📏 Form Guide

FC Zwolle

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FC Zwolle will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 Eredivisie victory against Willem II.

In that game, FC Zwolle had 58% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. For FC Zwolle, the goalscorers were Younes Namli (26') and Eliano Reijnders (79'). Willem II got 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jesse Bosch (72') scored for Willem II.

It has been seldom in recent times where FC Zwolle have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that FC Zwolle have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals on the way.

Their previous form shows that FC Zwolle:

• haven't been beaten in the league by FC Groningen in their last 4 games.
• have not registered a win against FC Groningen in their last 3 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

FC Groningen

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In the game prior to this, FC Groningen drew 2-2 in the Eredivisie match with Ajax.

In that match, FC Groningen had 46% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. For FC Groningen, the goalscorers were Thom van Bergen (52') and Thijmen Blokzijl (99'). Ajax got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Anton Gaaei (27') and Wout Weghorst (68') scored for Ajax.

Indicating their penchant for high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 26 times in the last six games in which FC Groningen have taken to the field, making it an average of 4.33 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have hit 13 of this grand total. Let’s find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that FC Groningen:

• have not beaten FC Zwolle when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 01/02/2020 shows us that FC Zwolle have won 2 of them & FC Groningen 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 7 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 for Blauwvingers and 3 being from Trots van het Noorden. That is an average goals per game value of 1.17.

The previous league contest between the two was Eredivisie match day 15 on 08/12/2024 when it finished FC Groningen 0-0 FC Zwolle.

On that occasion, FC Groningen had 53% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target.

FC Zwolle got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Jeroen Manschot.

📋 Team News: FC Zwolle

It looks as if Blauwvingers could line up in a 4-3-3 formation in the match, handing starts to Jasper Schendelaar, Eliano Reijnders, Simon Graves, A. Garcia McNulty, Sherel Floranus, Younes Namli, Anouar El Azzouzi, Davy van den Berg, Dylan Mbayo, Odysseus Velanas and Filip Krastev.

📋 Team News: FC Groningen

FC Groningen boss Dick Lukkien has to choose a team with limited availability. Fofin Turay (Achilles tendon problems) and Maxim Mariani (Knock) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, Trots van het Noorden will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Hidde Jurjus, Marco Rente, Hjalmar Ekdal, Thijmen Blokzijl, Wouter Prins, Leandro Bacuna, Stije Resink, Dave Kwakman, Thijs Oosting, Jorg Schreuders and Thom van Bergen.

💭 Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that FC Groningen and FC Zwolle could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We therefore think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-1 draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Renata Leite, 12:03 18/05/2025