FC Groningen 4-3 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 12 March 2022

Result

FC Groningen 4-3 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 12 March 2022, 17:45 UTC · half-time 2-3

FC Groningen · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

FC Groningen 4-3 NEC Nijmegen: match report

FC Groningen defeated NEC Nijmegen 4-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 12 March 2022. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Michael de Leeuw opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Michael de Leeuw (2'), J. Strand Larsen (22'), Romano Postema (80') and Romano Postema (90+2'). NEC Nijmegen scored through A. Akman (13'), Lasse Schöne (29') and Magnus Mattsson (32').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 4 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 10th on 30 points from 25 and NEC Nijmegen 9th on 31 points from 25. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 12th with 36 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 38.

FC Groningen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Romano Postema of FC Groningen (8.5), ahead of Damil Dankerlui (8.2).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Michael de LeeuwFC Groningen · 1-0
13'Goal · A. AkmanNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
17'Yellow card · J. Strand LarsenFC Groningen
17'Red card · Souffian El KarouaniNEC Nijmegen
18'Yellow card · Rogier MeijerNEC Nijmegen
22'Goal · J. Strand LarsenFC Groningen · 2-1
29'Goal · Lasse SchöneNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
32'Goal · Magnus MattssonNEC Nijmegen · 2-3
60'Yellow card · Mohammed El HankouriFC Groningen
75'Yellow card · Laros DuarteFC Groningen
80'Goal · Romano PostemaFC Groningen · 3-3
87'Yellow card · Daleho IrandustFC Groningen
90+2'Goal · Romano PostemaFC Groningen · 4-3

Head-to-head

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

NEC Nijmegen 3-0 FC GroningenEredivisie · 31 Oct 2021
FC Groningen 2-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 5 Apr 2017
NEC Nijmegen 1-1 FC GroningenEredivisie · 5 Nov 2016
FC Groningen 0-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 22 Jan 2016
NEC Nijmegen 1-1 FC GroningenEredivisie · 25 Oct 2015
FC Groningen 5-2 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 22 Dec 2013

Team news

Unavailable

Rens Van EijdenNEC Nijmegen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Pedro RuizNEC Nijmegen · injury (Knee Surgery)
J. HoekstraFC Groningen · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Jordy BruijnNEC Nijmegen · injury (Thigh Problems)
Daniël van KaamFC Groningen · injury (Ill)
Mikkel DuelundNEC Nijmegen · injury (Ankle Injury)

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

Peter Leeuwenburgh, Mike te Wierik, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Bart van Hintum, Mohammed El Hankouri, Tomas Suslov, Laros Duarte, Bjorn Meijer, Michael de Leeuw, Paulos Abraham, Jørgen Strand Larsen

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Rodrigo Guth, Cas Odenthal, Calvin Verdonk, Bart van Rooij, Édgar Barreto, Lasse Schöne, Souffian El, Magnus Mattsson, Jonathan Okita, Ali Akman