Can FC Groningen beat FC Utrecht in Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium clash?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium (22579 seats)

Only round two of the Eredivisie for these parties and fresh optimism here at Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium as FC Groningen welcome FC Utrecht. Don't miss this preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Groningen form and stats

The season before, FC Groningen's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 7th place in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 40 goals and let in 37. Performing as the home side in the former season FC Groningen produced 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 13 conceded.

Happy days for Groningen in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at SC Cambuur (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Mo El Hankouri was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Hankouri won 5 of 5 duels. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of D. Buijs when Jørgen Strand Larsen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Jørgen Strand Larsen scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.

Prior to that, an away loss at FC Utrecht.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Utrecht performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 14 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 25/16 goals scored/conceded.

Utrecht are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Eredivisie against Sparta Rotterdam (placed 16th). Defender Mark van der Maarel was the best team player with a rating of 8.03. Maarel scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels. As you can tell from the results above, Utrecht was very dominant against Sparta Rotterdam, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Adam Maher, Mark van der Maarel, Anastasios Douvikas and Simon Gustafsson providing the goals.

Prior to that match, the FC Utrecht manager R. Hake faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 0-2.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous ten meetings between these two parties are: one win for Groningen, five draws and four wins for FC Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

GroningenA. El Messaoudi
A. El Messaoudi
1 goals
FC GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
1 goals
FC UtrechtM. van der Maarel
M. van der Maarel
1 goals

FC Groningen missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Groningen FC Utrecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 23
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 44%
FC Groningen Last season FC Utrecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   18 36
14 7   Won W   7 14
8 6   Drew D   7 14
13 4   Lost L   4 8
40 17   Scored S   25 53
38 13   Conceded C   18 43
91% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
57% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
40% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 47%
29% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 31%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 17%
43% 35%   BTTS BTTS   56% 64%
34% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 25%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   28% 19%
 
4.1 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.5
4.7 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.9
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.3
3 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.1 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 14
3.4 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.2
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 FC Utrecht 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
4 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 FC Groningen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 FC Utrecht 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
4 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 FC Groningen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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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.