Eredivisie match prediction: Little separates FC Groningen and Vitesse in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Euroborg

FC Groningen will contest Vitesse in this Eredivisie match. All you should learn about the match is here!

Insights:
  • Vitesse have the most conceded goals (14) in Eredivisie

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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FC Groningen form and stats

Only two Eredivisie home games for FC Groningen so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Groningen travelled for their previous game, a trip to NEC that ended 1-1. The FC Groningen goalkeeper Verrips was crucial in the match against NEC last time out, making six saves. Midfielder Duarte was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Duarte scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

Before that, FC Groningen had a home game versus Go Ahead Eagles which ended with a victory 1-0.

Early season league goal statistics from FC Groningen's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Vitesse form and stats

Vitesse have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eredivisie were 9 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Vitesse played 2-2 against RKC Waalwijk in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against RKC Waalwijk. Vitesse were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Flamingo scoring the equalizer. Midfielder Flamingo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Flamingo scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against SC Heerenveen.

1 goal so far away for Vitesse, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (FC Groningen wins - draws - Vitesse wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
2 goals
VitesseN. Frederiksen
N. Frederiksen
2 goals
FC GroningenL. Duarte
L. Duarte
1 goals

FC Groningen missing players

Vitesse missing players

FC Groningen Vitesse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
5 3 1 Scored S 1 1 5
9 2 0 Conceded C 3 3 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5.2 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 6.5
5.5 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1 3.8
1 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.8 13 9 Shots (avg) S ( 20 20 15
3.8 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.2
33% 50% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 29%
 
15.5 11 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 12.8
6.8 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7 6.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Vitesse have the most conceded goals (14) in Eredivisie
  • Vitesse have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Eredivisie
  • Vitesse have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Eredivisie
FC Groningen Last season Vitesse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
9 4   Won W   9 17
9 6   Drew D   3 6
16 7   Lost L   7 15
41 18   Scored S   24 49
55 21   Conceded C   31 61
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
76% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
50% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 66%
29% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 29%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
65% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 58%
12% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 24%
26% 29%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.1 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
5.1 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
5 3   Red cards R C   2 7
 
11.6 13   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 14.8
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.7
29% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%
 
13.2 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 12.1
4.6 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.4

  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 4 4 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 12
2 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
3 PSV 3 3 0 0 15 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 11 3 11 9
4 AZ 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 9
5 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
6 FC Twente 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 6
7 Excelsior 3 2 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 6
8 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
9 NEC 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 4
10 SC Cambuur 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Volendam 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
13 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
14 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
15 FC Utrecht 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -3 2
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 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

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.