FC Groningen 1-3 Vitesse: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 10 March 2012

Result

FC Groningen 1-3 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Saturday 10 March 2012, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Groningen 1-3 Vitesse: match report

FC Groningen lost to Vitesse 1-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 10 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Marco van Ginkel opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Dusan Tadić (68', penalty). Vitesse scored through Marco van Ginkel (42'), Jan-Arie van der Heijden (56') and Mike Havenaar (90+2').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards; Vitesse received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 9th on 32 points from 24 and Vitesse 7th on 35 points from 24. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 14th with 37 points, and Vitesse 6th with 62.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · M. YasudaVitesse
  • 42'Goal · Marco van GinkelVitesse · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Tim SparvFC Groningen
  • 55'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkFC Groningen
  • 56'Goal · Jan-Arie van der HeijdenVitesse · 0-2
  • 68'Penalty goal · Dusan TadićFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Marco van GinkelVitesse
  • 90+2'Goal · Mike HavenaarVitesse · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, Vitesse 4.

Team news

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

Luciano, Jonas Ivens, Emil Johansson, Virgil van Dijk, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Petter Andersson, Tom Hiariej, David Texeira, Dusan Tadic, Tim Sparv, Hyun-jun Suk

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Piet Velthuizen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Alexander Büttner, Patrick van Aanholt, Michihiro Yasuda, Guram Kashia, Ricardo Gomes, Anthony Annan, Renato Ibarra, Wilfried Bony, Tomas Kalas