FC Groningen will hope that their home advantage is enough to get something from this back-breaking battle, versus passionate Ajax.
- FC Groningen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (39) in Eredivisie
FC Groningen have had a bad season and will be relegated from Eredivisie.
This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen's results here at Euroborg in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. Game days at Euroborg have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Groningen as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The home team returns to Euroborg after drawing with Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The attacking player Pepi was announced as "man of the match" for FC Groningen with the rating of 7.35/10. Pepi scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against NEC with the scoreline 0-1.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where FC Groningen had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that FC Groningen lost 1 similar game by at least two goals.
Groningen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Groningen defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Groningen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Emmen, Excelsior, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and Vitesse), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 9-4-2 from 15 games.
The attacking players of Ajax have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 190 minutes.
Ajax's last game was the home draw against AZ (0-0). Rulli was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.05. The agile goalkeeper Rulli topped it up with a clean sheet.
One match before, 1-1 at home vs PSV (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in the KNVB Beker.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The Ajax manager Heitinga has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Ajax in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches featuring these two teams have all finished as Ajax wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.This was the end result when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Ajax - FC Groningen 6-1.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Pepi 12 goals |   M. Kudus 11 goals |  S. Bergwijn 11 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Groningen | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | 79 |
| 61 | 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 71% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 84% |
| 55% | 53% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 47% | 55% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 80% | 47% | 35% |
| 55% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 61% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 35% |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.1 | 8 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 13.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 14.9 | 18.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| 29% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 41% | 38% |
| 14.8 | 13.8 | 19.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.7 | 8.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (39) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Groningen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 82 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 47 | 68 |
| 3 | Ajax | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 47 | 63 |
| 4 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 61 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 55 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 48 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -8 | 41 |
| 10 | NEC | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 65 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -28 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -25 | 28 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 68 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -41 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 31 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | -32 | 18 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 31 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -42 | 16 |
