Early betting lines indicate FC Groningen advantage versus PEC Zwolle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 03.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg

A total of 14 fixtures are played and FC Groningen are 12 points in front of PEC Zwolle. How will it end?

Insights:
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eredivisie

This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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FC Groningen form and stats

FC Groningen have played 6 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

FC Groningen are returning here after visiting Fortuna Sittard in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Daleho Irandust, Jørgen Strand Larsen and Cyril Ngonge scored the goal(s). Groningen goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh did an outstanding job against Fortuna Sittard with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Daleho Irandust (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Irandust scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Go Ahead Eagles and winning 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Groningen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Groningen have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Groningen have conceded only 4 goals.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

There's been little loot from PEC Zwolle's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 7 away games in the Eredivisie. PEC Zwolle only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. PEC Zwolle have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 7 away matches played so far in the Eredivisie. Bitter travels for Zwolle as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the NEC match.

D. Huiberts was the last player to score for the away team. Zwolle haven't scored a league goal in the last 191 minutes.

There were no winners in Zwolle's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 0-0 vs RKC Waalwijk (placed 15th). Midfield player Mustafa Saymak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Saymak hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Zwolle manager D. Schreuder faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 0-4.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Zwolle when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The attacking power of Zwolle when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on PEC Zwolle's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 19 goals in 7 travels.

Head 2 Head

FC Groningen-PEC Zwolle H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Groningen five wins, PEC Zwolle five wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
7 goals
GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
4 goals
PEC ZwolleM. De Wit
M. De Wit
2 goals

FC Groningen missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

FC Groningen PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
5 4 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 11
16 5 3 Scored S 0 4 7
20 4 1 Conceded C 4 19 26
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 57%
43% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 36%
21% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 57%
 
4.7 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.1 3.6
4.9 5.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 5
1.4 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.6
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.5 11.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9 11
4.7 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.1 3.1
24% 19% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 16%
 
12.5 11.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 17 13.9
4.6 2.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 6.3 5.4
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Groningen have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • PEC Zwolle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • PEC Zwolle have lost all their away matches so far.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest points (0) away in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the most conceded goals (19) away in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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

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.