Match Report
| MVV | MVV |  |  | FC Groningen | FC Groningen | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arjan Van Der Ree | A. Van Der Ree |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 | | Ole Wau | O. Wau | |||||||||
| Romero P. Crespo | R. Crespo |  | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 78 | | Diego Bosch | D. Bosch | |||||||||
| Kofi Frijters | K. Frijters | | 60 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 |  | Ignacio Rosario | I. Rosario | |||||||||
| Graham Williams | G. Williams |  | 54 | D | | 4 | | D | 68 |  | Landon Delass | L. Delass | |||||||||
| Arno Bosschaart | A. Bosschaart | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 67 |  | Dragan Vugrinec | D. Vugrinec | |||||||||
| Pius Van Eijk | P. Van Eijk | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 72 |  | Florin Petrescu | F. Petrescu | |||||||||
| Mark Goodwin | M. Goodwin | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Ruud Huiberts | R. Huiberts | |||||||||
| Billy Van Den Herik | B. Van Den Herik | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 |  | Cedric Coppens | C. Coppens | |||||||||
| Paul Abidallah | P. Abidallah | | 72 | A | | 9 | | A | 91 | | Edward Alston | E. Alston | |||||||||
| David Law | D. Law |  | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 87 | | Humphrey Van Nistelrooy | H. Van Nistelrooy | |||||||||
| Leon Hamers | L. Hamers | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 82 | | Andy Morrison | A. Morrison | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at De Geusselt where MVV play host to FC Groningen. A crowd of 17,542 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both MVV and FC Groningen are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both MVV and FC Groningen are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0MVV start the match!
4.19
0-0Florin Petrescu kicks a strong pass forward to Edward Alston. Edward Alston knocks in a cross ball towards Humphrey Van Nistelrooy. Humphrey Van Nistelrooy powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
9.54
0-0Billy Van Den Herik flicks the ball to his team mate, Leon Hamers. Leon Hamers makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Paul Abidallah. Paul Abidallah tries a spectacular strike but Ole Wau is on top of it.
14.08
0-0Billy Van Den Herik catches Florin Petrescu on the ankles. Billy Van Den Herik is shown the yellow card! Florin Petrescu hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
22.40
0-0Ruud Huiberts passes the ball forward to Edward Alston. Edward Alston knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Arno Bosschaart.
24.11
Kofi Frijters barges into Andy Morrison. Kofi Frijters is shown the yellow card! Andy Morrison stretches but gets up unharmed.
30.05
0-0Billy Van Den Herik clumsily knocks into Florin Petrescu. Billy Van Den Herik is given a warning by the referee! Florin Petrescu hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
32.28
Romero P. Crespo knocks the ball to his team mate, Pius Van Eijk. Pius Van Eijk flicks the ball to his team mate, David Law. David Law goes all the way! David Law makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball comes in low, but Ole Wau easily smothers it!
33.32
0-0Florin Petrescu knocks the ball to his team mate, Andy Morrison. Andy Morrison makes a probing pass to Humphrey Van Nistelrooy but he's offside!
34.49
Ignacio Rosario makes a simple pass to Cedric Coppens. Cedric Coppens knocks the ball forward to Humphrey Van Nistelrooy. Humphrey Van Nistelrooy plays a perfect one-two with Andy Morrison and rushes in on goal... Humphrey Van Nistelrooy rockets a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
40.25
Ruud Huiberts makes a probing pass to Andy Morrison. Andy Morrison controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
1-0Pius Van Eijk controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, David Law. David Law passes the ball forward to Paul Abidallah. Paul Abidallah tries a spectacular strike. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
FC Groningen start the second half!
47.52
Romero P. Crespo makes a simple pass to Mark Goodwin. Mark Goodwin takes it forward alone. Mark Goodwin shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
48.18
Florin Petrescu controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Humphrey Van Nistelrooy. Humphrey Van Nistelrooy controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
51.27
Dragan Vugrinec makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Florin Petrescu. Florin Petrescu makes a beautiful solo run. Florin Petrescu knocks the ball forward to Humphrey Van Nistelrooy but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
54.36
Ruud Huiberts makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Humphrey Van Nistelrooy. Humphrey Van Nistelrooy knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Graham Williams.
59.49
Mark Goodwin makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Paul Abidallah. Paul Abidallah plays a perfect one-two with David Law and rushes in on goal... Paul Abidallah cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Magnificent save by Ole Wau!
60.40
Landon Delass knocks the ball to his team mate, Cedric Coppens. Cedric Coppens passes the ball forward to Edward Alston. Edward Alston finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.18
Leon Hamers barges into Ignacio Rosario. The referee calls over Leon Hamers and shows him a yellow card! Ignacio Rosario stretches but gets up unharmed.
73.13
Cedric Coppens comes in with a late challenge on Romero P. Crespo. The referee calls over Cedric Coppens and warns him to calm down! Romero P. Crespo stretches but gets up unharmed.
77.50
Ignacio Rosario sweeps the ball long. Andy Morrison knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Arjan Van Der Ree who gathers it comfortably.
79.42
Mark Goodwin makes a probing pass to David Law. David Law goes all the way! David Law cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
85.15
Cedric Coppens passes the ball forward to Edward Alston. Edward Alston shoots from 25 yards. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
4
1
Shots off Target
2
5
Offsides
1
2
Fouls
4
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
48.1%
51.9%
Play Area
32.5%
45.5%
22.1%
Scorers