FC Groningen receive Willem II for another exciting Eerste Divisie game here at Euroborg.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
FC Groningen form and stats
The hosts won their first Eerste Divisie game here at Euroborg, lifting spirits. Home statistics for FC Groningen last season were 3 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 17 games.
The club members are hoping that FC Groningen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Jong Utrecht (placed 10th). Rente was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.52 out of 10. The defender Rente won 8 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jong Ajax in a game that was won 4-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Groningen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
At Euroborg, FC Groningen has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Willem II form and stats
0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Willem II in their Eerste Divisie matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Willem II's previous match versus FC Dordrecht (placed 17th), a 2-0 win played at home. van Berkel, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.93. Berkel served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.
A 1-1 draw at FC Eindhoven's stadium before that.Willem are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
{1 goals} so far away for Willem II, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): FC Groningen won five games, one match ended with a tie and Willem II got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Suslov 1 goals |  J. Hove 1 goals |  R. Postema 1 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Willem II missing players
| FC Groningen | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.5 | 21 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 7.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 11 | 15 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| FC Groningen | Last season | Willem II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | ||
| 75 | 34 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 59% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 38% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.5 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 15.7 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Willem II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | De Graafschap | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | FC Oss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Jong Utrecht | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Helmond Sport | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | FC Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Telstar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Jong Ajax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
