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Excelsior v Groningen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 5th Dec, 19:00 BST, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam

Dick Lukkien will be hoping for a crucial away win in the Eredivisie on Friday evening, as he takes his Groningen side to the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion to visit Excelsior and Ruben den Uil. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


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Excelsior
45%
--
Draw
25%
--
Groningen
30%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Excelsior 1-0
10%
--
Excelsior 2-1
9%
--
Groningen 1-0
8%
--
Excelsior 2-0
8%
--
Groningen 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Excelsior 3-1
5%
--
Groningen 2-0
5%
--
Excelsior 3-0
4%
--
Groningen 3-1
3%
--
Excelsior 3-2
3%
--
Groningen 3-2
2%
--
Groningen 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
56%
--
BTTS - No
44%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
70%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
47%
--
Excelsior win to nil
23%
--
Groningen win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Excelsior have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn zero and won 3. Excelsior have conceded 19 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Excelsior have played 6 games at home, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Groningen lay in 6th place on 19 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 12 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 13 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Groningen have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Groningen have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Excelsior
Groningen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1210112331 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 10
Feb 7
l
 
4-2A
2
Feyenoord129121928 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 14
l
 
0-1A
Apr 23
3
AZ Alkmaar12732724 
Feb 14
Dec 14
Mar 21
l
 
4-1A
4
Ajax12552520 
Feb 1
Nov 22
Mar 7
Nov 30
5
Utrecht12615619 
Apr 23
l
 
4-1A
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
6
Groningen12615019 
Dec 5
May 2
-
-
7
NEC12534918 
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
May 10
l
 
2-0A
8
Twente12444216 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
9
GA Eagles12444116 
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
Apr 11
Dec 21
10
Fortuna12516-216 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Jan 25
w
 
1-2F
11
S.Rotterdam12516-1016 
l
 
0-1A
May 17
l
 
0-2A
Jan 31
12
Heerenveen12354-214 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
13
FC Volendam12345-413 
May 10
w
 
1-2F
Dec 13
Feb 28
14
NAC12336-612 
Nov 29
Feb 7
Jan 10
w
 
1-2F
15
PEC Zwolle12336-1312 
Dec 20
Apr 11
Nov 23
Mar 14
16
Excelsior12318-1210 
-
-
May 2
Dec 5
17
Telstar12237-79 
Jan 16
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 4
18
Heracles12309-169 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 21
w
 
4-0F
May 17
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Win / draw / win form
Excelsior 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Excelsior1 - 2Heracles
Excelsior1 - 0Fortuna
Excelsior1 - 2PSV
Excelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Excelsior1 - 0Twente
Excelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
Excelsior4 - 0Heracles
Excelsior0 - 3NEC
Excelsior4 - 0FC Volendam
Excelsior0 - 2PSV
Excelsior1 - 1Waalwijk
Excelsior1 - 2Vitesse
Excelsior0 - 3Twente
Excelsior1 - 1Utrecht
Excelsior3 - 0Heerenveen
Excelsior1 - 1GA Eagles
Excelsior2 - 4Feyenoord
Excelsior1 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Excelsior2 - 4PEC Zwolle
Excelsior2 - 1S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HExcelsior1 - 2Heracles
AExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior0 - 2GA Eagles
HExcelsior1 - 0Fortuna
AExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior1 - 2PSV
AExcelsior2 - 1FC Volendam
HExcelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
HExcelsior1 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 4Utrecht
HExcelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
AExcelsior0 - 5NEC
AExcelsior0 - 4Feyenoord
HExcelsior4 - 0Heracles
HExcelsior0 - 3NEC
AExcelsior2 - 2Ajax
HExcelsior4 - 0FC Volendam
AExcelsior1 - 2PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2PSV
AExcelsior0 - 3GA Eagles
Groningen 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
47
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
2
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC2 - 0Groningen
Fortuna1 - 2Groningen
NAC1 - 2Groningen
Utrecht0 - 1Groningen
PSV4 - 2Groningen
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Groningen
PEC Zwolle2 - 0Groningen
AZ Alkmaar3 - 0Groningen
Utrecht3 - 1Groningen
Feyenoord4 - 1Groningen
NAC1 - 1Groningen
Willem II1 - 3Groningen
S.Rotterdam1 - 0Groningen
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
GA Eagles2 - 1Groningen
Twente2 - 0Groningen
PSV5 - 0Groningen
NEC6 - 0Groningen
Fortuna1 - 0Groningen
Ajax3 - 1Groningen
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGroningen0 - 2NEC
HGroningen1 - 1Twente
AGroningen2 - 1Fortuna
HGroningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
AGroningen2 - 1NAC
HGroningen0 - 1Feyenoord
HGroningen2 - 0Telstar
AGroningen1 - 0Utrecht
HGroningen4 - 0Heracles
AGroningen2 - 4PSV
HGroningen2 - 1Heerenveen
AGroningen1 - 4AZ Alkmaar
AGroningen0 - 2PEC Zwolle
HGroningen2 - 2Ajax
AGroningen0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
HGroningen6 - 1Waalwijk
HGroningen4 - 1Heracles
AGroningen1 - 3Utrecht
HGroningen1 - 3PSV
AGroningen1 - 4Feyenoord
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Excelsior since 2016
Excelsior
Groningen
Goals: Scored
9
5
Games: Scored
5 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
0 / 5
EXC
4
GRO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
Excelsior1 - 0
2 - 4Groningen
Excelsior2 - 0
Excelsior2 - 0
Excelsior2 - 1
League games at Groningen since 2015
Groningen
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
11
1
Games: Scored
5 / 5
1 / 5
Clean sheets
4 / 5
0 / 5
D
1
GRO
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
Groningen3 - 0
Groningen1 - 0
Groningen4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Groningen2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Excelsior's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Groningen have conceded in each of their last 6 Eredivisie matches. A PG of 1.6 for R. den Uil's side suggests that run should continue.

Excelsior 16th Groningen 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Excelsior will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Groningen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Excelsior’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-18
Groningen have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Excelsior
PG (predicted goals)
Groningen
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
EXC
GRO
8%
better
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Games scored9
9
Failed to score3
3
Scored first7
5
Goals scored11
17
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for11
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.5
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
EXC
GRO
10%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
9
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first5
7
Goals conceded23
17
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded12
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
15%
Avg. XG against2
1.4
KickOff rating
+10%

Excelsior v Groningen Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12223
C WidellG RegtI YegoianI Bronkhorst
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Meissen DEF121
1
-
I Bronkhorst DEF12
3
-
C Widell DEF12
1
-
A Carlén MID121
3
-
G Regt FWD1221
2
-
D Fernandes FWD1211
-
M Duinen FWD111
1
-
S Gassel GLK10
-
A Zagre DEF101
2
1
I Yegoian MID1012
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD102
-
N Naujoks MID91
1
-
S Mitrovic FWD7
-
J. Armantrading FWD6
1
-
L Schouten DEF51
-
S. Hendrikx DEF5
1
N. Martens DEF51
-
S. Middendorp MID5
-
C. Nadje MID5
1
-
D. Yun FWD51
-
Z. Booth FWD3
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
S Janssen DEF2
-
M Tielemans MID2
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-
Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12543
M PeersmanB WillumssonS ResinkM Peersman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Peersman DEF121
3
-
T Blokzijl DEF12
1
-
T. de Jonge MID121
2
-
S Resink MID1214
3
-
D. van der Werff MID122
1
-
J Schreuders FWD12
1
-
T Bergen FWD1211
2
-
Y Taha FWD1223
2
-
D. Janse DEF10
3
-
M Rente DEF1022
1
-
M Seuntjens MID101
-
E Vaessen GLK91
-
T. Mercera DEF8
-
B Willumsson FWD85
1
-
T Land MID6
2
1
W. Prins DEF51
-
O Zawada FWD51
1
-
H Jurjus GLK3
-
N. Emeran FWD3
-
R Mendes FWD2
-