# FC Groningen 2–1 FC Utrecht · Ratings and player of the match · 2026-27 Eredivisie | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in FC Groningen v FC Utrecht (2–1), matchday 1, 2026-27 Eredivisie. Player of the match: Brynjólfur Willumsson (67). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/fc-groningen-fc-utrecht-2026-08-09/ Datos al: 2026-10-16 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Eredivisie · 2026-27 · Matchday 1 ## [FC Groningen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/fc-groningen-2345/2026-27/) 2 – 1 [FC Utrecht](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/fc-utrecht-750/2026-27/) - Willumsson 8' - van Bergen 48' - Blake 80' 9 August 2026 ### The match in data FC Groningen got the better of FC Utrecht, 2–1, on 9 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie. Player of the match: Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen), rated 67, thanks above all to 3 shots on target and 1 goal. Willumsson produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost. It was also their best match of the season. For FC Utrecht, the highest-rated player was Davy van den Berg, with 69. 67 Player of the match ### [Brynjólfur Willumsson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brynjolfur-willumsson-5283769/) FC Groningen · 81' Produced **1.36×** and cost **0.31×** their position's average Added - 3 shots on target 3.5× - 1 goal 3.2× - 0.55 xG 2.1× Took away - 1 shot off target, worth 0.14 0.8× - 5 duels lost 1.0× ### Match ratings Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match. **FC Groningen** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Brynjólfur Willumsson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brynjolfur-willumsson-5283769/) ★ | Forward | 81 | 67 | | [Tygo Land](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tygo-land-37676562/) | Midfielder | 90 | 66 | | [Thom van Bergen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thom-van-bergen-37663893/) | Forward | 90 | 58 | | [Thijmen Blokzijl](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thijmen-blokzijl-37570131/) | Defender | 90 | 57 | | [Etienne Vaessen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/etienne-vaessen-28544/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 | | [Marco Rente](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marco-rente-418424/) | Defender | 30 | 54 | | [David van der Werff](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-van-der-werff-37759675/) | Forward | 90 | 50 | | [Jorg Schreuders](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jorg-schreuders-37667301/) | Forward | 90 | 42 | | [Pelle Clement](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pelle-clement-26747/) | Midfielder | 81 | 31 | | [Tika de Jonge](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tika-de-jonge-37400390/) | Midfielder | 90 | 29 | | [Wouter Prins](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wouter-prins-37718670/) | Defender | 71 | 24 | | [Elvis van der Laan](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/elvis-van-der-laan-37749130/) | Defender | 60 | 24 | | [Tyrique Mercera](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tyrique-mercera-37727819/) | Defender | 19 | no rating | | [Ryan Metu](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ryan-metu-38208413/) | Forward | 9 | no rating | | [Travis Hernes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/travis-hernes-37654338/) | Midfielder | 9 | no rating | **FC Utrecht** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Davy van den Berg](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/davy-van-den-berg-23697508/) | Midfielder | 28 | 69 | | [Adrian Blake](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/adrian-blake-37566650/) | Forward | 28 | 64 | | [Zidane Iqbal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/zidane-iqbal-37365874/) | Midfielder | 28 | 59 | | [David Min](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-min-27065898/) | Forward | 62 | 56 | | [Guus Offerhaus](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/guus-offerhaus-37527859/) | Defender | 20 | 54 | | [Siebe Horemans](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/siebe-horemans-63074/) | Defender | 70 | 51 | | [Ángel Alarcón](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/angel-alarcon-37459033/) | Forward | 84 | 47 | | [Niklas Vesterlund](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/niklas-vesterlund-537935/) | Defender | 90 | 46 | | [Michael Brouwer](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/michael-brouwer-25520/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 | | [Joris van Overeem](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joris-van-overeem-25093/) | Midfielder | 90 | 41 | | Ferdinand Pohl | Midfielder | 62 | 39 | | [Arthur Zagré](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/arthur-zagre-4536591/) | Defender | 90 | 35 | | [Dani de Wit](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-de-wit-30294/) | Midfielder | 90 | 34 | | [Mike Eerdhuijzen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/mike-eerdhuijzen-17867667/) | Defender | 90 | 32 | | [Yoann Cathline](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yoann-cathline-37526249/) | Forward | 62 | 23 | | [Kevin Paredes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kevin-paredes-37315658/) | Midfielder | 6 | no rating | ### Did you know? La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer. **Which FC Groningen player won the most duels?** Thom van Bergen, with 9 duels won. Next: David van der Werff 8, Thijmen Blokzijl 5. Thom van Bergen led FC Groningen with 9 duels won in their 2–1 win over FC Utrecht. David van der Werff followed closely behind with 8. **Which FC Utrecht player played the most passes leading to a shot?** Arthur Zagré, with 5 key passes. Next: Niklas Vesterlund 2, Siebe Horemans 1. Arthur Zagré created 5 key passes for FC Utrecht, well ahead of Niklas Vesterlund with 2. Despite that playmaking output, FC Groningen took the 2–1 win. ### How is the rating calculated? The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19714694)