FC Utrecht 1-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Thursday 19 April 2018

Result

FC Utrecht 1-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Thursday 19 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Utrecht 1-1 FC Groningen: match report

FC Utrecht drew with FC Groningen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Thursday 19 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Willem Janssen opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Utrecht's goal came from Willem Janssen (8'). FC Groningen scored through Tom van Weert (73', penalty).

Discipline: FC Utrecht received 4 yellow cards; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Utrecht were 5th on 49 points from 31 and FC Groningen 13th on 33 points from 31. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 38.

FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zakaria Labyad of FC Utrecht (8.0), ahead of David Jensen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Utrecht wins, 0 draws and 1 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Willem JanssenFC Utrecht · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Willem JanssenFC Utrecht
  • 34'Yellow card · M. KlichFC Utrecht
  • 67'Yellow card · Sander van de StreekFC Utrecht
  • 72'Yellow card · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht
  • 73'Penalty goal · Tom van WeertFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · D. ZeefuikFC Groningen

Head-to-head

1 meetings: FC Utrecht 0, draws 0, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

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

David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Dario Dumic, Willem Janssen, Giovanni Troupée, Rico Strieder, Yassin Ayoub, Mateusz Klich, Sander van de Streek, Gyrano Kerk, Zakaria Labyad

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

Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Kasper Larsen, Mike te Wierik, Django Warmerdam, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Ajdin Hrustic, Ritsu Doan, Tom van de Looi, Tom van Weert