Eerste Divisie preview: Can FC Groningen edge out victory against FC Emmen?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 23.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg (22579 seats)

FC Groningen will want to employ their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The team playing at home are currently 5 points behind FC Emmen.

Insights:
  • FC Groningen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Emmen have not yet lost a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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FC Groningen form and stats

FC Groningen have collected 7 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 2-1-2. FC Groningen has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Lukkien and the players.

FC Groningen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus De Graafschap. Hove (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Hove dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at NAC Breda.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Groningen handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Goals are plentiful in this club's league matches, with 5 in a row featuring three goals or more (over 2.5).

FC Groningen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Euroborg with 8 goals in 5 league matches.

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FC Emmen form and stats

3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Emmen in their Eerste Divisie matches away. FC Emmen love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus ADO Den Haag with 2-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league games winning points. A huge disappointment for Emmen in their last match (vs ADO Den Haag). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Midfield player Vlak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Vlak scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Telstar.

FC Emmen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as FC Emmen are hosting Jong AZ in the Eerste Divisie only four days away.

Emmen have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

FC Groningen have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (1-3-0) when facing FC Emmen.

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenK. van Veen
K. van Veen
5 goals
FC EmmenB. Scholte
B. Scholte
4 goals
FC EmmenP. Parzyszek
P. Parzyszek
3 goals

FC Groningen missing players

FC Emmen missing players

FC Groningen FC Emmen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 2 3 5
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
15 8 0 Scored S 6 10 20
12 5 1 Conceded C 3 6 15
90% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 80%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 60%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 60%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 30%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 60%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 40%
40% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.7 8.6 12 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.4 5
4.2 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.4 5.4
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.6 15.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.8 14.4
5.2 6.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 5.2 5.4
29% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 38% 37%
 
9.3 8.4 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 15.6 12.8
3.1 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have not yet lost a game away.
  • FC Emmen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Groningen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Groningen have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 7 2 1 23 6 5 5 0 0 16 3 5 2 2 1 7 3 17 23
2 ADO Den Haag 10 6 3 1 17 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 21
3 Willem II 10 6 2 2 17 11 6 5 0 1 14 9 4 1 2 1 3 2 6 20
4 FC Emmen 10 5 3 2 20 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 3 2 0 10 6 5 18
5 VVV-Venlo 11 5 3 3 17 17 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 0 18
6 FC Dordrecht 10 4 5 1 22 14 6 2 4 0 16 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 8 17
7 FC Eindhoven 10 4 5 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 3 2 0 4 1 4 17
8 De Graafschap 10 5 2 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 9 9 1 17
9 NAC Breda 11 5 2 4 21 21 5 3 0 2 10 10 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 17
10 Helmond Sport 10 5 1 4 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 3 9 9 5 16
11 Jong AZ 10 4 2 4 15 14 6 4 1 1 12 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 1 14
12 SC Cambuur 11 4 2 5 24 25 6 3 1 2 15 12 5 1 1 3 9 13 -1 14
13 FC Groningen 10 4 1 5 15 12 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 13
14 Jong PSV 9 4 1 4 13 19 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 7 12 -6 13
15 MVV Maastricht 11 3 2 6 16 20 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 1 3 12 12 -4 11
16 Jong Utrecht 9 3 2 4 10 17 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 4 14 -7 11
17 FC Den Bosch 11 3 0 8 13 20 6 2 0 4 7 9 5 1 0 4 6 11 -7 9
18 Telstar 11 2 1 8 11 22 5 2 0 3 8 9 6 0 1 5 3 13 -11 7
19 Jong Ajax 10 1 2 7 16 28 4 1 2 1 8 6 6 0 0 6 8 22 -12 5
20 TOP Oss 10 1 1 8 7 16 4 1 0 3 4 5 6 0 1 5 3 11 -9 4

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.