Willem II 1-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 January 2018

Result

Willem II 1-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 January 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Willem II · FC Groningen · Eredivisie predictions

Willem II 1-1 FC Groningen: match report

Willem II drew with FC Groningen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 21 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ritsu Doan opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Willem II's goal came from Ismail Azzaoui (71'). FC Groningen scored through Ritsu Doan (14').

Discipline: Willem II received 2 yellow cards; FC Groningen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Willem II were 15th on 16 points from 18 and FC Groningen 13th on 20 points from 18. Willem II went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 38.

Willem II lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ritsu Doan of FC Groningen (7.8), ahead of Mike te Wierik (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Willem II win, 2 draws and 0 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Ritsu DoanFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · D. LachmanWillem II
  • 71'Goal · Ismail AzzaouiWillem II · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Freek HeerkensWillem II

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Willem II 1, draws 2, FC Groningen 0.

Team news

Willem II line-up (4-3-1-2)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Fernando Lewis, Freek Heerkens, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Darryl Lachman, Pedro Chirivella, T. Haye, Mohammed El Hankouri, Ben Rienstra, Bartholomew Ogbeche, Fran Sol

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

Sergio Padt, Mike te Wierik, Samir Memisevic, Yoëll van Nieff, Django Warmerdam, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Ritsu Doan, Tom van de Looi, Ludovit Reis, Lars Veldwijk