Groningen vs Heracles match stats & report

4–1 Full time

Eredivisie · Netherlands · Regular Season - 30 · Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion, Groningen · Ref I. Oostrom

Groningen stats & fixtures · Heracles stats & fixtures

Groningen beat Heracles 4–1 in the Eredivisie on 23 April 2025. Expected goals finished 1.93–0.38. Heracles had 57% of the ball.

Groningen vs Heracles match statistics

GroningenHeracles

43% Ball possession 57%
1.93 Expected goals (xG) 0.38
12 Total shots 8
6 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 3
2 Blocked shots 2
8 Shots inside the box 5
3 Corners 5
9 Fouls 17
0 Yellow cards 5
317 Passes 434
79% Pass accuracy 82%
2 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

4' Goal M. Rente (assist L. Valente) Groningen
16' Goal J. Schreuders (assist T. de Jonge) Groningen
20' Goal T. Bruns (assist J. Hornkamp) Heracles
50' Penalty scored L. Bacuna Groningen
59' Own goal B. De Keersmaecker Groningen
64' Yellow card J. Hornkamp Heracles
66' Yellow card T. Bruns Heracles
77' Yellow card I. Mesík Heracles
81' Yellow card J. Wieckhoff Heracles
84' Yellow card Suf Podgoreanu Heracles

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Groningen

Confirmed 4-4-2 D. Lukkien

1 E. Vaessen

43 M. Peersman 3 T. Blokzijl 4 H. Ekdal 5 M. Rente

16 D. Kwakman 7 L. Bacuna 18 T. de Jonge 14 J. Schreuders

26 T. van Bergen 10 L. Valente

Bench B. Willumsson , T. Oosting , R. Postema , Sven Bouland , Noam Emeran , Rui Mendes , Mats Seuntjens , W. Prins , F. Stam , H. Jurjus , Dirk Baron , D. van der Werff

Heracles

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 E. van de Looi

1 F. de Keijzer

39 M. Rots 24 I. Mesík 4 D. Mirani 3 J. Wieckhoff

32 S. Scheperman 14 B. De Keersmaecker

8 M. Engels 17 T. Bruns 29 Suf Podgoreanu

9 J. Hornkamp

Bench M. Benita , Juho Talvitie , L. Kulenović , J. Žambůrek , T. Jansink , R. Mantel , B. Limbombe , S. Bultman , D. van Kaam , K. Leerdam , D. van Oorschot , J. Tijink

Form guide

Groningen at home

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 5.0 per game

6% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Heracles away

0–1–9 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.6 per game
Conceded: 2.9 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 10
Corners: 3.9 per game
Shots on target: 2.4 per game

25% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Groningen vs Heracles head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
28 Jan 25	Heracles v Groningen	1–1
2 Aug 24	Groningen v Heracles	2–0

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Groningen vs Heracles head-to-head record