Sven van Beek’s
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From the first minute, Groningen
In the 26th minute it was 1-0 to the hosts thanks to van Beek, who worked Thomas Bruns cross into his own net. It was his sixth own-goal in a Feyenoord shirt, which is a joint Eredivisie record.
Nicolas Jorgensen was reinstated to the Feyenoord line-up and he went close with a header, but other than that Groningen were comfortable.
Mimoun Mahi, Samir Memisevic, Iliass Bel Hassani and Kaj Sierhuis all passed up decent chances to make it 2-0. Sam Larsson and Yassin Ayoub were brought on by Giovanni van Bronkhorst but neither could inspire a comback.
The victory lifts Groningen to ninth, while Feyenoord are still third but only two points above AZ Alkmaar.