Match preview: Feyenoord expected to overcome FC Groningen at Stadion Feijenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

The league table shows that 22 points divide the two competitors in this Eredivisie game. Feyenoord own both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Feyenoord form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 12 Eredivisie games here at Stadion Feijenoord for Feyenoord. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Feyenoord has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Feijenoord, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The followers are hoping that Feyenoord will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against AZ (placed 4th). Midfielder Kökçü was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Kökçü hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Feyenoord won a home game hosting SC Cambuur (3-1).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Feyenoord home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

Feyenoord are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (31 goals in 12 games). Feyenoord have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Groningen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Meijer secured the home win 1-0 against Willem II in their previous game. Defender Meijer was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Meijer scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to PEC Zwolle.

FC Groningen have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Groningen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this season: FC Groningen - Feyenoord 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Feyenoord six wins, three draws and FC Groningen one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordG. Til
G. Til
13 goals
FeyenoordB. Linssen
B. Linssen
11 goals
FC GroningenJ. Strand Larsen
J. Strand Larsen
9 goals

Feyenoord missing players

FC Groningen missing players

Feyenoord FC Groningen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
16 9 4 Won W 1 4 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 8
5 2 0 Lost L 3 6 9
56 31 12 Scored S 5 17 27
22 11 5 Conceded C 10 23 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 71%
67% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 38%
50% 58% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 17%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 12%
46% 42% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 58%
46% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 17%
12% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 29%
 
7 6.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 3.9
3.8 2.4 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 5.3
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
19.4 20.5 22.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.8 11.6
6.9 8 9.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.7 4.5
34% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 25%
 
8 6.8 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.4 12.6
3 2.4 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.9 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.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
  • Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 24 18 3 3 71 7 12 9 1 2 46 3 12 9 2 1 25 4 64 57
2 PSV 24 18 1 5 59 30 12 9 0 3 32 17 12 9 1 2 27 13 29 55
3 Feyenoord 24 16 3 5 56 22 12 9 1 2 31 11 12 7 2 3 25 11 34 51
4 AZ 24 15 3 6 47 28 12 9 2 1 28 12 12 6 1 5 19 16 19 48
5 FC Twente 24 13 6 5 38 30 11 6 4 1 17 8 13 7 2 4 21 22 8 45
6 Vitesse 24 12 4 8 32 38 12 5 2 5 15 22 12 7 2 3 17 16 -6 40
7 FC Utrecht 24 11 6 7 42 31 12 7 4 1 27 13 12 4 2 6 15 18 11 39
8 SC Cambuur 24 10 3 11 41 51 12 5 1 6 23 26 12 5 2 5 18 25 -10 33
9 NEC 24 8 7 9 29 36 11 2 4 5 11 15 13 6 3 4 18 21 -7 31
10 FC Groningen 24 7 8 9 27 32 12 3 6 3 10 9 12 4 2 6 17 23 -5 29
11 Heracles 24 7 5 12 26 32 13 7 3 3 19 13 11 0 2 9 7 19 -6 26
12 Go Ahead Eagles 24 7 5 12 26 41 12 5 0 7 16 20 12 2 5 5 10 21 -15 26
13 SC Heerenveen 24 7 4 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 11 4 2 5 10 15 -14 25
14 RKC Waalwijk 24 5 8 11 26 39 12 4 1 7 11 21 12 1 7 4 15 18 -13 23
15 Willem II 24 6 3 15 21 43 12 4 1 7 10 18 12 2 2 8 11 25 -22 21
16 Fortuna Sittard 23 5 4 14 25 52 10 3 2 5 13 23 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 19
17 Sparta Rotterdam 23 3 8 12 18 37 13 2 5 6 11 19 10 1 3 6 7 18 -19 17
18 PEC Zwolle 24 4 5 15 18 39 12 2 4 6 8 13 12 2 1 9 10 26 -21 17

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.