FC Twente vs FC Groningen Live Stream, Predictions

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FC Twente

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FC Twente will be wanting a better result here following the 1-2 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Fortuna Sittard.

In that game, FC Twente managed 72% possession and 22 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for FC Twente was Ricky van Wolfswinkel (37'). Fortuna Sittard got 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Zian Flemming (25', 42') was the scorer for Fortuna Sittard.

FC Twente haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 10 during that period and have conceded a total of 6. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Twente:

• have not been beaten in the league by FC Groningen in their last 6 matches.
• are winless against FC Groningen in their last 2 league matches.

FC Groningen

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie action, FC Groningen and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, FC Groningen managed 65% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Groningen was Bjorn Meijer (77'). At the other end, Sparta Rotterdam had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Arno Verschueren (20') and Lennart Thy (57') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

FC Groningen have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, having scored 7 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Danny Buijs will no doubt take that as a positive sign, FC Groningen have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same clashes.

Analysis of their past results shows that FC Groningen:

• have not emerged victorious against FC Twente when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 04/03/2018 tells us that FC Twente have won 2 of these & FC Groningen 0, with the tally of drawn results being 4.

A combined sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 of them from De Tukkers and 6 being from Trots van het Noorden. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league encounter between these sides was Eredivisie match day 8 on 01/10/2021 when it finished FC Groningen 1-1 FC Twente.

That time, FC Groningen managed 40% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Cyril Ngonge (8').

For their opponents, FC Twente got 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Manfred Ugalde (74') scored.

The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof.

📰 Team News: FC Twente

The FC Twente boss Ron Jans has zero fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game with a completely injury-free group available to select from.

It seems likely that De Tukkers will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Lars Unnerstall, Joshua Brenet, Robin Propper, Mees Hilgers, Gijs Smal, Ramiz Zerrouki, Michal Sadilek, Vaclav Cerny, Michel Vlap, Dimitrios Limnios and R. van Wolfswinkel.

📋 Team News: FC Groningen

FC Groningen boss Danny Buijs has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Radinio Balker (Cruciate Ligament Injury), Tomas Suslov (Thigh Problems) and Jan Hoekstra (Shoulder Injury) won’t be making appearances. Jörgen Strand Larsen is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We believe Trots van het Noorden appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, giving starts to Peter Leeuwenburgh, Marin Sverko, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Mike te Wierik, Mohamed El Hankouri, Daleho Irandust, Laros Duarte, Bjorn Meijer, Michael de Leeuw, Romano Postema and Cyril Ngonge.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, FC Twente can and should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

However, FC Groningen could well find it tough getting goals but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet here.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for FC Twente after 90 minutes.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:57 06/05/2022