FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam betting preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg

FC Groningen have won 36 points playing as the home team. Sparta Rotterdam have 26 points using the away locker rooms. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (23) in Eredivisie

FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam 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

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Groningen have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. It's trouble wherever Groningen are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

FC Groningen lost their last game at RKC Waalwijk (placed 14th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Ngonge, a striker, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Ngonge served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, FC Groningen lost 0-1 at home to Heracles Almelo.

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 Groningen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost three.

The manager Buijs will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Twente in only four days.

On the other hand, FC Groningen have conceded 16 goals.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sparta Rotterdam so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

Sparta Rotterdam played 1-1 against AZ in their previous match. Midfield player van Crooij was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.9/10. Crooij scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at FC Twente before that.

Sparta Rotterdam are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PEC Zwolle in just four days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rotterdam have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam - FC Groningen 1-1 was the output when these two contenders previously did battle, also in this season. FC Groningen-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Groningen four wins, Sparta Rotterdam two wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
13 goals
GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
7 goals
FC GroningenM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
4 goals

FC Groningen missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Groningen Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 5
9 6 2 Drew D 2 4 11
13 5 1 Lost L 2 9 15
38 15 3 Scored S 0 9 23
47 16 3 Conceded C 6 25 46
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 87% 94%
74% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 71%
45% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 39%
29% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 19%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 45%
13% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 19%
26% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 53% 42%
 
3.8 3.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.9 3.5
5.3 5.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.9 6.1
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.7
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.1 12.1 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 9.8
4.2 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 3.1
29% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 24%
 
13.1 12.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.6 13.1
4.6 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.7 5.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (23) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam 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 31 25 3 3 89 15 16 13 1 2 57 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 74 78
2 PSV 31 24 2 5 79 37 16 13 0 3 46 20 15 11 2 2 33 17 42 74
3 Feyenoord 31 21 4 6 72 30 15 11 2 2 36 13 16 10 2 4 36 17 42 67
4 FC Twente 31 18 8 5 49 34 15 9 5 1 24 11 16 9 3 4 25 23 15 62
5 AZ 31 18 5 8 59 37 15 11 2 2 33 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 22 59
6 Vitesse 31 14 5 12 37 46 15 6 2 7 17 25 16 8 3 5 20 21 -9 47
7 FC Utrecht 31 12 9 10 48 40 16 8 5 3 30 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 8 45
8 FC Groningen 31 9 9 13 38 47 15 4 6 5 15 16 16 5 3 8 23 31 -9 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 31 10 6 15 36 46 16 7 1 8 25 23 15 3 5 7 11 23 -10 36
10 SC Heerenveen 31 9 8 14 32 43 16 5 3 8 20 25 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 35
11 NEC 31 9 8 14 35 48 15 2 5 8 12 21 16 7 3 6 23 27 -13 35
12 Heracles Almelo 31 9 7 15 32 42 16 7 5 4 21 18 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 34
13 SC Cambuur 31 10 4 17 48 66 15 5 1 9 27 33 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 7 10 14 34 49 16 5 3 8 15 25 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 31
15 Fortuna Sittard 31 8 5 18 32 64 16 6 2 8 19 29 15 2 3 10 13 35 -32 29
16 PEC Zwolle 31 7 5 19 24 47 15 3 4 8 11 17 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 26
17 Sparta Rotterdam 31 5 11 15 23 46 16 3 7 6 14 21 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 26
18 Willem II 31 7 5 19 26 56 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -30 26

Table
  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 31 25 3 3 89 15 16 13 1 2 57 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 74 78
2 PSV 31 24 2 5 79 37 16 13 0 3 46 20 15 11 2 2 33 17 42 74
3 Feyenoord 31 21 4 6 72 30 15 11 2 2 36 13 16 10 2 4 36 17 42 67
4 FC Twente 31 18 8 5 49 34 15 9 5 1 24 11 16 9 3 4 25 23 15 62
5 AZ 31 18 5 8 59 37 15 11 2 2 33 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 22 59
6 Vitesse 31 14 5 12 37 46 15 6 2 7 17 25 16 8 3 5 20 21 -9 47
7 FC Utrecht 31 12 9 10 48 40 16 8 5 3 30 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 8 45
8 FC Groningen 31 9 9 13 38 47 15 4 6 5 15 16 16 5 3 8 23 31 -9 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 31 10 6 15 36 46 16 7 1 8 25 23 15 3 5 7 11 23 -10 36
10 SC Heerenveen 31 9 8 14 32 43 16 5 3 8 20 25 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 35
11 NEC 31 9 8 14 35 48 15 2 5 8 12 21 16 7 3 6 23 27 -13 35
12 Heracles Almelo 31 9 7 15 32 42 16 7 5 4 21 18 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 34
13 SC Cambuur 31 10 4 17 48 66 15 5 1 9 27 33 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 7 10 14 34 49 16 5 3 8 15 25 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 31
15 Fortuna Sittard 31 8 5 18 32 64 16 6 2 8 19 29 15 2 3 10 13 35 -32 29
16 PEC Zwolle 31 7 5 19 24 47 15 3 4 8 11 17 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 26
17 Sparta Rotterdam 31 5 11 15 23 46 16 3 7 6 14 21 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 26
18 Willem II 31 7 5 19 26 56 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -30 26

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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.