FC Groningen 2-1 VVV-Venlo: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

FC Groningen 2-1 VVV-Venlo

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-1 VVV-Venlo: match report

FC Groningen won against VVV-Venlo 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

P. Joosten opened the scoring in the 26th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from P. Joosten (26') and J. Strand Larsen (48'). VVV-Venlo scored through Georgios Giakoumakis (90+5').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card; VVV-Venlo received no yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 7th on 10 points from 6 and VVV-Venlo 14th on 5 points from 6. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 7th with 50 points, and VVV-Venlo 17th with 23.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-3-3 and VVV-Venlo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jørgen Strand Larsen of FC Groningen (8.0), ahead of Patrick Joosten (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Groningen wins, 2 draws and 0 for VVV-Venlo.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · P. JoostenFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · J. Strand LarsenFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Gabriel GudmundssonFC Groningen
  • 90+5'Goal · Georgios GiakoumakisVVV-Venlo · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: FC Groningen 0, draws 2, VVV-Venlo 0.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Damil Dankerlui, Wessel Dammers, Ko Itakura, Bart van Hintum, Azor Matusiwa, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Daniël van Kaam, Alessio Da Cruz, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Patrick Joosten

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Thorsten Kirschbaum, Tobias Pachonik, Roy Gelmi, Arjan Swinkels, Steffen Schäfer, Evert Linthorst, Danny Post, Simon Janssen, Zinédine Machach, Georgios Giakoumakis, Vito van Crooij