FC Groningen 2-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 10 May 2026

Result

FC Groningen 2-1 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 10 May 2026, 14:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-1 NEC Nijmegen: match report

FC Groningen won against NEC Nijmegen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 10 May 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marco Rente opened the scoring in the 45th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Marco Rente (45+3') and Tygo Land (51'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Darko Nejasmic (76').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 10th on 42 points from 32 and NEC Nijmegen 4th on 56 points from 32. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and NEC Nijmegen 4th with 59.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Darko Nejasmic of NEC Nijmegen (7.9), ahead of Thijmen Blokzijl (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Tika de JongeFC Groningen
  • 45+3'Goal · Marco RenteFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Tygo LandFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen
  • 76'Goal · Darko NejasmicNEC Nijmegen · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Marco RenteFC Groningen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Stije ResinkFC Groningen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

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

Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Thijmen Blokzijl, Dies Janse, Marvin Peersman, Tika de Jonge, Tygo Land, Younes Taha, David van der Werff, Jorg Schreuders, Thom van Bergen

NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Bram Nuytinck, Deveron Fonville, Sami Ouaissa, Darko Nejasmic, Philippe Sandler, Noé Lebreton, Kodai Sano, Bryan Linssen, Tjaronn Chery