Sports betting people believe with their cash that FC Twente will overcome FC Groningen at De Grolsch Veste

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

Eredivisie: FC Twente host FC Groningen in what is nearly guaranteed to be an intriguing football fixture. Tipsway gives you all the news, stats and facts!

Insights:
  • FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

FC Groningen is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Twente and FC Groningen.

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FC Twente form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Eredivisie games here at De Grolsch Veste for FC Twente. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.

Twente's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Fortuna Sittard (placed 15th). Midfielder Zerrouki was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Zerrouki hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 67 successful passes (of 81 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Heracles Almelo the opponent.

There will be little rest for FC Twente after this match as they are travelling to Feyenoord for a Eredivisie game in only four days.

FC Twente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Grolsch Veste with 25 goals in 16 league matches. Twente are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Grolsch Veste in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.

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FC Groningen form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Groningen have produced an overall stat of 5-3-8 so far. It's looking increasingly bleak for FC Groningen who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. FC Utrecht was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sparta Rotterdam with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Kasanwirjo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Kasanwirjo hit two key passes and won 12 of 19 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting RKC Waalwijk's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Groningen are hosting SC Cambuur in the Eredivisie only four days away.

FC Groningen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 23 goals have been scored. Groningen have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the contenders met earlier this campaign; FC Groningen - FC Twente 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Twente four wins, four draws and FC Groningen two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
16 goals
FC GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
13 goals
FC GroningenC. Ngonge
C. Ngonge
7 goals

FC Twente missing players

FC Groningen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente FC Groningen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
18 9 3 Won W 1 5 9
8 5 1 Drew D 1 3 9
6 2 1 Lost L 3 8 14
50 25 7 Scored S 6 23 39
36 13 4 Conceded C 11 31 49
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 75%
47% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 47%
25% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 28%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 12%
56% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 75% 66%
38% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 25%
 
4.1 4.4 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 3.9
4.8 4.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5 5.2
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.7 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
12.9 15.8 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.2 11.3
4.4 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.2
36% 31% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 29%
 
11 9.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 14 12.9
3.7 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 18 8 6 50 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 9 3 4 25 23 14 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 32 12 10 10 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 4 5 7 19 23 8 46
8 FC Groningen 32 9 9 14 39 49 16 4 6 6 16 18 16 5 3 8 23 31 -10 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 SC Cambuur 32 10 5 17 49 67 16 5 2 9 28 34 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 35
13 Heracles Almelo 32 9 7 16 32 44 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 11 26 -12 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 7 11 14 35 50 16 5 3 8 15 25 16 2 8 6 20 25 -15 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 32 9 5 18 34 65 16 6 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 15 36 -31 32
16 Sparta Rotterdam 32 6 11 15 25 47 16 3 7 6 14 21 16 3 4 9 11 26 -22 29
17 Willem II 32 8 5 19 28 56 16 6 3 7 15 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -28 29
18 PEC Zwolle 32 7 6 19 25 48 16 3 5 8 12 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 27

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 32 18 8 6 50 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 9 3 4 25 23 14 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 32 12 10 10 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 4 5 7 19 23 8 46
8 FC Groningen 32 9 9 14 39 49 16 4 6 6 16 18 16 5 3 8 23 31 -10 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 SC Cambuur 32 10 5 17 49 67 16 5 2 9 28 34 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 35
13 Heracles Almelo 32 9 7 16 32 44 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 11 26 -12 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 7 11 14 35 50 16 5 3 8 15 25 16 2 8 6 20 25 -15 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 32 9 5 18 34 65 16 6 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 15 36 -31 32
16 Sparta Rotterdam 32 6 11 15 25 47 16 3 7 6 14 21 16 3 4 9 11 26 -22 29
17 Willem II 32 8 5 19 28 56 16 6 3 7 15 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -28 29
18 PEC Zwolle 32 7 6 19 25 48 16 3 5 8 12 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 27

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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.