Game guide for Eredivisie: FC Groningen - Sparta Rotterdam at Euroborg

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg (22579 seats)

Home advantage feels comfortable and nice for FC Groningen, but Sparta Rotterdam are fully motivated and capable to get all three points. Who will win?

Insights:
  • FC Groningen have the most conceded goals (70) in Eredivisie

FC Groningen have had a bad season and will be relegated from Eredivisie. Rotterdam are staying put at 6th place whatever happens for the rest of the season. 8-7-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 27 matches are 26-40 (scored/conceded).

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

With 3 Eredivisie wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, FC Groningen are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home stadium (Euroborg) is supposed to be a fortress, but for FC Groningen it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The followers are hoping that FC Groningen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the match against Vitesse (placed 12th). As you see from the result above, FC Groningen suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Antman was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.53 (out of ten) in that game. Antman dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Ajax with the scoreline 2-3.

Groningen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded. When FC Groningen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Emmen, Fortuna Sittard, Excelsior, SC Cambuur and FC Volendam), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Sparta Rotterdam have produced an overall stat of 6-6-4 so far.

Rotterdam won their last game, 4-1 versus SC Cambuur played at home. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league games without victory. Namli got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Namli scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Prior to that match, the Sparta Rotterdam manager Steijn faced defeat when travelling to FC Volendam and losing 1-2.

Observe that 10 of this team's 13 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Sparta Rotterdam find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Rotterdam have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against FC Groningen.

Sparta Rotterdam - Groningen 2-1 was the end result in these teams' last h2h fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenR. Pepi
R. Pepi
12 goals
Sparta RotterdamT. Lauritsen
T. Lauritsen
11 goals
Sparta RotterdamV. van Crooij
V. van Crooij
10 goals

FC Groningen missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Groningen Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
4 3 1 Won W 3 6 16
6 3 1 Drew D 1 6 8
23 10 3 Lost L 1 4 9
31 20 8 Scored S 10 23 55
70 29 13 Conceded C 3 19 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 88%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 73%
58% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 61%
36% 38% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 42%
27% 31% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
55% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 45%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 39%
36% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 27%
 
4.1 4.4 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.4 4.2
6.1 5.3 8.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 6.1 5.3
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.2 13.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 11.9 12.2
3.2 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 4.4 4.6
30% 33% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 33% 36%
 
15.3 14.1 19.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16.2 15.6
5.4 4.4 6.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Groningen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie
  • FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eredivisie
  • FC Groningen have the most conceded goals (70) in Eredivisie
  • FC Groningen have the most conceded goals in the second half (45) in Eredivisie
  • FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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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.