Match Report
Groningen comfortably beat Den Haag 4-1 on 16 August 2026. Thom van Bergen opened the scoring inside the first 15 minutes for Groningen to make it 1-0. Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson added to the tally in the 30th minute for Groningen, set up by Etienne Vaessen, to make it 2-0. David van der Werff added to the tally 47 minutes into the game for Groningen, set up by Tygo Land, to make it 3-0. Yannick Eduardo got one back 55 minutes into the game for Den Haag, set up by Finn de Bruin, to make it 1-3. Nils Eggens added to the tally late on, in the 81st minute for Groningen, set up by Thom van Bergen, to make it 4-1. David van der Werff (83') was booked. Nils Eggens scored after coming off the bench. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Groningen only a 28.3% chance in this pairing, less than one in three. On current ratings the model puts Groningen at around 1.47 goals in this pairing; they scored 4 here.