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Excelsior — Groningen, 11 October 2026, 14:45 UTC : score 1:5

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 8 Sunday 11 October · 14:45 UTC
Excelsior Excelsior 10th · 11 pts LLDLD
1 : 5 1st half 1:2
Groningen 6th · 14 pts LWWDD Groningen
Stadion Woudestein · referee R. Martens
Match predictionBold

Someone will win

84% · Excelsior are winless in 5 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Someone will win”, and the match finished 1:5.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Excelsior 27% draw 22% Groningen 51%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Groningen win, and the match finished 1:5. Fans backed Groningen win — they got it right.

fans 55 votes
Excelsior 30% draw 11% Groningen 59%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
M. Rente 0-1 7'
D. van der Werff 20'
I. Yegoian penalty 1-1 36'
S. van Gassel own goal 1-2 38'
T. van Bergen penalty 1-3 64'
K. Bos for S. Janssen 65'
M. Dominguez for D. Garden 65'
D. van Vianen for A. Thorsteinsson 65'
V. Sulzbacher for E. da Silva Moreira 65'
B. Willumsson assist: P. Clement 1-4 67'
T. Land for J. Ondrejka 67'
M. Csinger for H. Hateboer 72'
T. Land 81'
A. Jahanbakhsh for A. Sliti 81'
N. Eggens for B. Willumsson 84'
R. Metu for T. van Bergen 85'
O. Zawada for D. van der Werff 85'
M. Rente 1-5 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Excelsior Excelsior 4-3-3 4-2-3-1 Groningen Groningen
1 Stijn van Gassel
2 Eric da Silva Moreira 4 Casper Widell 14 Jan Plug 15 Simon Janssen
8 Irakli Yegoian 3 Rick Meissen 20 Lennard Hartjes
7 Aymen Sliti 19 David Garden 30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson
9 Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson
17 David van der Werff 26 Thom van Bergen 11 Jacob Ondrejka
8 Tika de Jonge 24 Pelle Clement
14 Jorg Schreuders 3 Thijmen Blokzijl 5 Marco Rente 33 Hans Hateboer
1 Etienne Vaessen
Excelsior bench
  1. 11Alireza Jahanbakhsh
  2. 16Celton Biai
  3. 6Daniel van Vianen
  4. 24Giuliano Cairo
  5. 21Ilano Silva Timas
  6. 12Kasey Bos
  7. 9Mario Domínguez
  8. 28Nesto Groen
  9. 22Osman Turay
  10. 18Valentin Sulzbacher
Groningen bench
  1. 16Alvin Nordin
  2. 53Jahelille Hall
  3. 42Jesper Mosselaar
  4. 13Lovro Štubljar
  5. 4Márk Csinger
  6. 20Nils Eggens
  7. 19Oskar Zawada
  8. 30Pelle Boevink
  9. 34Ryan Metu
  10. 18Tygo Land
  11. 2Wouter Prins

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
49%Possession51%
16Shots14
2Shots on target9
6Shots off target1
8Blocked shots4
11Shots inside box13
5Shots outside box1
117Attacks88
45Dangerous attacks30
3Corners6
1Offsides1
10Fouls11
0Yellow cards2
5Saves1
417Passes446
343Accurate passes364
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
1Penalties1
ExcelsiorExcelsiorGroningenGroningenThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Excelsior and Groningen met on matchday 8 of the Eredivisie on 11 October at Stadion Woudestein. Final score — 1:5.

Excelsior sit 10th on 11 points after 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches. Groningen sit 6th on 14 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Excelsior Excelsior last five Groningen Groningen
LLDLD form LWWDD
6 Matches 5
1 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 1
9 — 15 Scored — conceded 13 — 9
0.83 Points per game 1.6
1.5 Goals scored per game 2.6
1 Clean sheets 1
1 Failed to score 0
winless in 5 Current streak winless in 1

Excelsior at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 2—7, 0 points per match.

Groningen away: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 6—2, 2 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
5AjaxAjax843122—1015
6GroningenGroningen842220—1414
7Fortuna SittardFortuna Sittard842214—1514
8HeerenveenHeerenveen933315—1112
9Go Ahead EaglesGo Ahead Eagles825119—1711
10ExcelsiorExcelsior932416—1811
Full Eredivisie table