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PSV
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5 - 1
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FC Groningen
PSV vs FC Groningen: match report
PSV Eindhoven hosted FC Groningen at Philips Stadion on Sunday 23 August 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 3). PSV are without 1 player (Couhaib Driouech); FC Groningen are missing 1 (Malcolm Jeng). Allard Lindhout is the referee, averaging 2.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.
Result and scorers
PSV 5-1 FC Groningen. Goals: Brynjólfur Willumsson 9' for FC Groningen; Thijmen Blokzijl 11' (own goal) for PSV; Ivan Perisic 35' for PSV; Ricardo Pepi 45'+3' (pen) for PSV; Ivan Perisic 53' for PSV; Sergiño Dest 56' for PSV. Attendance: 34,800.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 9' Goal: Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen) 0-1
- 11' Own goal: Thijmen Blokzijl (PSV) 1-1
- 21' Yellow card: Ruben Van Bommel (PSV)
- 35' Goal: Ivan Perisic (PSV) 2-1
- 45'+2' Yellow card: Márk Csinger (FC Groningen)
- 45'+3' Penalty: Ricardo Pepi (PSV) 3-1
- 53' Goal: Ivan Perisic (PSV) 4-1
- 56' Goal: Sergiño Dest (PSV) 5-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 62.1% | Possession | 37.9% |
| 24 | Shots | 7 |
| 12 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 9 | Corners | 4 |
| 10 | Fouls | 4 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Saves | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
PSV 4-3-3
Coach: Peter Bosz
- 32 Matej Kovár GK
- 8 Sergiño Dest DEF
- 4 Armando Obispo DEF
- 6 Ryan Flamingo DEF
- 17 Mauro Júnior DEF
- 20 Guus Til FWD
- 24 Kodai Sano MID
- 31 Noah Fernandez MID
- 5 Ivan Perisic FWD
- 9 Ricardo Pepi FWD
- 7 Ruben van Bommel FWD
Bench
- 10 Paul Wanner MID
- 37 Amir Bouhamdi FWD
- 18 Filip Kostic MID
- 27 Dennis Man FWD
- 2 Lutsharel Geertruida DEF
- 41 Khadim Ngom GK
- 1 Nick Olij GK
- 25 Kilian Sildillia DEF
- 3 Yarek Gasiorowski DEF
- 21 Sven Mijnans MID
- 19 Esmir Bajraktarevic FWD
FC Groningen 4-2-3-1
Coach: Dick Lukkien
- 1 Etienne Vaessen GK
- 14 Jorg Schreuders FWD
- 3 Thijmen Blokzijl DEF
- 4 Márk Csinger DEF
- 2 Wouter Prins DEF
- 8 Tika de Jonge MID
- 18 Tygo Land MID
- 17 David van der Werff FWD
- 26 Thom van Bergen FWD
- 24 Pelle Clement MID
- 9 Brynjólfur Willumsson FWD
Bench
- 5 Marco Rente DEF
- 12 Nikolas Brandis DEF
- 15 Elvis van der Laan DEF
- 11 Jacob Ondrejka FWD
- 7 Travis Hernes MID
- 13 Lovro Stubljar GK
- 31 Rijk Janse GK
- 42 Jesper Mosselaar DEF
- 16 Alvin Nordin MID
- 53 Jahelille Hall MID
- 44 Jismerai Dillema MID
- 19 Oskar Zawada FWD
Injuries and suspensions
PSV
- Couhaib Driouech injury, back Day to day
FC Groningen
- Malcolm Jeng injury, back Day to day
Previous meetings
- Sunday 8 February 2026: FC Groningen 1-2 PSV Eindhoven
- Saturday 23 August 2025: PSV Eindhoven 4-2 FC Groningen
- Saturday 5 April 2025: FC Groningen 1-3 PSV Eindhoven
- Saturday 23 November 2024: PSV Eindhoven 5-0 FC Groningen
- Saturday 11 February 2023: PSV Eindhoven 6-0 FC Groningen