Feyenoord expected to challenge FC Groningen at their own home

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg

Eredivisie: Two squads in good form get together for this fixture. Feyenoord hold a small upper hand with their 2nd place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eredivisie

The visiting Feyenoord played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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FC Groningen form and stats

1 victory, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what FC Groningen have to build on here at Euroborg in the Eredivisie. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Groningen, who played 1-1 against PEC Zwolle. That match was also played at this venue (Euroborg). Midfielder Laros Duarte was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Duarte hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Fortuna Sittard with a 4-1 scoreline.

The manager Buijs will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Excelsior in only three days.

Groningen aren't scoring a lot here at Euroborg in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. From these home matches, Groningen have conceded only 5 goals.

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Feyenoord form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Feyenoord playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Feyenoord had fun at their own home (Euroborg) last time out, beating Maccabi Haifa 2-1. Dessers and Nelson scored. Midfielder Mark Diemers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Diemers served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 69 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie.

Feyenoord have another game away in just three sleeps, a KNVB Beker match versus FC Twente. A difficult timetable for the visiting team!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Feyenoord are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Feyenoord have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these teams: Groningen won one, Feyenoord triumphed in six and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordB. Linssen
B. Linssen
10 goals
FeyenoordG. Til
G. Til
9 goals
GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
7 goals

FC Groningen missing players

Feyenoord missing players

FC Groningen Feyenoord
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 1 7 15
4 1 0 Won W 1 4 11
6 5 2 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 1 Lost L 0 2 2
17 6 1 Scored S 3 14 38
21 5 2 Conceded C 2 7 14
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
80% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 73%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 60%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 20%
60% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 47%
20% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 53%
27% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
4.8 4.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.9 6.9
4.8 5.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6 4.1
1.4 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.3
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 11.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 24 17 20
4.7 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 7.1
24% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 44% 36%
 
12.5 11.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.3 8.1
4.6 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eredivisie

  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 15 11 3 1 48 2 8 6 1 1 32 1 7 5 2 0 16 1 46 36
2 Feyenoord 15 11 2 2 38 14 8 7 1 0 24 7 7 4 1 2 14 7 24 35
3 PSV 15 11 1 3 38 22 8 7 0 1 25 12 7 4 1 2 13 10 16 34
4 FC Utrecht 15 8 2 5 30 20 7 6 1 0 22 6 8 2 1 5 8 14 10 26
5 Vitesse 15 8 2 5 20 22 7 2 2 3 7 12 8 6 0 2 13 10 -2 26
6 FC Twente 15 7 4 4 22 19 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 4 1 3 14 14 3 25
7 SC Cambuur 15 8 0 7 27 35 8 4 0 4 16 18 7 4 0 3 11 17 -8 24
8 AZ 15 7 2 6 28 21 7 5 1 1 19 9 8 2 1 5 9 12 7 23
9 SC Heerenveen 15 6 3 6 18 21 8 3 1 4 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 21
10 Go Ahead Eagles 15 6 2 7 19 25 8 4 0 4 13 11 7 2 2 3 6 14 -6 20
11 NEC 15 5 4 6 20 24 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 12 16 -4 19
12 FC Groningen 15 4 6 5 17 21 7 1 5 1 6 5 8 3 1 4 11 16 -4 18
13 Willem II 15 5 3 7 16 28 7 3 1 3 6 11 8 2 2 4 10 17 -12 18
14 RKC Waalwijk 15 3 6 6 16 23 8 3 1 4 7 12 7 0 5 2 9 11 -7 15
15 Heracles Almelo 15 4 2 9 15 21 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 0 1 6 5 12 -6 14
16 Sparta Rotterdam 15 2 4 9 12 24 8 1 3 4 6 11 7 1 1 5 6 13 -12 10
17 Fortuna Sittard 15 2 3 10 16 39 7 2 1 4 8 19 8 0 2 6 8 20 -23 9
18 PEC Zwolle 15 1 3 11 8 27 7 1 2 4 3 7 8 0 1 7 5 20 -19 6

Read more about Eredivisie

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.