CORNERFLICK
Excelsior vs Groningen 1-5
- Irakli Yegoian (P)36'
- Stijn van Gassel (OG)38'
- Marco Rente7'
- Thom Van Bergen (P)64'
- Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson67'
- Marco Rente90+5'
- Kick-off
- Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · 14:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
- Referee
- Richard Martens
Match timeline
- 90+5’Goal!
GroningenMarco Rente2 – 4 - 85’SubstitutionGroningenRyan Metu ONThom Van Bergen OFF
- 85’SubstitutionGroningenOskar Zawada ONDavid van der Werff OFF
- 84’SubstitutionGroningenNils Eggens ONBrynjólfur Darri Willumsson OFF
- 81’Substitution
ExcelsiorAlireza Jahanbakhsh ONAymen sliti OFF - 80’Yellow cardGroningenTygo Land
- 72’SubstitutionGroningenMark Csinger ONHans Hateboer OFF
- 67’Goal!GroningenBrynjólfur Darri WillumssonAssist: Pelle Clement2 – 3
Show 11 earlier events
- 66’SubstitutionGroningenTygo Land ONJacob Ondrejka OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorKasey Bos ONSimon Janssen OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorMario Domínguez Franco ONDavid Garden OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorDaniel van Vianen ONÁgúst Orri Thorsteinsson OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorValentin Sulzbacher ONEric da Silva Moreira OFF
- 64’Penalty goalGroningenThom Van Bergen2 – 2
- 59’VAR checkGroningenJorg SchreudersPenalty confirmed
- 38’Own goalGroningenStijn van Gassel2 – 1
- 36’Penalty goalExcelsiorIrakli Yegoian1 – 1
- 20’Yellow cardGroningenDavid van der Werff
- 7’Goal!GroningenMarco Rente0 – 1
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
ExcelsiorGroningen- 49%Possession51%
- 16Shots14
- 1.81xG2.46
- 2Shots on Target9
- 3Corners6
- 10Fouls12
- 1Offsides0
- 5Saves1
- 413Passes443
- 0Yellow Cards2
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Excelsior4 - 3 - 3
- 1Gassel
- 2Moreira
- 4Widell
- 14Plug
- 15Janssen
- 8Yegoian
- 3Meissen
- 20Hartjes
- 7Sliti
- 19Garden
- 30Þorsteinsson
Substitutions
- 65’↑12 K. Bos↓15 S. Janssen
- 65’↑ Mario Domínguez Franco↓19 D. Garden
- 65’↑6 D. van Vianen↓ Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson
- 65’↑18 V. Sulzbacher↓2 Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira
- 81’↑11 A. Jahanbakhsh↓7 A. Sliti
Unused substitutes 16 Celton Biai, 21 I. Silva Timas, 22 O. Turay, 28 N. Groen, 9 Mario Domínguez, 24 Giulliano Cairo
Coach R. den Uil
Groningen4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Vaessen
- 14Schreuders
- 3Blokzijl
- 5Rente
- 33Hateboer
- 8Jonge
- 24Clement
- 17Werff
- 26Bergen
- 11Ondrejka
- 9Willumsson
Substitutions
- 66’↑18 T. Land↓11 J. Ondrejka
- 72’↑4 M. Csinger↓33 H. Hateboer
- 84’↑20 Nils Eggens↓9 B. Willumsson
- 85’↑34 R. Metu↓26 T. van Bergen
- 85’↑19 O. Zawada↓17 D. van der Werff
Unused substitutes 53 J. Hall, 42 J. Mosselaar, 16 A. Nordin, 2 Wouter Prins, 13 L. Štubljar, 30 P. Boevink
Coach D. Lukkien
Match facts
- Competition
- Eredivisie - Netherlands
- Round
- Matchday 8
- Date
- Sun, 11 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 14:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
- Referee
- Richard Martens
- Excelsior coach
- R. den Uil
- Groningen coach
- D. Lukkien
League table
Eredivisie - Netherlands
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | +21 | 25 |
| 2 |  Ajax | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | +17 | 24 |
| 3 |  PSV Eindhoven | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +22 | 23 |
| 4 |  Twente | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +18 | 23 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +7 | 20 |
| 8 |  Groningen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 15 |
| 15 |  Excelsior | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -12 | 11 |
Player ratings
- 1
I. Yegoian7.3 - 2
K. Bos6.8 - 3
Á. Þorsteinsson6.6 - 4
J. Plug6.5 - 5
A. Sliti6.5 - 6
R. Meissen6.4 - 7
Mario Domínguez6.3 - 8
D. Garden6.3 - 9
S. van Gassel6.2 - 10
C. Widell6.2 - 11
L. Hartjes6.1 - 12
D. van Vianen6.0 - 13
V. Sulzbacher6.0 - 14
A. Jahanbakhsh5.9 - 15
S. Janssen5.8 - 16
Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira5.6 - 17
Celton Biai0.0 - 18
Giulliano Cairo0.0 - 19
N. Groen0.0 - 20
O. Turay0.0 - 21
I. Silva Timas0.0
- 1
B. Willumsson8.0 - 2
M. Rente7.8 - 3
J. Schreuders7.1 - 4
T. van Bergen7.0 - 5
P. Clement6.9 - 6
T. Blokzijl6.8 - 7
H. Hateboer6.7 - 8
E. Vaessen6.6 - 9
Nils Eggens6.5 - 10
O. Zawada6.5 - 11
M. Csinger6.4 - 12
R. Metu6.4 - 13
D. van der Werff6.3 - 14
T. de Jonge6.2 - 15
T. Land6.1 - 16
J. Ondrejka6.1 - 17
P. Boevink0.0 - 18
J. Hall0.0 - 19
J. Mosselaar0.0 - 20
A. Nordin0.0 - 21
Wouter Prins0.0 - 22
L. Štubljar0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Rated 8.0, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 84 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Excelsior- W-D-L
- 2-2-1
- Scored / match
- 2.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
Groningen- W-D-L
- 1-2-2
- Scored / match
- 1.8
- Conceded / match
- 2.2
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Excelsior0%
- GroningenResult0%
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What happened
Match report
Groningen came from behind to win 5-1 at Excelsior, with Marco Rente finishing the job in the 90th minute and scoring twice. Excelsior led 2-1 at the break and lost control after the restart.
Rente put Groningen ahead in the 7th minute, but Irakli Yegoian levelled from the spot in the 36th minute and Stijn van Gassel’s own goal on 38 minutes turned it round for Excelsior. That left the home side 2-1 up at half-time.
Groningen drew level again on 64 minutes when Thom Van Bergen converted a penalty after VAR had confirmed the decision five minutes earlier. Excelsior then made four changes on 65 minutes, while Groningen replied with a switch on 66 minutes before Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson, set up by Pelle Clement, put the visitors ahead on 67 minutes. Groningen made two more changes on 85 minutes and Rente sealed it three minutes into stoppage time after scoring his second of the match.
The numbers favoured Groningen in the areas that mattered most. They had 51% possession, 443 passes to Excelsior’s 413 and 9 shots on target compared with 2, while Excelsior had 16 shots to 14 and won 5 saves to 1 at the other end. Groningen also edged xG 2.46 to 1.81 and corners 6-3, with Excelsior flagged offside once and Groningen twice booked.
David van der Werff was booked for Groningen in the 20th minute and Tygo Land followed in the 80th. There were no red cards.
Match record
- Competition
- Eredivisie - Netherlands
- Round
- Matchday 8
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
- Referee
- Richard Martens
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:excelsior-vs-groningen-eredivisie-2026-10-11
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19 events
- 7’Goal!GroningenMarco Rente0 – 1
- 20’Yellow cardGroningenDavid van der Werff
- 36’Penalty goalExcelsiorIrakli Yegoian1 – 1
- 38’Own goalGroningenStijn van Gassel2 – 1
- 59’VAR checkGroningenJorg SchreudersPenalty confirmed
- 64’Penalty goalGroningenThom Van Bergen2 – 2
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorKasey Bos ONSimon Janssen OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorMario Domínguez Franco ONDavid Garden OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorDaniel van Vianen ONÁgúst Orri Thorsteinsson OFF
- 65’SubstitutionExcelsiorValentin Sulzbacher ONEric da Silva Moreira OFF
- 66’SubstitutionGroningenTygo Land ONJacob Ondrejka OFF
- 67’Goal!GroningenBrynjólfur Darri WillumssonAssist: Pelle Clement2 – 3
- 72’SubstitutionGroningenMark Csinger ONHans Hateboer OFF
- 80’Yellow cardGroningenTygo Land
- 81’SubstitutionExcelsiorAlireza Jahanbakhsh ONAymen sliti OFF
- 84’SubstitutionGroningenNils Eggens ONBrynjólfur Darri Willumsson OFF
- 85’SubstitutionGroningenRyan Metu ONThom Van Bergen OFF
- 85’SubstitutionGroningenOskar Zawada ONDavid van der Werff OFF
- 90+5’Goal!GroningenMarco Rente2 – 4