6th position in the Eredivisie table for FC Groningen so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed FC Twente visits Sportpark Lonerstraat.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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.
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen have played 8 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Groningen are returning here after visiting Willem II in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Ko Itakura and Mo El Hankouri (2) scored the goal(s). 2-2 away at FC Utrecht before that.
The victory against Willem II came after Mo El Hankouri's winning goal. The Groningen manager D. Buijs was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 21st minute. A late climax in the match against Willem II as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Mo El Hankouri.
This is expected to be a close game, with Groningen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Groningen as a small favourite), we find two games. FC Groningen has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The Groningen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. FC Groningen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportpark Lonerstraat in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. A great winning streak in away games for Twente as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the FC Utrecht have they travelled home without three points.
Twente's previous game was their home loss versus Ajax (1-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at FC Emmen.
It's a bit worrying for Twente that their goalkeeper Joël Drommel made eight saves in the Ajax game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by FC Twente in our archives, and the results are: one win for Twente, one draw and three defeats.
The Twente manager R. Jans has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. As opposed to that, FC Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Groningen and FC Twente have met before this season: FC Twente - FC Groningen 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Groningen won three, FC Twente won five and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 11 goals |   J. Strand Larsen 6 goals |  V. Černý 6 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
FC Twente missing players
| FC Groningen | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 62% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 19% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.9 | 12.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 39% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 38% |
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals away as FC Groningen have scored home.
- FC Twente have scored in all their away matches so far.
- FC Twente 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 38 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Heracles | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 10 |
| 17 | Willem II | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -25 | 5 |