This is shaping up to be yet another entertaining clash at Euroborg in the Eredivisie. FC Groningen is in 13th position and host Vitesse in 11th position. Read all about the game here!
- FC Groningen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vitesse have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Eredivisie
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Eredivisie games here at Euroborg. Groningen have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The fans are hoping that Groningen will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against Willem II (placed 4th). Midfield player Tomáš Suslov got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Suslov scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 8 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus SC Heerenveen.This is expected to be a close game, with FC Groningen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Groningen as a small favourite), we find five games. Groningen has won one of these, drawn one and lost three.
FC Groningen are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at Ajax awaits in three days.
FC Groningen has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse have six points from their first three away games in the Eredivisie, meaning two victories and a loss.
Home advantage was not enough for Vitesse in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting FC Twente, 1-4. Attacker Oussama Darfalou got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Darfalou scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus RKC Waalwijk at their stadium, the result 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Vitesse in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vitesse, zero draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Vitesse are hosting Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie only three days away.
Vitesse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Vitesse have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Groningen victories, one draw and four Vitesse wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngonge 3 goals |  T. Suslov 1 goals |  J. Strand Larsen 1 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Vitesse missing players
| FC Groningen | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 6.6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.7 | 12.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 18% |
- FC Groningen have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Groningen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Groningen have yet to win a game at home.
- Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vitesse have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Eredivisie
- Vitesse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| FC Groningen | Last season | Vitesse | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 53% | ||
| 29% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 43% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 56% | ||
| 34% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 35% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Willem II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | AZ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |