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FC Groningen

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FC Groningen will be wanting a better result here following a 3-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against FC Utrecht.

In that game, FC Groningen had 61% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Groningen was Stije Resink (32'). FC Utrecht had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Souffian El Karouani (8'), Yoann Cathline (17') and Sébastien Haller (42') scored for FC Utrecht.

It’s not been often in recent times where FC Groningen have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, FC Groningen have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals during that time. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Going into this encounter, FC Groningen are winless against Heracles Almelo in their last 6 league matches.

Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo go into this game after a 1-0 Eredivisie win as they beat AZ in their last fixture.

In that game, Heracles Almelo managed 51% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Heracles Almelo was Jizz Hornkamp (47'). For their opponents, AZ got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Erwin van de Looi's Heracles Almelo have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 8 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that period comes to 5.

Looking at their past form shows that Heracles Almelo:

• remain undefeated by FC Groningen in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 31/08/2019 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for FC Groningen. They have not managed to get any wins whatsoever while Heracles Almelo have simply been better than them, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games played.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 from Trots van het Noorden and 10 being from Heraclieden. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league encounter between the two was Eredivisie match day 17 on 28/01/2025 and the score finished Heracles Almelo 1-1 FC Groningen.

That time, Heracles Almelo managed 44% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Luka Kulenović (20').

FC Groningen got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Romano Postema (50') scored.

The match was refereed by Rob Dieperink.

📋 Team News: FC Groningen

Mats Seuntjens (unknown injury), Maxim Mariani (Knock), Fofin Turay (Achilles tendon problems) and Sven Bouland (unknown injury) won’t be available for FC Groningen boss Dick Lukkien.

It seems likely that Trots van het Noorden will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation, beginning the first half with Etienne Vaessen, Marco Rente, Hjalmar Ekdal, Thijmen Blokzijl, Marvin Peersman, Stije Resink, Tika de Jonge, Leandro Bacuna, Luciano Valente, Jorg Schreuders and Thom van Bergen.

ℹ️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo manager Erwin van de Looi has not got a full squad to pick from. Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle) are not able to play.

We are inclined to think that Heraclieden seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Fabian de Keijzer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Ivan Mesik, Mats Rots, Sem Scheperman, Jan Zamburek, Suf Podgoreanu, Thomas Bruns, Mario Engels and Jizz Hornkamp.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Heracles Almelo are certainly able to find the back of the net against this FC Groningen team, however it may not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for FC Groningen by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It should be a decent one.

Peter Guest, 17:08 23/04/2025