PEC Zwolle 1-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 May 2021

Result

PEC Zwolle 1-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 May 2021, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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PEC Zwolle 1-0 FC Groningen: match report

PEC Zwolle defeated FC Groningen 1-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 16 May 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal was an own goal by Ko Itakura in the 80th minute, credited to PEC Zwolle.

Discipline: PEC Zwolle received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game PEC Zwolle were 13th on 35 points from 33 and FC Groningen 7th on 50 points from 33. PEC Zwolle went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 50.

PEC Zwolle lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas van den Belt of PEC Zwolle (7.7), ahead of Miguel Leal (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 PEC Zwolle wins, 0 draws and 6 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Danny BuijsFC Groningen
  • 80'Own goal · Ko ItakuraPEC Zwolle · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: PEC Zwolle 4, draws 0, FC Groningen 6.

Team news

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PEC Zwolle line-up (4-2-3-1)

Xavier Mous, Marc-Olivier Doué, Thomas van den Belt, Yuta Nakayama, Kenneth Paal, Rico Strieder, Pelle Clement, Immanuel Pherai, Virgil Misidjan, Slobodan Tedic, Manuel Benson

FC Groningen line-up (3-5-2)

Sergio Padt, Leonel Miguel, Ko Itakura, Daniël van Kaam, Miguel Leal, Tomas Suslov, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Azor Matusiwa, Mohammed El Hankouri, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Patrick Joosten