FC Groningen favourites for feisty fight facing Go Ahead Eagles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg

Carrying a 0 point lead in the league table, FC Groningen followers want to see their team collect maximum points from this game versus Go Ahead Eagles.

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Eredivisie

FC Groningen and Go Ahead Eagles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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FC Groningen form and stats

FC Groningen's results here at Euroborg in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Happy days for Groningen in their previous game, a fixture away at Vitesse (placed 6th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Suslov (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Suslov served one assist and hit two key passes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Groningen handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for FC Groningen here at Euroborg in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). FC Groningen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Euroborg in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-4-4 (10 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Heracles Almelo (placed 14th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Kramer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Kramer won 4 of 6 duels.

We have checked recent matches where Go Ahead Eagles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, four draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Go Ahead Eagles manager Wonderen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against NEC.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Go Ahead Eagles - FC Groningen 0-1. Previous seven meetings involving these squads: FC Groningen won five, Go Ahead Eagles were winners in zero and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
7 goals
GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
7 goals
Go Ahead EaglesI. Córdoba Kerejeta
I. Córdoba Kerejeta
6 goals

FC Groningen missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

FC Groningen Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 1 Played P 3 10 20
5 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
7 6 1 Drew D 2 4 4
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 10
23 7 1 Scored S 3 7 20
29 7 1 Conceded C 6 17 32
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 35%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
60% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 40%
15% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 25%
30% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 45%
 
4 3.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 4.1
5.3 6.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 6.3 5.8
1.6 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
10.5 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.3 10.7
4.2 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 2.6 3.4
27% 21% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 29%
 
13 12.4 13 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 20.1 17.1
4.8 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.7 5.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Eredivisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 20 15 3 2 61 5 10 7 1 2 38 3 10 8 2 0 23 2 56 48
2 PSV 20 15 1 4 48 26 10 8 0 2 28 14 10 7 1 2 20 12 22 46
3 Feyenoord 20 13 3 4 46 19 10 7 1 2 24 10 10 6 2 2 22 9 27 42
4 FC Twente 20 11 5 4 31 22 9 5 3 1 12 6 11 6 2 3 19 16 9 38
5 AZ 20 11 3 6 37 24 10 7 2 1 24 10 10 4 1 5 13 14 13 36
6 Vitesse 20 11 3 6 27 28 10 4 2 4 11 16 10 7 1 2 16 12 -1 36
7 FC Utrecht 20 9 5 6 36 26 10 6 3 1 23 10 10 3 2 5 13 16 10 32
8 SC Cambuur 20 9 3 8 33 40 10 4 1 5 18 21 10 5 2 3 15 19 -7 30
9 NEC 20 7 5 8 25 30 10 2 3 5 10 14 10 5 2 3 15 16 -5 26
10 SC Heerenveen 20 7 4 9 20 28 11 3 2 6 11 18 9 4 2 3 9 10 -8 25
11 FC Groningen 20 5 7 8 23 29 9 1 6 2 7 7 11 4 1 6 16 22 -6 22
12 RKC Waalwijk 20 5 7 8 23 31 10 4 1 5 10 17 10 1 6 3 13 14 -8 22
13 Go Ahead Eagles 20 6 4 10 20 32 10 4 0 6 13 15 10 2 4 4 7 17 -12 22
14 Heracles Almelo 20 5 5 10 22 27 11 5 3 3 16 13 9 0 2 7 6 14 -5 20
15 Willem II 20 5 3 12 18 39 10 3 1 6 7 16 10 2 2 6 11 23 -21 18
16 Sparta Rotterdam 20 2 8 10 16 31 11 1 5 5 9 17 9 1 3 5 7 14 -15 14
17 Fortuna Sittard 20 3 4 13 21 50 9 2 2 5 11 23 11 1 2 8 10 27 -29 13
18 PEC Zwolle 20 3 3 14 12 32 10 2 2 6 6 11 10 1 1 8 6 21 -20 12

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.