This looks to be another appealing battle at Euroborg in the Eredivisie. FC Groningen is in 15th place and receive Go Ahead Eagles in 18th position. Read about the game here!
This has all the signs of an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
FC Groningen form and stats
A Eredivisie draw at home so far for FC Groningen. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.
Groningen lost their last game at Ajax (placed 1st) after a 1-6 scoreline. FC Groningen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Ngonge has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four games in a row. Impressive! The striker Larsen was announced as "man of the match" for Groningen with the rating of 7.05/10. Larsen served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Volendam that ended 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Groningen handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
At Euroborg, FC Groningen has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season Go Ahead Eagles had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 3, drew 5 and lost 9.
Go Ahead Eagles's previous game was their home loss versus PSV (2-5). As you can tell from the result, the match against PSV was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Lidberg, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.24. Lidberg scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting AZ's place.Eagles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Go Ahead Eagles has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
FC Groningen have won at least one point in the last 8 fixtures (6-2-0) against Go Ahead Eagles.The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngonge 2 goals |  J. Strand Larsen 1 goals |   I. Lidberg 1 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| FC Groningen | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 18.5 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 21.5 |
| 8.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| FC Groningen | Last season | Go Ahead Eagles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 55 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 51 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 76% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 68% | ||
| 50% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 24% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 13.2 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 15.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitesse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
