📏 Form Guide

FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht head into this fixture following a 2-2 Eredivisie drawn match vs Go Ahead Eagles.

In that match, FC Utrecht managed 40% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. For FC Utrecht, the scorers were Yoann Cathline (43') and Miguel Rodríguez (45'). At the other end, Go Ahead Eagles got 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Victor Edvardsen (14') and Mathis Suray (17') scored for Go Ahead Eagles.

In their prior six games, Ron Jans's FC Utrecht have scored a combined total of 10 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Coming into this meeting, FC Utrecht are unbeaten in the league by FC Groningen in their previous 3 matches.

FC Groningen

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After a losing effort in their last game against PSV Eindhoven in Eredivisie action, FC Groningen and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, FC Groningen managed 38% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for FC Groningen was Dave Kwakman (34'). PSV got 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Malik Tillman (11'), Ivan Perišić (28') and Johan Bakayoko (88') scored for PSV Eindhoven.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, FC Groningen have amassed a tally of 8 goals. FC Groningen have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 10 goals go against them. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, however.

Going into this contest, FC Groningen are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 19/05/2021 shows that FC Utrecht have won 4 of them & FC Groningen 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 for Utreg and 5 belonging to Trots van het Noorden. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 9 on 20/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Groningen 0-1 FC Utrecht.

On that day, FC Groningen had 57% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, FC Utrecht had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Yoann Cathline (20') was the scorer.

The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük.

📋 Team News: FC Utrecht

It’s our opinion that Utreg could use a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Vasilios Barkas, Siebe Horemans, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Oscar Fraulo, Alonzo Engwanda, Miguel Rodriguez, Paxten Aaronson, Yoann Cathline and Sebastien Haller.

🗞️ Team News: FC Groningen

There’s a good chance that Trots van het Noorden might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Hjalmar Ekdal, Marvin Peersman, Finn Stam, Tika de Jonge, Stije Resink, Mats Seuntjens, Luciano Valente, Dave Kwakman and Thom van Bergen.

⚡ Prediction

In this match, FC Utrecht will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

However, FC Groningen are also probably going to find it difficult to make a breakthrough but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be being dangerous for periods.

We can therefore see a 3-1 victory for FC Utrecht at full-time.

Victor Martins, 10:13 13/04/2025