SC Cambuur fight FC Groningen for acclaim and football prosperity.
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (4) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
SC Cambuur form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what SC Cambuur have to build on here at Cambuurstadion in the Eredivisie. We have seen two home losses in a row now for SC Cambuur, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Heide was the last player to score a league goal for SC Cambuur and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cambuur haven't scored in 180 minutes.
No payout for SC Cambuur in their previous match, an away game at Ajax that ended in defeat 0-4. SC Cambuur were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Paulissen got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Paulissen hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against AZ that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with SC Cambuur perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SC Cambuur as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Cambuur has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
At Cambuurstadion, SC Cambuur has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
FC Groningen form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for FC Groningen with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
FC Groningen's previous game was their home loss versus Vitesse (0-1). Ngonge, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Ngonge hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to NEC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Groningen in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for FC Groningen, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Groningen has managed 2 goals and let in 7 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): SC Cambuur three wins, three draws and FC Groningen three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hoedemakers 2 goals |   C. Ngonge 2 goals |  J. ter Heide 1 goals |
SC Cambuur missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| SC Cambuur | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5 | 7.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 29 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| 6.6 | 5.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 14.6 | 11 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 16.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 5.8 |
- All of FC Groningen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Groningen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- FC Groningen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have yet to win a game away.
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Cambuur have failed to score a single goal at home.
- SC Cambuur have lost all their home matches so far.
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (4) in Eredivisie
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- SC Cambuur have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SC Cambuur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| SC Cambuur | Last season | FC Groningen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Conceded | C | 34 | 55 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 71% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 74% | 94% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 12% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 26% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 17.1 | 15.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
