FC Groningen 6-1 RKC Waalwijk: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 May 2025

Result

FC Groningen 6-1 RKC Waalwijk

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 May 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

FC Groningen · RKC Waalwijk · Eredivisie predictions

FC Groningen 6-1 RKC Waalwijk: match report

FC Groningen defeated RKC Waalwijk 6-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 3 May 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Leandro Bacuna opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Leandro Bacuna (7', penalty), Stije Resink (45+2'), Noam Emeran (46'), Stije Resink (50'), Thom van Bergen (60') and Mats Seuntjens (89'). RKC Waalwijk scored through Godfried Roemeratoe (67').

Discipline: FC Groningen received no yellow cards; RKC Waalwijk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 11th on 35 points from 30 and RKC Waalwijk 18th on 19 points from 30. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 13th with 39 points, and RKC Waalwijk 17th with 25.

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 Stije Resink of FC Groningen (8.8), ahead of Leandro Bacuna (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 2 draws and 4 for RKC Waalwijk.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Leandro BacunaFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Julian LelieveldRKC Waalwijk
  • 45+2'Goal · Stije ResinkFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 46'Goal · Noam EmeranFC Groningen · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · Stije ResinkFC Groningen · 4-0
  • 60'Goal · Thom van BergenFC Groningen · 5-0
  • 67'Goal · Godfried RoemeratoeRKC Waalwijk · 5-1
  • 89'Goal · Mats SeuntjensFC Groningen · 6-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, RKC Waalwijk 4.

Team news

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

Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Hjalmar Ekdal, Thijmen Blokzijl, Marvin Peersman, Leandro Bacuna, Stije Resink, Jorg Schreuders, Luciano Valente, Dave Kwakman, Thom van Bergen

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

Mark Spenkelink, Faissal Al Mazyani, Julian Lelieveld, Roshon van Eijma, Liam van Gelderen, Juan Familia-Castillo, Tim van de Loo, Chris Lokesa, Yassin Oukili, Richonell Margaret, Michiel Kramer