FC Groningen 2-3 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 February 2017

Result

FC Groningen 2-3 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 February 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Groningen 2-3 FC Utrecht: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by FC Utrecht 2-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 25 February 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Bryan Linssen opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Bryan Linssen (4') and Bryan Linssen (45'). FC Utrecht scored through Sébastien Haller (54'), Giovanni Troupée (79') and Yassin Ayoub (82').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 4 yellow cards; FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 10th on 27 points from 23 and FC Utrecht 4th on 38 points from 23. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and FC Utrecht 4th with 72.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yassin Ayoub of FC Utrecht (9.5), ahead of Jason Davidson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 1 draw and 5 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Bryan LinssenFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Gyrano KerkFC Utrecht
  • 45'Goal · Bryan LinssenFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · K. LarsenFC Groningen
  • 54'Goal · Sébastien HallerFC Utrecht · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Ruben JenssenFC Groningen
  • 73'Yellow card · Jason DavidsonFC Groningen
  • 79'Goal · Giovanni TroupéeFC Utrecht · 2-2
  • 82'Goal · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oussama IdrissiFC Groningen

Head-to-head

8 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 1, FC Utrecht 5.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Kasper Larsen, Samir Memisevic, Etienne Reijnen, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Simon Tibbling, Tom Hiariej, Oussama Idrissi, Bryan Linssen, Mimoun Mahi

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

David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Willem Janssen, Robin Van der Meer, Giovanni Troupée, Ramon Leeuwin, Yassin Ayoub, Nacer Barazite, Sofyan Amrabat, Sébastien Haller, Gyrano Kerk