SC Heerenveen vs FC Groningen Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-2 Eredivisie losing effort in their last game against AZ.

Dani de Wit (33') and Tijani Reijnders (46') scored for AZ.

Over their preceding six games, Kees van Wonderen's SC Heerenveen have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 6 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match of 1.

Heading into this contest, SC Heerenveen have not been beaten in the league by FC Groningen in their previous 6 games.

FC Groningen

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After a losing effort in their last game against Feyenoord in Eredivisie competition, FC Groningen and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Igor Paixão (19'), Orkun Kökçü (30') and Santiago Giménez (91') scored for Feyenoord.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Groningen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. In defence, FC Groningen have some weaknesses to address.

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

• haven't won against SC Heerenveen when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not good at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 14/04/2019 shows that SC Heerenveen have won 2 of these & FC Groningen 0, with the number of drawn results being 4.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for De Superfriezen and 5 for Trots van het Noorden. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league encounter between the two was Eredivisie match day 29 on 10/04/2022 which ended up with the score at SC Heerenveen 3-1 FC Groningen.

That time, SC Heerenveen had 40% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Sydney van Hooijdonk (7', 53') and Sven van Beek (80').

On the other side, FC Groningen had 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Neraysho Kasanwirjo (29') was the scorer.

The referee was Danny Makkelie.

ℹ️ Team News: SC Heerenveen

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the SC Heerenveen boss Kees van Wonderen to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Sven van Beek (Achilles tendon problems) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: FC Groningen

FC Groningen manager Dennis van der Ree has some current player fitness concerns. Marin Sverko (Unknown Injury), Paulos Abraham (Unknown Injury), Daleho Irandust (Unknown Injury), Laros Duarte (Unknown Injury) and Nordin Musampa (Unknown Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We believe that FC Groningen must be fancied to breach the defence of this SC Heerenveen outfit, but it may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 winning margin for SC Heerenveen after 90 minutes. Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 01:36 18/01/2023