiners, Marouan Azarkan, Noah Naujoks, Lazaros Lamprou, Nikolas Agrafiotis