VVV-Venlo 1-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 16 February 2018

Result

VVV-Venlo 1-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Friday 16 February 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VVV-Venlo 1-1 FC Groningen: match report

VVV-Venlo drew with FC Groningen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 16 February 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Vito van Crooij opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. VVV-Venlo's goal came from Vito van Crooij (2'). FC Groningen scored through Ritsu Doan (15').

Discipline: VVV-Venlo received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VVV-Venlo were 10th on 30 points from 23 and FC Groningen 13th on 23 points from 23. VVV-Venlo went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 38.

VVV-Venlo lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vito van Crooij of VVV-Venlo (7.8), level with Samir Memisevic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VVV-Venlo win, 4 draws and 5 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Vito van CrooijVVV-Venlo · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Ritsu DoanFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Mike te WierikFC Groningen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Moreno RuttenVVV-Venlo
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sergio PadtFC Groningen
  • 90+2'Yellow card · D. ZeefuikFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VVV-Venlo 1, draws 4, FC Groningen 5.

Team news

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Moreno Rutten, Roel Janssen, Danny Post, Nils Röseler, Vito van Crooij, Clint Leemans, Ralf Seuntjens, Jonathan Opoku, Lennart Thy, Romeo Castelen

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

Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Samir Memisevic, Yoëll van Nieff, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Ritsu Doan, Tom van de Looi, Mimoun Mahi, Tom van Weert