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Willem II vs FC Groningen Live Stream, Predictions
Willem II will be hosting visiting opponents FC Groningen at Koning Willem II Stadion in this Eredivisie clash on Thursday.
Our Willem II v FC Groningen tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Willem II
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Willem II will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-1 Eredivisie defeat last time out to VVV-Venlo.
The only scorer from Willem II was Jan-Arie van der Heijden (15'). Giorgos Giakoumakis (79', 90') was the scorer for VVV-Venlo.
Tricolores have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they have also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Tricolores have conceded in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.
Going into this one, Willem II have not won at home in their last 2 league games.
FC Groningen
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In their last fixture, FC Groningen drew 2-2 in the Eredivisie match with FC Utrecht.
For FC Groningen, the goalscorers were Patrick Joosten (16') and Jorgen Larsen (21'). Bart Ramselaar (39') and Gyrano Kerk (90') scored for FC Utrecht.
The numbers tell their own story, and FC Groningen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Trots van het Noorden have clearly had some problems. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.
Coming into this fixture, FC Groningen are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 21/01/2018 shows that Willem II have won 2 of these & FC Groningen 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
A total of 13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 for Tricolores and 7 belonging to Trots van het Noorden. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 10 on 29/11/2020 which finished with the scoreline of FC Groningen 1-0 Willem II.
The match was refereed by Martin van den Kerkhof.
ℹ️ Team News: Willem II
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Willem II gaffer Adrie Koster to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Jordens Peters (Knock) is sidelined.
📰 Team News: FC Groningen
Groningen manager Danny Buijs has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Alessio Da Cruz (Unknown Injury) and Arjen Robben (Fitness) are those who can’t be considered.
💭 Prediction
It seems to us that FC Groningen and Willem II are both capable of scoring here.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a score draw at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 00:05 10/01/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Willem II
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion (14,500)
Captain: Jordens Peters
Chairman: Jack Buckens
Manager: Adrie Koster
Competitions: Eredivisie position 15
⭐ Key Player: Che Nunnely

Regularly played in the Right Wing position, Che Nunnely was born in Netherlands. Having played his first senior match for Jong Ajax in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has scored 2 league goals in this Eredivisie 2020 - 2021 campaign so far coming from a total of 12 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 38 | LWWDD |
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16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 35 | WLWWW |
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16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 35 | DWLWW |
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16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 34 | WWWDL |
5 |
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16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 31 | WWDDW |
6 |
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15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | WWWLD |
7 |
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16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27 | WLWLW |
8 |
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16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 21 | WLWLW |
9 |
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16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 21 | DLLLD |
10 |
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16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 18 | DWDDL |
11 |
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16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 18 | LWWLW |
12 |
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16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | -7 | 17 | LDWDL |
13 |
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16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 16 | WDWWL |
14 |
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16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -18 | 15 | LLLWW |
15 |
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16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 13 | LLLLD |
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16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -24 | 10 | DLLWL |
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15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 9 | LLLDL |
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16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | -25 | 5 | DDLLL |
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Vitesse |
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FC Twente |
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FC Utrecht |
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Heracles Almelo |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 21 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Vangelis Pavlidis | 5 |
Che Nunnely | 3 |
Kwasi Okyere Wriedt | 3 |
Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye | 2 |
Görkem Sağlam | 2 |
Jorgen Larsen | 7 |
Ahmed El Messaoudi | 6 |
Patrick Joosten | 3 |
Mohamed El Hankouri | 2 |
Remco Balk | 1 |
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ADO Den Haag |
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SC Heerenveen |
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ADO Den Haag |
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Feyenoord |
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Fortuna Sittard |
Ajax |
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