The season is still fairly new and the Eredivisie table has to be read with caution. So far FC Groningen find themselves in 7th position and FC Utrecht are placed 8th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Groningen form and stats
Only two Eredivisie home games for FC Groningen so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The FC Groningen supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ajax in Eredivisie and win 1-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Twente (1-3).
Early season league goal statistics from FC Groningen's 2 home games: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
FC Utrecht form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Eredivisie away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Utrecht delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against SC Heerenveen (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Eredivisie game. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against SC Heerenveen.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Utrecht has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Groningen wins - draws - FC Utrecht wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kerk 2 goals |   A. El Messaoudi 1 goals |  T. Suslov 1 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| FC Groningen | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 56 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 31% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| FC Groningen | Last season | FC Utrecht | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 65% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 42% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 68% | ||
| 35% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 31% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 337 | 189 | Total Shots | T S | 175 | 368 | ||
| 102 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 118 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | PSV | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Ajax | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Willem II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 13 | AZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Ajax | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |