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FC Groningen vs Fortuna: match report

FC Groningen hosted Fortuna Sittard at Euroborg on Friday 28 August 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 4). FC Groningen are without 1 player (Malcolm Jeng); Fortuna are missing 1 (Ole Romeny). Martijn Vos is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.5.

Result and scorers

FC Groningen 2-3 Fortuna. Goals: Mohamed Ihattaren 12' for Fortuna; David Van Der Werff 19' for FC Groningen; Lequincio Zeefuik 28' for Fortuna; Anthony Descotte 72' for Fortuna; Justin Hubner 87' (own goal) for FC Groningen. Attendance: 22,000.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Yellow card: Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna)
  • 12' Goal: Mohamed Ihattaren (Fortuna) 0-1
  • 19' Goal: David Van Der Werff (FC Groningen) 1-1
  • 28' Goal: Lequincio Zeefuik (Fortuna) 1-2
  • 65' Yellow card: Jacob Ondrejka (FC Groningen)
  • 69' Yellow card: Justin Hubner (Fortuna)
  • 72' Goal: Anthony Descotte (Fortuna) 1-3
  • 87' Own goal: Justin Hubner (FC Groningen) 2-3
  • 88' Yellow card: Lequincio Zeefuik (Fortuna)
  • 88' Yellow card: Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Edouard Michut (Fortuna)
  • 90'+7' Yellow card: Travis Hearnes (FC Groningen)
Match stats (contains the result)
67.6%Possession32.4%
22Shots9
2Shots on target5
7Corners2
8Fouls8
3Offsides1
2Saves1
3Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

FC Groningen 4-2-3-1

Coach: Dick Lukkien

  1. 1 Etienne Vaessen GK
  2. 14 Jorg Schreuders FWD
  3. 3 Thijmen Blokzijl DEF
  4. 4 Márk Csinger DEF
  5. 2 Wouter Prins DEF
  6. 8 Tika de Jonge MID
  7. 18 Tygo Land MID
  8. 17 David van der Werff FWD
  9. 26 Thom van Bergen FWD
  10. 24 Pelle Clement MID
  11. 9 Brynjólfur Willumsson FWD

Bench

  • 11 Jacob Ondrejka FWD
  • 19 Oskar Zawada FWD
  • 7 Travis Hernes MID
  • 16 Alvin Nordin MID
  • 20 Nils Eggens FWD
  • 73 Daan Erdman GK
  • 13 Lovro Stubljar GK
  • 15 Elvis van der Laan DEF
  • 42 Jesper Mosselaar DEF
  • 12 Nikolas Brandis DEF
  • 53 Jahelille Hall MID
  • 44 Jismerai Dillema MID

Fortuna 3-4-2-1

Coach: Danny Buijs

  1. 31 Mattijs Branderhorst GK
  2. 12 Ivo Pinto DEF
  3. 3 Rodrigo Guth DEF
  4. 28 Justin Hubner DEF
  5. 20 Édouard Michut MID
  6. 22 Shiloh Zand MID
  7. 23 Philip Brittijn MID
  8. 8 Jasper Dahlhaus DEF
  9. 52 Mohammed Ihattaren FWD
  10. 9 Anthony Descotte FWD
  11. 25 Lequincio Zeefuik FWD

Bench

  • 15 Nick de Groot DEF
  • 5 Yassin Oukili MID
  • 6 Syb van Ottele DEF
  • 38 Moussa Gbemou MID
  • 33 Kaylen Reitmaier GK
  • 1 Luuk Koopmans GK
  • 36 Alhaji Bah MID
  • 39 Gani Buyukhan MID
  • 44 David Stockbrink FWD

Injuries and suspensions

FC Groningen

  • Malcolm Jeng injury, back Day to day

Fortuna

  • Ole Romeny suspension, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 25 January 2026: FC Groningen 1-2 Fortuna Sittard
  • Saturday 25 October 2025: Fortuna Sittard 1-2 FC Groningen
  • Sunday 16 March 2025: FC Groningen 1-0 Fortuna Sittard
  • Saturday 26 October 2024: Fortuna Sittard 1-0 FC Groningen
  • Thursday 8 February 2024: FC Groningen 0-0 Fortuna Sittard