NEC Nijmegen 2-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 9 November 2025

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 9 November 2025, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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NEC Nijmegen 2-0 FC Groningen: match report

NEC Nijmegen beat FC Groningen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 9 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kodai Sano opened the scoring in the 51st minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Kodai Sano (51') and Kento Shiogai (61'). FC Groningen did not score.

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 10th on 15 points from 11 and FC Groningen 6th on 19 points from 11. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and FC Groningen 9th with 48.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ahmetcan Kaplan of NEC Nijmegen (8.0), ahead of Stije Resink (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Tika de JongeFC Groningen
  • 51'Goal · Kodai SanoNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Kento ShiogaiNEC Nijmegen · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Ahmetcan KaplanNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Philippe Sandler, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Thomas Ouwejan, Darko Nejasmic, Kodai Sano, Sami Ouaissa, Tjaronn Chery, Bryan Linssen, Koki Ogawa

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

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