Highlights

90'

T. Hernes (Time wasting)

87'

J. Žambůrek (Foul)

56'

T. Land (assist M. Rente)

HT 1 - 1

17'

T. van Gilst (assist M. Benita)

D. van der Werff

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

89'

W. Prins (Y. Taha - tactical)

89'

J. Dillema (T. van Bergen - tactical)

88'

S. Blokhuis (J. Žambůrek - injury)

85'

J. Wijnreder (M. Benita - tactical)

76'

T. Hamamiogl (W. Ould-Chikh - tactical)

76'

R. Bozinovski (T. Bruns - tactical)

75'

E. Ahlstrand (M. Engels - injury)

74'

Rui Mendes (T. Land - tactical)

61'

T. Hernes (D. van der Werff - injury)

Player of the match

Thom van Bergen # 26 - Striker

Shots on target 1/5 (20%)
Duel won 4/10 (40%)

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	9	Groningen	48	34	14	6	14
	18	Heracles	19	34	5	4	25

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
19	T. van Bergen	9

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-2-3-1

4-4-2

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

53%

47%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

S. Scheperman

T. de Jonge 1
T. Land 1

Shots off target

Y. Taha

T. van Bergen 2
M. Engels 2

Big chance created

W. Ould-Chikh

T. van Gilst 1
M. Benita 1

Successful contests

D. Janse

W. Ould-Chikh 2
M. Peersman 2

Fouls suffered

T. van Bergen

T. Bruns 2
Y. Taha 1

Dispossessed

W. Prins

J. Schreuders 2
D. van der Werff 1

Touches

M. Benita

T. Jansink 65
D. Janse 65

Duel won

M. Peersman

M. Benita 7
W. Ould-Chikh 6

Duel lost

J. Schreuders

M. Benita 7
M. Peersman 6

Interceptions

D. Janse

S. Scheperman 4
T. de Jonge 3

Challenge lost

J. Schreuders

T. van Bergen 2
M. Peersman 1

Tackles

T. Blokzijl

W. Ould-Chikh 3
D. van der Kust 2

Aerial duels won

S. Scheperman

M. Benita 5
M. Peersman 4

Aerial duels lost

M. Rente

M. Peersman 3
T. Hamamiogl 3

Fouls

J. Schreuders

T. Bruns 2
J. Žambůrek 1

Saves

T. Jansink

E. Vaessen 1

Passes

T. Jansink

D. Mirani 49
M. Benita 43

Accurate passes

D. Mirani

T. Blokzijl 39
T. Land 37

Accurate crosses

W. Ould-Chikh

T. van Gilst 1
E. Ahlstrand 1

Current form

Stats

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W L L D W

Last matches

Stats & bet

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24/04/22

Referees

Richard Wilhelmus Martens main referee

3.3

0.3

Average card count per match for 8 matches arbitrated
Niels Boel fourth referee
Don Frijn assistant referee
Freek Vandeursen VAR referee
Jannick van der Laan VAR assistant referee
Jari de Koning assistant referee

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Players injured / suspended

Heracles

Naci Ünüvar Unknown

Ivan Mesík Unknown

Rhys Bozinovski Ankle Injury

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde Concussion

Fabian de Keijzer Hip Injury

Groningen

Younes Taha El Idrissi Facial injury

Stije Resink ACL Knee Injury

Rui Jorge Monteiro Mendes Knee injury

Thom van Bergen Unknown

Oskar Zawada Unknown

Oskar Zawada Shoulder injury

Match venue

Asito Stadion - Almelo

Year of construction: 1999
Surface: grass
Capacity: 13500
Average attendance: 9658
Maximum attendance: 12274
% sold: 71

Match result Heracles Groningen

Date 17 May 2026 13:30
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2025/2026
Stage Regular Season - week 34
Match attendance 11311
Code HER-GRO
Area Netherlands
Home team Heracles
Away team Groningen

FAQ

What is the result between Heracles Groningen?

Groningen won the match with a 1-2 score

What are the official lineups for Heracles Groningen?

Heracles : Coached by E. Faber, the lineup starts off in a 4-2-3-1 formation: T. Jansink, D. van der Kust, D. Mirani (C), M. te Wierik, M. Benita, S. Scheperman, J. Žambůrek, W. Ould-Chikh, T. Bruns, T. van Gilst, M. Engels

Groningen : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by D. Lukkien, is positioning themselves in a 4-4-2 : E. Vaessen, M. Peersman, D. Janse, T. Blokzijl, M. Rente (C), J. Schreuders, T. Land, T. de Jonge, D. van der Werff, T. van Bergen, Y. Taha

Who is the referee of the match Heracles Groningen ?

Richard Wilhelmus Martens is the referee for this match

Where is the match Heracles Groningen?

The venue Asito Stadion in Almelo is hosting the match

At what time is Heracles Groningen?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 17 May 2026. Kick-off at 13:30

Who is the man of the match Heracles - Groningen ?

Thom van Bergen had the best performance of the match Heracles - Groningen. The stats reinforce this view:

1/5 Shots on target (20%)
4/10 Duel won (40%)

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Confirmed line-ups

Heracles 4-2-3-1

- 6.3 16 T. Jansink
- 4.8 5 D. van der Kust
- 5.0 4 (C) D. Mirani
- 5.9 23 M. te Wierik
- 5.5 2 M. Benita
- 6.1 32 S. Scheperman
- 4.7 13 J. Žambůrek
- 6.1 73 W. Ould-Chikh
- 5.0 10 T. Bruns
- 6.3 17 T. van Gilst
- 3.8 8 M. Engels
- 5.4 1 E. Vaessen
- 6.3 43 M. Peersman
- 6.1 4 D. Janse
- 6.5 3 T. Blokzijl
- 5.4 5 (C) M. Rente
- 5.5 14 J. Schreuders
- 6.9 18 T. Land
- 5.9 8 T. de Jonge
- 6.5 17 D. van der Werff
- 6.9 26 T. van Bergen
- 5.8 10 Y. Taha

Groningen 4-4-2

- E. Faber Coach
Substitutes
- L. Zeefuik #25 - Striker
- 76'
  
  R. Bozinovski #20 - Midfielder
- R. Pasveer #22 - Goalkeeper
- S. Čestić #6 - Defender
- 85'
  
  J. Wijnreder #38 - Defender
- 76'
  
  T. Hamamiogl #41 - Striker
- 75'
  
  E. Ahlstrand #14 - Midfielder
- J. Wieckhoff #3 - Defender
- 88'
  
  S. Blokhuis #39 - Striker
- A. Van Hoorenbeeck #18 - Defender
- J. Tijink #27 - Defender
- R. Mantel #30 - Goalkeeper
- D. Lukkien Coach
Substitutes
- R. Kelder #48 - Defender
- S. Bouland #22 - Defender
- 61'
  
  T. Hernes #7 - Midfielder
- 74'
  
  Rui Mendes #27 - Striker
- E. van der Laan #15 - Defender
- L. Štubljar #13 - Goalkeeper
- H. Jurjus #21 - Goalkeeper
- T. Mercera #16 - Defender
- R. Metu #34 - Striker
- 89'
  
  J. Dillema #44 - Midfielder
- 89'
  
  W. Prins #2 - Defender
- B. Willumsson #9 - Striker

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

53%

47%

Duel won

56%

44%

Accurate passes

77%

76%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Passing

394

Passes

353

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

W. Ould-Chikh

T. van Gilst 1
M. Benita 1

Shots (%)

T. van Gilst

50% 1/2

T. de Jonge 50% (1/2)
S. Scheperman 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

D. Janse

W. Ould-Chikh 2
M. Peersman 2

Fouls suffered

T. van Bergen

T. Bruns 2

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

M. Engels

0% 0/2

D. Mirani 0% (0/2)
Y. Taha 20% (1/5)
T. van Bergen 20% (1/5)

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

W. Ould-Chikh

100% 6/6

S. Scheperman 86% (6/7)
T. Blokzijl 80% (4/5)
M. te Wierik 80% (4/5)
D. van der Kust 63% (5/8)

Interceptions

D. Janse

S. Scheperman 4
T. de Jonge 3
J. Žambůrek 3
M. Benita 2

Aerial duels won (%)

S. Scheperman

100% 6/6

M. te Wierik 100% (2/2)
M. Benita 71% (5/7)
D. Janse 67% (2/3)
D. van der Kust 67% (2/3)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

T. van Gilst

0% 0/5

M. Rente 0% (0/5)
T. Hamamiogl 0% (0/4)
J. Schreuders 33% (4/12)
T. van Bergen 40% (4/10)

Aerial duels won (%)

M. Rente

0% 0/4

T. van Bergen 0% (0/3)
T. Hamamiogl 0% (0/3)
Rui Mendes 0% (0/2)
T. Land 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

T. Land

97% 37/38

T. Blokzijl 91% (39/43)
D. Mirani 90% (44/49)
S. Scheperman 86% (36/42)

Accurate crosses

W. Ould-Chikh

Passing - Flops

Passes (%)

E. Vaessen

44% 15/34

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	84	34	27	3	4	101	45	56
2	Feyenoord	65	34	19	8	7	70	44	26
3	NEC	59	34	16	11	7	77	53	24
4	Twente	58	34	15	13	6	59	40	19
5	Ajax	56	34	14	14	6	62	41	21
6	Utrecht	53	34	15	8	11	55	42	13
7	AZ	52	34	14	10	10	58	51	7
8	Heerenveen	51	34	14	9	11	57	53	4
9	Groningen	48	34	14	6	14	49	45	4
10	Sparta	43	34	12	7	15	40	62	-22
11	Fortuna	39	34	11	6	17	49	63	-14
12	Go Ahead	38	34	8	14	12	54	53	1
13	Excelsior	38	34	10	8	16	43	56	-13
14	Telstar	37	34	9	10	15	49	55	-6
15	Zwolle	37	34	9	10	15	44	71	-27
16	Volendam	32	34	8	8	18	35	55	-20
17	NAC	29	34	6	11	17	35	58	-23
18	Heracles	19	34	5	4	25	35	85	-50

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	41	17	13	2	2	58	26	32
2	Feyenoord	36	17	11	3	3	39	23	16
3	Utrecht	33	17	10	3	4	31	13	18
4	NEC	32	17	9	5	3	41	25	16
5	Twente	32	17	9	5	3	29	16	13
6	Ajax	31	17	9	4	4	32	17	15
7	AZ	31	17	8	7	2	39	26	13
8	Heerenveen	30	17	8	6	3	33	24	9
9	Zwolle	28	17	8	4	5	21	21	0
10	Go Ahead	25	17	6	7	4	34	24	10
11	Groningen	25	17	7	4	6	27	18	9
12	Fortuna	25	17	7	4	6	28	29	-1
13	Volendam	23	17	6	5	6	24	23	1
14	Sparta	23	17	6	5	6	21	27	-6
15	Telstar	20	17	5	5	7	31	28	3
16	NAC	20	17	5	5	7	20	23	-3
17	Excelsior	18	17	5	3	9	20	22	-2
18	Heracles	15	17	4	3	10	23	36	-13

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	43	17	14	1	2	43	19	24
2	Feyenoord	29	17	8	5	4	31	21	10
3	NEC	27	17	7	6	4	36	28	8
4	Twente	26	17	6	8	3	30	24	6
5	Ajax	25	17	5	10	2	30	24	6
6	Groningen	23	17	7	2	8	22	27	-5
7	Heerenveen	21	17	6	3	8	24	29	-5
8	AZ	21	17	6	3	8	19	25	-6
9	Utrecht	20	17	5	5	7	24	29	-5
10	Excelsior	20	17	5	5	7	23	34	-11
11	Sparta	20	17	6	2	9	19	35	-16
12	Telstar	17	17	4	5	8	18	27	-9
13	Fortuna	14	17	4	2	11	21	34	-13
14	Go Ahead	13	17	2	7	8	20	29	-9
15	NAC	9	17	1	6	10	15	35	-20
16	Volendam	9	17	2	3	12	11	32	-21
17	Zwolle	9	17	1	6	10	23	50	-27
18	Heracles	4	17	1	1	15	12	49	-37

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	65	34	19	8	7	50	23	27
2	Ajax	61	34	16	13	5	36	17	19
3	Feyenoord	56	34	16	8	10	32	20	12
4	Utrecht	54	34	15	9	10	23	16	7
5	AZ	50	34	12	14	8	32	24	8
6	Heerenveen	49	34	13	10	11	25	25	0
7	Twente	48	34	11	15	8	22	15	7
8	NEC	46	34	12	10	12	30	30	0
9	Excelsior	46	34	11	13	10	21	22	-1
10	Groningen	46	34	9	19	6	21	18	3
11	Sparta	45	34	11	12	11	15	18	-3
12	Zwolle	42	34	10	12	12	23	33	-10
13	Fortuna	41	34	10	11	13	25	31	-6
14	Telstar	39	34	9	12	13	19	24	-5
15	Go Ahead	37	34	8	13	13	23	27	-4
16	NAC	32	34	7	11	16	14	29	-15
17	Volendam	28	34	5	13	16	13	32	-19
18	Heracles	27	34	6	9	19	18	38	-20