Excelsior 0–2 Groningen
Excelsior
0–2HT 0–0
Groningen
Excelsior played Groningen in the Eredivisie on 5 December 2025 at Stadion Woudestein. The match finished 0–2.
Goals and cards
- 21'Thijmen Blokzijl — Yellow card
- 45+3'Rick Meissen — Yellow card
- 58'Marco Rente — Yellow card
- 61'T. van Bergen
- 70'Stijn Middendorp — Red card
- 85'Yoon Do-young — Yellow card
- 89'Marco Rente — Yellow card
- 89'Marco Rente — Red card
- 90'S. Resink
Line-ups
Excelsior 4-2-3-1
- S. van Gassel
- I. Bronkhorst
- C. Widell
- R. Meissen
- A. Zagre
- S. Middendorp
- L. Hartjes
- D. Sanches Fernandes
- N. Naujoks
- G. de Regt
- J. Bergraaf
- SUBSTITUTES
- C. Raatsie
- S. Henderikx
- A. Carlen
- D. Yoon
- S. Wlodarczyk
- L. Schouten
- S. Janssen
- N. Martens
- S. Mitrovic
- M. van Duinen
- N. El Hamdaoui
- COACHES: Ruben den Uil
Groningen 4-4-2
- E. Vaessen
- M. Rente
- T. Blokzijl
- D. Janse
- M. Peersman
- J. Schreuders
- T. de Jonge
- S. Resink
- Y. Taha
- B. Willumsson
- T. van Bergen
- SUBSTITUTES
- L. Stubljar
- H. Jurjus
- W. Prins
- N. Emeran
- T. Mercera
- D. van der Werff
- T. Land
- M. Seuntjens
- S. Bouland
- R. Mendes
- N. Eggens
- M. Hoekstra
- COACHES: Dick Lukkien
Match statistics
| Excelsior | Groningen | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 8 |
| 16 | Total shots | 20 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 14 | Shots inside box | 12 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 8 |
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 5 | Corners | 5 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 46% | Possession | 54% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red cards | 1 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 417 | Total passes | 502 |
| 325 | Accurate passes | 414 |
| 78% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 2.01 | Expected Goals (xG) | 3.89 |
| 0.71 | goals_prevented | 0.71 |