Football betting preview: Vitesse odds-on when FC Groningen visit

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

Eredivisie: We're previewing an absorbing and vital match between Vitesse and FC Groningen at GelreDome. This duo need points like a fish needs water!

Insights:
  • FC Groningen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie

Vitesse can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. For FC Groningen it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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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Vitesse form and stats

The overall Eredivisie statistics at home this season for Vitesse are 4-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Vitesse hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like FC Emmen, Excelsior, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and Vitesse), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

A nice win for Vitesse last time playing, versus SC Cambuur. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Białek (2) scoring for the victors. The striker Białek was declared "man of the match" for Vitesse with the rating of 9.01/10. Białek scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Fortuna Sittard.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.

The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Vitesse have conceded 25 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Vitesse has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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FC Groningen form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Groningen's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 16 away games in the Eredivisie. FC Groningen only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Groningen have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Antman got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Antman served one assist and hit two key passes.

A loss against NEC was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Groningen as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. Groningen have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H meeting ended FC Groningen - Vitesse 0-1, played this season. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Vitesse won four games, one match ended with a tie and FC Groningen got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

FC GroningenR. Pepi
R. Pepi
12 goals
VitesseM. Manhoef
M. Manhoef
6 goals
VitesseM. Bero
M. Bero
5 goals

Vitesse missing players

FC Groningen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitesse FC Groningen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 31
8 4 2 Won W 1 1 4
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 6
14 6 0 Lost L 2 12 21
38 18 5 Scored S 3 11 29
50 25 2 Conceded C 4 35 61
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 97%
78% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 71%
53% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 56% 55%
38% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 32%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 23%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 55%
22% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 13%
34% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 35%
 
6.4 6.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 4.2
4.7 4.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.1 6.1
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.6 15.2 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.4 11.3
4.5 4.8 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.7 3.2
26% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 26% 29%
 
11.5 10.2 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 15.7 14.8
4 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Groningen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie
  • FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (1) 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 Feyenoord 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
4 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 31 4 6 21 29 61 15 3 3 9 18 26 16 1 3 12 11 35 -32 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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 Feyenoord 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
4 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 31 4 6 21 29 61 15 3 3 9 18 26 16 1 3 12 11 35 -32 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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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.