National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC Dordrecht or FC Groningen that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting FC Groningen played their last game only three days ago, a Eredivisie match. That game, against FC Twente, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FC Groningen.
FC Dordrecht form and stats
Dordrecht was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what FC Dordrecht have to build on here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.
FC Dordrecht are confident in defense, having played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Dordrecht, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating VVV-Venlo away with the result 1-0. Balde found the net in that victory. Bossin loved the game against VVV-Venlo. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Bossin got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Bossin topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, FC Dordrecht had a Eerste Divisie home game versus PEC Zwolle which ended with a victory 3-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dordrecht, as the Eerste Divisie home game vs NAC Breda is only three days away.
The FC Dordrecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Dordrecht have conceded 6 in these home matches.
FC Groningen form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the round of 16.Playing away, FC Groningen have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for FC Groningen, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus FC Twente. te Wierik was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.0. The defender Wierik won 4 of 4 duels.
The game before that, in the Eredivisie, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against RKC Waalwijk.A new game in only four days for Groningen, the Eredivisie home match versus PSV. Busy days.
The attacking power of FC Groningen when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The FC Groningen manager Wormuth has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these sides: FC Dordrecht won zero, FC Groningen were winners in one and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Pepi 4 goals |   S. Longo 3 goals |
FC Dordrecht missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| FC Dordrecht | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 32 | 57 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 13.4 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 14.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Almere City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Telstar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | AZ | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | NEC | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
