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The Coffee Corner podcast discussed FC Groningen football in episodes 347 and 348. Episode 347 featured presenter Leo Wassing alongside Stefan Bleeker and Martin Drent; in episode 348, Niivino Geertsema took over as presenter, with Bleeker and Drent returning. The episodes covered the team’s football and included references to Fortuna Sittard and the defense.
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A new episode of the football podcast Kick-off reviewed the latest Eredivisie weekend. Ajax won, but its performance was said not to have convinced, and the panel criticised coach Míchel Sánchez’s tactics while discussing Amrabat’s value to the team. A message from Wout Weghorst to commentator Valentijn Driessen was also relayed.
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Go Ahead Eagles beat Telstar 3-2 in Deventer for their first Eredivisie win in two months, ending a six-match winless run. Søren Tengstedt scored twice before half-time, then Evert Linthorst made it 3-1 after Telstar had pulled one back through Tyrone Owusu. Telstar scored again in stoppage time; reports disagree on whether the scorer was Sem Valk or Sem Falcon.
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FC Emmen beat FC Groningen 2-0 away at the Euroborg in the first round of the KNVB Cup. Jack Cooper-Love scored both goals, sending the Drenthe side into the second round and ending Groningen's cup campaign. Groningen were eliminated in the first round for the third consecutive year, with coach Dick Lukkien and captain Thijmen Blokzijl expressing shame over the defeat.
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FC Twente beat Excelsior 9-0 away in the Eredivisie, its largest league victory in club history. Excelsior played almost the entire match with ten men after Nesto Groen was sent off in the sixth minute. Wout Weghorst scored four times and Sondre Ørjasæter provided five assists. Daan Rots scored twice, while Thomas van den Belt, Jordy Bawuah and Ramiz Zerrouki also scored. The result left FC Twente fourth on 23 points after 11 matches, level on points with third-placed PSV.