Betting preview: FC Groningen faced with a tough challenge when AZ Alkmaar visits

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Thu 13.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium (22579 seats)

FC Groningen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind AZ Alkmaar.

Insights:
  • AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals away as FC Groningen have scored home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eredivisie match only four days ago. That game was an away game at FC Emmen, so at least FC Groningen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Alkmaar are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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FC Groningen form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Groningen have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Groningen, their manager D. Buijs and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

FC Groningen are returning here after visiting FC Emmen in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Bart Van Hintum, Paulos Abraham and Alessio Da Cruz (2) scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home game against Sparta Rotterdam that was lost 1-2.

As mentioned above, Groningen "killed" FC Emmen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Groningen as they are travelling to their away game against PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

Groningen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Groningen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 5 draws and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie.

Albert Guðmundsson scored in Alkmaar's previous match, the home game against Fortuna Sittard that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against RKC Waalwijk with the score of 3-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Heracles in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, AZ Alkmaar are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by AZ Alkmaar in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: AZ Alkmaar - Groningen 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Groningen two wins, three draws and AZ Alkmaar five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZ AlkmaarT. Koopmeiners
T. Koopmeiners
15 goals
AZ AlkmaarM. Boadu
M. Boadu
13 goals
GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
9 goals

FC Groningen missing players

AZ Alkmaar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Groningen AZ Alkmaar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
14 7 1 Won W 3 9 20
7 5 3 Drew D 2 5 7
11 4 1 Lost L 0 2 5
40 17 3 Scored S 15 36 70
36 13 4 Conceded C 9 23 41
94% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 56% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 84%
44% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 69%
31% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 56% 47%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 22%
47% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 66%
34% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 25%
25% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
11.5 12.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 13.1 13.2
3.7 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.4 5.6 5.8
34% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 40% 38%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ Alkmaar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals away as FC Groningen have scored home.
  • AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 32 26 4 2 96 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 16 13 2 1 46 8 75 82
2 PSV 32 20 8 4 69 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 16 8 5 3 34 21 37 68
3 AZ Alkmaar 32 20 7 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 29 67
4 Vitesse 32 18 6 8 48 32 16 11 4 1 25 9 16 7 2 7 23 23 16 60
5 Feyenoord 32 15 10 7 60 35 16 8 6 2 32 13 16 7 4 5 28 22 25 55
6 FC Utrecht 32 13 12 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 16 7 6 3 25 16 11 51
7 FC Groningen 32 14 7 11 40 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 49
8 Sparta Rotterdam 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 6 3 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 43
9 Heracles 32 12 7 13 41 47 16 8 3 5 28 15 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 43
10 Fortuna Sittard 32 12 4 16 46 53 16 5 2 9 24 30 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 40
11 SC Heerenveen 32 9 12 11 41 44 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 39
12 FC Twente 32 9 11 12 44 46 16 3 6 7 20 23 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 38
13 PEC Zwolle 32 8 11 13 41 49 16 5 6 5 18 18 16 3 5 8 23 31 -8 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 6 9 17 31 51 16 4 4 8 19 24 16 2 5 9 12 27 -20 27
15 Willem II 32 6 7 19 34 66 16 5 2 9 20 32 16 1 5 10 14 34 -32 25
16 FC Emmen 32 5 9 18 33 67 16 3 4 9 23 40 16 2 5 9 10 27 -34 24
17 VVV-Venlo 32 6 5 21 42 84 16 3 4 9 20 42 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 23
18 ADO Den Haag 32 4 10 18 26 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 16 3 4 9 10 35 -43 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 32 26 4 2 96 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 16 13 2 1 46 8 75 82
2 PSV 32 20 8 4 69 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 16 8 5 3 34 21 37 68
3 AZ Alkmaar 32 20 7 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 29 67
4 Vitesse 32 18 6 8 48 32 16 11 4 1 25 9 16 7 2 7 23 23 16 60
5 Feyenoord 32 15 10 7 60 35 16 8 6 2 32 13 16 7 4 5 28 22 25 55
6 FC Utrecht 32 13 12 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 16 7 6 3 25 16 11 51
7 FC Groningen 32 14 7 11 40 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 49
8 Sparta Rotterdam 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 6 3 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 43
9 Heracles 32 12 7 13 41 47 16 8 3 5 28 15 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 43
10 Fortuna Sittard 32 12 4 16 46 53 16 5 2 9 24 30 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 40
11 SC Heerenveen 32 9 12 11 41 44 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 39
12 FC Twente 32 9 11 12 44 46 16 3 6 7 20 23 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 38
13 PEC Zwolle 32 8 11 13 41 49 16 5 6 5 18 18 16 3 5 8 23 31 -8 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 6 9 17 31 51 16 4 4 8 19 24 16 2 5 9 12 27 -20 27
15 Willem II 32 6 7 19 34 66 16 5 2 9 20 32 16 1 5 10 14 34 -32 25
16 FC Emmen 32 5 9 18 33 67 16 3 4 9 23 40 16 2 5 9 10 27 -34 24
17 VVV-Venlo 32 6 5 21 42 84 16 3 4 9 20 42 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 23
18 ADO Den Haag 32 4 10 18 26 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 16 3 4 9 10 35 -43 22

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.