Soccer betting preview: FC Twente welcomes FC Groningen in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Eredivisie table has to be read with caution. So far FC Twente find themselves in 6th position and FC Groningen are placed 9th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente have only played one Eredivisie game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches.

The home team returns to De Grolsch Veste after being equal after 90 minutes with Feyenoord (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Fortuna Sittard.

This is expected to be a close game, with FC Twente perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Twente as a small favourite), we find seven games. Twente has won one of these, drawn one and lost five.

FC Twente has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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FC Groningen form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 13 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Groningen, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus ADO Den Haag (placed 15th) in the Eredivisie last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against PSV.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Groningen playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three FC Groningen wins, zero draws and three defeats.

FC Groningen have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four FC Twente victories, three draws and three FC Groningen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

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FC Groningen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente FC Groningen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 12 0 Total Shots T S 0 12 26
7 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 5 7
43% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 29%
FC Twente Last season FC Groningen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
7 5   Won W   3 10
6 3   Drew D   4 5
13 5   Lost L   6 11
34 23   Scored S   10 27
46 22   Conceded C   16 26
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
81% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 65%
62% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 35%
35% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 12%
27% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
58% 62%   BTTS BTTS   54% 42%
19% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 35%
35% 23%   Failed to Score F T   38% 31%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
4 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
248 135   Total Shots T S   148 337
88 55   Shots on Target S O   44 102
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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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.