FC Groningen greet SC Heerenveen for another appealing Eredivisie fixture here at Euroborg.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Groningen form and stats
The first Eredivisie game here at Euroborg resulted in a draw. Last season FC Groningen's home game statistics were 7 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 17 games.
No payout for FC Groningen in their previous match, an away game at PSV that ended in defeat 2-5. Midfielder Cyril Ngonge was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Ngonge scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times. A goal frenzy last time out for Groningen, with a total of 7 goals in the match against PSV. Fun stuff to watch!
Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Utrecht that ended 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FC Groningen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost three.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Groningen at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Only one away game in the Eredivisie so far for SC Heerenveen and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 7 draws and 7 losses from 17 travels.
Heerenveen failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs AZ (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfielder Joey Veerman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Veerman hit four key passes.
Before that, SC Heerenveen secured a home win against RKC Waalwijk with the score 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by SC Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Heerenveen, one draw and two defeats.
SC Heerenveen have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Groningen two wins, six draws and SC Heerenveen two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 3 goals |   C. Ngonge 2 goals |  T. Halilović 2 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| FC Groningen | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 11 | 5.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 18 | 11.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 42% |
| FC Groningen | Last season | SC Heerenveen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 31 | 49 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 82% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 29% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 32% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 9% | ||
| 43% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 76% | 59% | ||
| 34% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 29% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 21% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Ajax | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Willem II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | NEC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | AZ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Twente | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Heracles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 79 | 88 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 39 | 72 |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 34 | 71 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 61 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 59 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 50 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Heracles | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 37 | -11 | 44 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -9 | 38 |
| 14 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -28 | 31 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 30 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 45 | -48 | 23 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -47 | 22 |