FC Groningen 2-3 RKC Waalwijk: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 7 October 2022

Result

FC Groningen 2-3 RKC Waalwijk

Eredivisie · Friday 7 October 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Groningen 2-3 RKC Waalwijk: match report

FC Groningen lost to RKC Waalwijk 2-3 in Eredivisie on Friday 7 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ricardo Pepi opened the scoring in the 14th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Ricardo Pepi (14', penalty) and Ricardo Pepi (76'). RKC Waalwijk scored through Dario Van den Buijs (38', penalty), Mika Biereth (61') and Mika Biereth (80').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; RKC Waalwijk received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 12th on 8 points from 8 and RKC Waalwijk 9th on 10 points from 8. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 18th with 18 points, and RKC Waalwijk 9th with 41.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and RKC Waalwijk in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mika Biereth of RKC Waalwijk (8.7), ahead of Ricardo Pepi (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

14'Penalty goal · Ricardo PepiFC Groningen · 1-0
35'Yellow card · Mike te WierikFC Groningen
36'Red card · Radinio BalkerFC Groningen
38'Penalty goal · Dario Van den BuijsRKC Waalwijk · 1-1
61'Goal · Mika BierethRKC Waalwijk · 1-2
76'Goal · Ricardo PepiFC Groningen · 2-2
80'Goal · Mika BierethRKC Waalwijk · 2-3
83'Yellow card · Mika BierethRKC Waalwijk
83'Yellow card · Mika BierethRKC Waalwijk
83'Yellow card · Yassin OukiliRKC Waalwijk

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 1, RKC Waalwijk 2.

RKC Waalwijk 3-1 FC GroningenEredivisie · 1 May 2022
FC Groningen 1-1 RKC WaalwijkEredivisie · 7 Nov 2021
RKC Waalwijk 3-1 FC GroningenEredivisie · 20 Mar 2021
FC Groningen 2-0 RKC WaalwijkEredivisie · 12 Dec 2020
FC Groningen 3-0 RKC WaalwijkEredivisie · 4 Oct 2019

Team news

Unavailable

Liam van GelderenFC Groningen · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Daleho IrandustFC Groningen · injury (Unknown Injury)
Florian JozefzoonRKC Waalwijk · injury (Unknown Injury)
Yahya KalleyFC Groningen · injury (Unknown Injury)
Marin ŠverkoFC Groningen · injury (Unknown Injury)
Michiel KramerRKC Waalwijk · injury (Back Injury)
Neraysho KasanwirjoFC Groningen · injury (Ill)

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

Michael Verrips, Damil Dankerlui, Mike te Wierik, Radinio Balker, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Joey Pelupessy, Laros Duarte, Tomas Suslov, Florian Krüger, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Ricardo Pepi

RKC Waalwijk line-up (5-3-2)

Etienne Vaessen, Julian Lelieveld, Juriën Gaari, Shawn Adewoye, Dario Van den Buijs, Thierry Lutonda, Iliass Bel Hassani, Vurnon Anita, Pelle Clement, Roy Kuijpers, Julen Lobete