Heracles Almelo 1-2 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 May 2026

Result

Heracles Almelo 1-2 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 May 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Heracles Almelo 1-2 FC Groningen: match report

Heracles Almelo were beaten by FC Groningen 1-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 17 May 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

David van der Werff opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Heracles Almelo's goal came from Tristan van Gilst (17'). FC Groningen scored through David van der Werff (3') and Tygo Land (56').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 18th on 19 points from 33 and FC Groningen 9th on 45 points from 33. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 18th with 19 points, and FC Groningen 9th with 48.

Heracles Almelo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Walid Ould-Chikh of Heracles Almelo (8.0), ahead of David van der Werff (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Heracles Almelo wins, 1 draw and 3 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · David van der WerffFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Tristan van GilstHeracles Almelo · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Tygo LandFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Jan ZamburekHeracles Almelo
  • 90'Yellow card · Travis HernesFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Heracles Almelo 6, draws 1, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

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Heracles Almelo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Timo Jansink, Mimeirhel Benita, Mike te Wierik, Damon Mirani, Djevencio van der Kust, Jan Zamburek, Sem Scheperman, Tristan van Gilst, Thomas Bruns, Walid Ould-Chikh, Mario Engels

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

Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Thijmen Blokzijl, Dies Janse, Marvin Peersman, David van der Werff, Tika de Jonge, Tygo Land, Jorg Schreuders, Younes Taha, Thom van Bergen