It's advantage FC Groningen so far with their 6th position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Fortuna Sittard who are placed 9th.
- FC Groningen has the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie
- All of Fortuna Sittard's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
FC Groningen have less rest than Fortuna Sittard in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Feyenoord, was also a home game here at Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium. The away team is better rested.
FC Groningen form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what FC Groningen, who have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie, have to build on here at Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium in the Eredivisie.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Feyenoord in the Eredivisie last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Groningen played out a draw 1-1 when visiting SC Heerenveen.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Groningen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost three.
Groningen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Groningen have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Fortuna has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against FC Utrecht.
Fortuna Sittard are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Eredivisie against ADO Den Haag (placed 17th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sparta Rotterdam.
We have checked recent matches where Fortuna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.
Fortuna have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Fortuna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Fortuna Sittard - Groningen 1-3. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Groningen, one draw and one win for Fortuna Sittard. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Strand Larsen 9 goals |   S. Polter 8 goals |  Z. Flemming 7 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| FC Groningen | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 30 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 35 |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 91% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 43% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 65% |
| 30% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 43% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 17% |
| 48% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 70% |
| 35% | 58% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 26% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.2 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 34% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 31% | 31% |
- All of Fortuna Sittard's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Groningen has the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard 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 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 55 | 56 |
| 2 | PSV | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 50 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 43 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Heracles | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -29 | 14 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -30 | 14 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -33 | 9 |