Eredivisie Knockout phase Sat, Sep 20 2025 · 17:45 Euroborg, Groningen
Groningen
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 1.78 – 0.83
Telstar
  • Y. Taha 29’
  • O. Zawada 88’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Groningen beat Telstar

Groningen entered as narrow favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Taha and Zawada. Groningen finished with the higher xG (1.78 vs 0.83).

Groningen ✓43%
Draw27%
Telstar31%

Model vs reality

Groningen goals
2
Model 1.49 · xG 1.78
Telstar goals
0
Model 1.23 · xG 0.83
Total goals
2
Model 2.72 · xG 2.61
Score 2–0
7%
Most likely 1–1 (13%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 51%
Both scored
No
Model 56%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchY. TahaGroningen · 1 goal
8.6
  • RefereeErwin Blank
  • VenueEuroborg
  • Table before kick-offGroningen 7th · Telstar 15th

Timeline

  1. Y. Taha 1–0
    29’
  2. Half time · 1–0
  3. ⇄ D. MaloneFor Neville Ogidi Nwankwo
    46’
  4. S. ResinkYellow card · Roughing
    48’
  5. D. MertensYellow card · Roughing
    54’
  6. ⇄ R. OudstenFor D. Mertens
    62’
  7. R. OudstenYellow card · Tripping
    64’
  8. ⇄ T. LandFor D. van der Werff
    65’
  9. ⇄ Milan ZonneveldFor K. Tejan
    71’
  10. ⇄ A. LechkarFor P. Brouwer
    71’
  11. ⇄ O. ZawadaFor Y. Taha
    76’
  12. ⇄ S. HagedoornFor S. Hetli
    83’
  13. ⇄ W. PrinsFor T. van Bergen
    84’
  14. ⇄ M. SeuntjensFor J. Schreuders
    84’
  15. O. Zawada 2–0Assist W. Prins
    88’
  16. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Groningen16 shots · 10 in box, 6 outside
Telstar7 shots · 4 in box, 3 outside
GroningenTelstar
55% Possession 45%
1.78 Expected goals (xG) 0.83
2.03 Expected points (xPts) 0.74
16 Shots 7
6 Shots on target 3
7 Shots off target 4
3 Blocked shots 0
10 Shots inside the box 4
6 Shots outside the box 3
438 Passes 355
84% Pass accuracy 76%
7 Corners 2
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
8 Fouls 10
3 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7.16 Team rating 6.50

Line-ups

Groningen 4-2-3-1

17.6 E. Vaessen(G)
437.6 M. Peersman 46.9 D. Janse 36.7 T. Blokzijl 57.2 M. Rente
67.0 S. Resink 86.2 T. de Jonge
147.3 J. Schreuders ↓84’ 108.6★ Y. Taha ↓76’ 177.2 D. van der Werff ↓65’
266.9 T. van Bergen ↓84’
  • 1E. Vaessen (G)7.6
  • 43M. Peersman7.6
  • 4D. Janse6.9
  • 3T. Blokzijl6.7
  • 5M. Rente7.2
  • 6S. Resink7.0
  • 8T. de Jonge6.2
  • 14J. Schreuders↓84’7.3
  • 10Y. Taha ★↓76’8.6
  • 17D. van der Werff↓65’7.2
  • 26T. van Bergen↓84’6.9

Substitutes used

  • 18T. Land↑65’6.2
  • 19O. Zawada↑76’7.5
  • 2W. PrinsA↑84’
  • 20M. Seuntjens↑84’

Unused: L. Štubljar, H. Jurjus, T. Mercera, S. Bouland, Robin Kelder, T. Hernes, Mark Hoekstra, Rui Mendes

Telstar 3-4-2-1

17.2 R. Koeman(G)
26.2 J. Hardeveld 46.2 G. Offerhaus 146.2 Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo
396.3 J. Ritmeester van de Kamp 176.7 N. Rossen 166.3 D. Mertens ↓62’ 116.6 T. Noslin
276.7 P. Brouwer ↓71’ 76.7 S. Hetli ↓83’
306.3 K. Tejan ↓71’
  • 1R. Koeman (G)7.2
  • 2J. Hardeveld6.2
  • 4G. Offerhaus6.2
  • 14Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo6.2
  • 39J. Ritmeester van de Kamp6.3
  • 17N. Rossen6.7
  • 16D. Mertens↓62’6.3
  • 11T. Noslin6.6
  • 27P. Brouwer↓71’6.7
  • 7S. Hetli↓83’6.7
  • 30K. Tejan↓71’6.3

Substitutes used

  • 29D. Malone↑46’6.7
  • 28R. Oudsten↑62’6.5
  • 15A. Lechkar↑71’6.2
  • 9Milan Zonneveld↑71’6.7
  • 19S. Hagedoorn↑83’

Unused: T. Bodak, D. Reiziger, J. van Schooneveld, A. Benzzine, M. Hamdaoui

Player stats

Top rated
Y. TahaGroningen8.6
2nd
E. VaessenGroningen7.6
3rd
M. PeersmanGroningen7.6

Groningen

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
E. Vaessen G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 87% 47 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.6
M. Peersman D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 87% 47 1 0 1/1 0/1 7.6
D. Janse D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 90% 62 0 1 0/0 0/1 6.9
T. Blokzijl D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 44 0 4 0/0 0/0 6.7
M. Rente D 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 68% 31 2 0 1/1 1/2 7.2
S. Resink M 90 0 0 4 (1) 0 88% 52 2 0 2/4 2/3 7.0
T. de Jonge M 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 89% 37 0 0 1/3 2/0 6.2
J. Schreuders M 84 0 0 0 (0) 2 93% 42 5 0 1/2 1/1 7.3
Y. Taha F 76 1 0 3 (2) 3 75% 16 1 0 1/2 0/0 8.6
D. van der Werff M 65 0 0 0 (0) 2 86% 14 4 1 1/2 0/1 7.2
T. van Bergen F 84 0 0 1 (1) 1 67% 24 1 0 0/2 1/1 6.9
T. Land M 25 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
O. Zawada F 14 1 0 1 (1) 0 40% 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.5
W. Prins D 6 0 1 0 (0) 1 100% 2 0 0 1/1 0/0 —
M. Seuntjens M 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Telstar

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
R. Koeman G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 71% 41 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
J. Hardeveld D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 78% 45 1 1 0/2 0/0 6.2
G. Offerhaus D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 84% 43 3 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Nigel Ogidi Nwankwo D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 21 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
J. Ritmeester van de Kamp M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 76% 29 2 1 2/2 0/1 6.3
N. Rossen M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 29 2 2 0/0 1/1 6.7
D. Mertens M 62 0 0 0 (0) 0 69% 16 1 0 0/0 3/1 6.3
T. Noslin D 90 0 0 2 (0) 1 85% 33 1 0 0/2 1/2 6.6
P. Brouwer F 71 0 0 0 (0) 1 56% 18 0 0 1/1 0/1 6.7
S. Hetli F 83 0 0 3 (2) 0 85% 26 3 1 0/2 0/0 6.7
K. Tejan F 71 0 0 1 (0) 0 57% 7 1 0 0/0 2/0 6.3
D. Malone D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 85% 13 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
R. Oudsten F 28 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 9 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
A. Lechkar D 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 6 0 0 0/0 1/1 6.2
Milan Zonneveld F 19 0 0 1 (1) 0 50% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
S. Hagedoorn F 7 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.