FC Groningen 2-2 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 November 2009

Result

FC Groningen 2-2 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 November 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Groningen 2-2 NEC Nijmegen: match report

FC Groningen drew with NEC Nijmegen 2-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 29 November 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

T. Matavž opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from T. Matavž (7') and Nicklas Pedersen (89'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Björn Vleminckx (33') and Youssef El-Akchaoui (66', penalty).

Discipline: FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 14th on 13 points from 14 and NEC Nijmegen 17th on 12 points from 14. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and NEC Nijmegen 13th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 3 draws and 3 for NEC Nijmegen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · T. MatavžFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Björn VleminckxNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Tom HiariejFC Groningen
  • 65'Yellow card · Brian van LooFC Groningen
  • 66'Penalty goal · Youssef El-AkchaouiNEC Nijmegen · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Erton FejzullahuNEC Nijmegen
  • 75'Yellow card · Mike ZonneveldFC Groningen
  • 85'Yellow card · Patrick PothuizenNEC Nijmegen
  • 89'Goal · Nicklas PedersenFC Groningen · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 3, NEC Nijmegen 3.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up

Brian van Loo, Gibril Sankoh, Michael Jansen, Goran Lovre, Koen van de Laak, Danny Holla, Tom Hiariej, Leandro Bacuna, Tim Matavz, Thomas Enevoldsen, Sepp De Roover

NEC Nijmegen line-up

Gabor Babos, Ramon Zomer, Youssef El-Akchaoui, Patrick Pothuizen, Erton Fejzullahu, Niels Wellenberg, Lorenzo Davids, Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Arkadiusz Radomski, Björn Vleminckx, John Goossens