FC Utrecht have succeeded in 2 home victories up until now, FC Groningen have won 1 away. Which team betters their results after this meeting?
- FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eredivisie
This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht have played 6 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for FC Utrecht, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SC Heerenveen away with the result 2-1. Sagnan and Douvikas found the net in that victory. Utrecht goalkeeper Barkas did an outstanding job against SC Heerenveen with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Ahead of that match, FC Utrecht won a home game hosting Sparta Rotterdam (3-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Utrecht here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). From these home matches, FC Utrecht have conceded only 5 goals.
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FC Emmen (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Balker was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Balker hit one key pass and won 10 of 14 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs PSV.The attacking power of FC Groningen when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - six - one (Utrecht wins - draws - FC Groningen wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 6 goals |  B. Dost 5 goals |   R. Pepi 5 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| FC Utrecht | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 83% | 67% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 12.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.8 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 16% | 5% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 37% |
| 14.4 | 14.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 16.4 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
- FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eredivisie
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 27 |
| 3 | AZ | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | NEC | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 6 |
