National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC Groningen or Spakenburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts FC Groningen saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Excelsior.
FC Groningen form and stats
Action has already taken place for Groningen in KNVB Beker as they have defeated FC Dordrecht to reach the 2nd Round. FC Groningen participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the round of 16.FC Groningen's results here at Euroborg in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
FC Groningen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Excelsior. Gelderen, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Gelderen hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was a Eredivisie defeat to Fortuna Sittard (2-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Feyenoord are coming to town in three days.
The Groningen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. FC Groningen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).
Spakenburg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated TEC and DOVO in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Spakenburg was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 2nd round last season.Playing away, Spakenburg have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Tweede Divisie this season.
der Linden scored in Spakenburg's previous match, the home game against Koninklijke HFC that ended 1-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Katwijk.Spakenburg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. van der Linden 7 goals |   R. Pepi 6 goals | L. Admiraal 6 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
Spakenburg missing players
| FC Groningen | Spakenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 13.6 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Ajax | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 31 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -20 | 16 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | HHC | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | De Treffers | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 34 |
| 5 | Quick Boys | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Katwijk | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Spakenburg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Lisse | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Noordwijk | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Kozakken Boys | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Excelsior Maassluis | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Jong Sparta | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Scheveningen | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Koninklijke HFC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | TEC | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 | IJsselmeervogels | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Volendam II | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 14 |
| 18 | OFC Oostzaan | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -28 | 10 |
