Dutch Eredivisie

Willem II vs FC Groningen, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Willem II
  • 49': Jesse Bosch
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1 - 3
FC Groningen
  • 5': Dave Kwakman
  • 17': Stije Resink
  • 21': Tika De Jonge

About

Willem II are hosting FC Groningen at Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Hjalmar Ekdal (FC Groningen).
  • 2': Ringo Meerveld (Willem II) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 3': Foul by Stije Resink (FC Groningen).
  • 3': Jesse Bosch (Willem II) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Mickaël Tirpan (Willem II) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Amar Fatah.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Thom van Bergen.
  • 5': Goal! Willem II 0, FC Groningen 1. Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Amar Fatah (Willem II) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Boris Lambert.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wouter Prins with a cross.
  • 14': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Tika de Jonge.
  • 15': Foul by Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen).
  • 15': Mickaël Tirpan (Willem II) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 17': Goal! Willem II 0, FC Groningen 2. Stije Resink (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Valente with a cross.
  • 19': Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 19': Foul by Raffael Behounek (Willem II).
  • 19': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Mickaël Tirpan.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Stije Resink (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 20': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Thomas Didillon-Hödl.
  • 21': Goal! Willem II 0, FC Groningen 3. Tika de Jonge (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 23': Foul by Jesse Bosch (Willem II).
  • 23': Wouter Prins (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stije Resink.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Amar Fatah (Willem II) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ringo Meerveld.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amar Fatah with a headed pass.
  • 27': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Wouter Prins.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Kyan Vaesen (Willem II) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cisse Sandra with a cross.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Ringo Meerveld (Willem II) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tommy St. Jago.
  • 36': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Stije Resink.
  • 38': Foul by Wouter Prins (FC Groningen).
  • 38': Mickaël Tirpan (Willem II) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 42': Delay in match because of an injury Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen).
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stije Resink.
  • 45': Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Boris Lambert (Willem II).
  • 45': Boris Lambert (Willem II) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mickaël Tirpan with a cross.
  • 45'+5': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Wouter Prins.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Willem II 0, FC Groningen 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Willem II 0, FC Groningen 3.
  • 45': Substitution, Willem II. Dennis Kaygin replaces Boris Lambert.
  • 47': Delay in match because of an injury Stije Resink (FC Groningen).
  • 48': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 48': Corner, Willem II. Conceded by Wouter Prins.
  • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 49': Goal! Willem II 1, FC Groningen 3. Jesse Bosch (Willem II) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cisse Sandra.
  • 52': Foul by Kyan Vaesen (Willem II).
  • 52': Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Dave Kwakman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Foul by Cisse Sandra (Willem II).
  • 59': Attempt saved. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 59': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Tommy St. Jago.
  • 59': Substitution, FC Groningen. Jorg Schreuders replaces Dave Kwakman.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Amar Fatah.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Jesse Bosch (Willem II) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tommy St. Jago.
  • 62': Foul by Jesse Bosch (Willem II).
  • 62': Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Mats Seuntjens (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 62': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Thomas Didillon-Hödl.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Marco Rente (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mats Seuntjens with a cross.
  • 65': Substitution, Willem II. Jeremy Bokila replaces Kyan Vaesen.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Cisse Sandra (Willem II) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amar Fatah.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen).
  • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Substitution, FC Groningen. Romano Postema replaces Mats Seuntjens.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 73': Foul by Jeremy Bokila (Willem II).
  • 73': Wouter Prins (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Substitution, Willem II. Youssuf Sylla replaces Cisse Sandra.
  • 74': Substitution, Willem II. Patrick Joosten replaces Erik Schouten.
  • 75': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Raffael Behounek.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Jesse Bosch (Willem II) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Amar Fatah (Willem II) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jeremy Bokila.
  • 82': Amar Fatah (Willem II) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Foul by Marco Rente (FC Groningen).
  • 83': Attempt missed. Patrick Joosten (Willem II) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amar Fatah with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 85': Foul by Jeremy Bokila (Willem II).
  • 85': Wouter Prins (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Substitution, FC Groningen. Brynjólfur Willumsson replaces Thom van Bergen.
  • 86': Substitution, FC Groningen. Leandro Bacuna replaces Tika de Jonge.
  • 86': Substitution, FC Groningen. Finn Stam replaces Wouter Prins.
  • 87': Substitution, Willem II. Emilio Kehrer replaces Amar Fatah.
  • 87': Offside, FC Groningen. Brynjólfur Willumsson is caught offside.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Dennis Kaygin (Willem II) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen).
  • 90'+1': Foul by Hjalmar Ekdal (FC Groningen).
  • 90'+1': Youssuf Sylla (Willem II) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Leandro Bacuna (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stije Resink.
  • 90'+6': Attempt saved. Emilio Kehrer (Willem II) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ringo Meerveld.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Willem II 1, FC Groningen 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Willem II 1, FC Groningen 3.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 5
7 Saves 5
28.6 Possession 71.4
17 SHOTS 15
9 ON GOAL 8
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
151 Accurate Passes 506
242 Passes 603
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 5
11 Crosses 25
0.3 Cross % 0.2
55 Long Balls 67
16 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 2
20 Effective Tackles 11
28 Tackles 20
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 10
30 Effective Clearances 14
30 Clearances 14

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion
Location: Tilburg, Netherlands
Attendance: 13,800

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 +7 9
2 NEC Nijmegen 4 +10 9
3 FC Utrecht 4 +8 9
4 PSV Eindhoven 4 +7 9
Full Standings

Line-Ups

WIL Willem II (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Thomas Didillon (GK)
4 Erik Schouten
30 Raffael Behounek
33 Tommy St. Jago
25 Mickaël Tirpan
16 Ringo Meerveld
8 Jesse Bosch
6 Boris Lambert Yellow Card
9 Kyan Vaesen
21 Amar Ahmed
14 Cisse Sandra
Willem II Substitutes:
Nick Doodeman, Connor van den Berg, Runar Sigurgeirsson, Youssuf Sylla, Maarten Schut, Dennis Kaygin, Patrick Joosten, Jeremy Bokila, Rob Nizet, Miodrag Pivas, Emilio Kehrer.

GRO FC Groningen (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Etienne Vaessen (GK)
3 Thijmen Blokzijl
4 Hjalmar Ekdal
2 Wouter Prins
5 Marco Rente
10 Luciano Valente
6 Stije Resink
18 Tika De Jonge
26 Thom Van Bergen
16 Dave Kwakman
20 Mats Seuntjens
FC Groningen Substitutes:
Jorg Schreuders, Noam Emeran, Rui Mendes, Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson, Romano Postema, Hidde Jurjus, Maxim Mariani, Finn Stam, Thijs Oosting, Leandro Bacuna, Jasper Meijster, Alex Mortensen.

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