NEC Nijmegen 2-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 27 January 2013

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 27 January 2013, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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NEC Nijmegen 2-1 FC Groningen: match report

NEC Nijmegen defeated FC Groningen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 27 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rens Van Eijden opened the scoring in the 10th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Rens Van Eijden (10') and Sören Rieks (80'). FC Groningen scored through Lorenzo Burnet (67').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 9th on 24 points from 19 and FC Groningen 12th on 20 points from 19. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 15th with 37 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 NEC Nijmegen wins, 3 draws and 3 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Rens Van EijdenNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Rasmus LindgrenFC Groningen
  • 48'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldFC Groningen
  • 54'Yellow card · Victor PálssonNEC Nijmegen
  • 67'Goal · Lorenzo BurnetFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Mitchell SchetFC Groningen
  • 73'Yellow card · Nick Van der VeldenNEC Nijmegen
  • 80'Goal · Sören RieksNEC Nijmegen · 2-1
  • 89'Second yellow · Mitchell SchetFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 4, draws 3, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Youri LoenNEC Nijmegen · injury (Tibia And Fibula Fracture)

NEC Nijmegen line-up

Khalid Sinouh, Nathaniël Will, Rémy Amieux, Victor Pálsson, Michel Breuer, Nick Van der Velden, Navarone Foor, Melvin Platje, Søren Rieks, Rens Van Eijden, Ryan Koolwijk

FC Groningen line-up

Marco Bizot, Johan Kappelhof, Virgil van Dijk, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Leandro Bacuna, Kees Kwakman, Mitchell Schet, Género Zeefuik, Andraž Kirm, Lorenzo Burnet, Rasmus Lindgren