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Groningen v NEC Nijmegen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium, Groningen

Groningen are in Eredivisie action on Saturday evening, as Dick Lukkien looks to get one over on Rogier Meijer and his NEC Nijmegen side at the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've delved into our extensive database and pulled out the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Groningen's next match is v Twente at 19:00 on Saturday 1st March
NEC Nijmegen's next match is v Twente at 13:30 on Sunday 23rd February
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between Groningen and NEC was on Saturday 8th February 2025
Dutch Eredivisie
February 8th 2025
Groningen 2
1 NEC
 
W. Prins 2'66' V. van Crooij
T. van Bergen 31'
 
GRO
NEC
Shots On
6
4
Shots Off
7
7
Corners
7
6
Possession
33%
67%
Fouls
7
5
Yellow/red cards
1/1
 
GroningenNEC
 
E. Vaessen
W. Prinsfootball icon
M. Rente
H. Ekdal
T. Blokzijl
T. de Jonge
M. Seuntjens (L. Bacuna 62')
S. Resink
D. Kwakman (F. Stam 78')
L. Valente (R. Postema 88')
T. van Bergenfootball icon (J. Schreuders 88')
R. Roefs
(L. Schöne 83') B. Pereira
C. Verdonk
(K. Shiogai 83') I. Márquez Álvarez
P. Sandler
(B. Onal 72') M. Hoedemakers
(B. Nuytinck 90') S. Ouaissa
D. Proper
S. Hansen
K. Ogawa
football iconV. van Crooij

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It may be an over exaggeration to say that we expect Dick Lukkien and Rogier Meijer to got all-out defensive here, but we certainly don't expect to see a glut of goals as Groningen and NEC go head-to-head. The stats belowsuggest there will be under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we're saying that's a good shout here. With best odds of 2.00 available on under 2.5 goals and neither side looking like strong favourites to win, that's the bet we'd advise you go for.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Groningen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.60.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Groningen
45%
19/10
16%
7/4
5%
Draw
29%
21/10
3%
21/10
9%
NEC
26%
13/8
5%
17/10
4%
Groningen 1-0
15%
13/2
25%
6/1
13%
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
19/4
4%
Draw 0-0
12%
6/1
42%
11/2
28%
NEC 1-0
11%
6/1
30%
11/2
19%
Groningen 2-0
9%
12/110/1
Groningen 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
17/2
6%
NEC 2-1
6%
10/1
10%
17/2
6%
NEC 2-0
5%
11/1
8%
10/1
Groningen 3-0
4%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1
42%
12/1
8%
Groningen 3-1
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
12%
NEC 3-1
2%
22/1
10%
18/1
27%
Groningen 3-2
1%
40/1
58%
25/1
24%
NEC 3-0
1%
25/120/1
11%
Groningen 4-0
1%
66/1
31%
45/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
35%
27/20
31%
13/10
20%
Under 2.5 Goals
65%
4/7
22%
4/7
14%
Home 1st Goal
51%
6/5
13%
-
Away 1st Goal
41%
10/11
2%
-
No 1st Goal
9%
6/1
42%
-
BTTS - Yes
41%
19/20
20%
1/1
16%
BTTS - No
59%
4/5
18%
3/4
13%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/2
37%
19/4
20%
BTTS - Draw
17%
7/2
4%
17/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
9%
5/1
26%
9/2
20%
Home/draw
74%
4/94/9
4%
Away/draw
55%
2/5
3%
4/9
3%
Home/away
71%
4/11
2%
4/11
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
2/5
15%
4/9
12%
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
7/4
31%
13/8
21%
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
10/3
57%
16/5
31%
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
1/5
14%
1/5
10%
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
9/1
82%
15/2
42%
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
1/16
7%
1/16
5%
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
20/1
91%
16/1
42%
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/66
4%
1/200
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
1/10
6%
1/11
4%
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
6/1
42%
11/2
28%
Home DNB
65%
10/11
4%
17/20
Away DNB
46%
4/5
2%
5/6
Groningen win to nil
30%
10/3
13%
-
NEC win to nil
17%
3/1
20%
-
Groningen / Groningen
18%
15/4
10%
17/5
5%
Groningen / NEC
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Groningen / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Draw / Groningen
14%
5/119/4
Draw / NEC
14%
5/119/4
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3
21%
3/1
17%
NEC / Groningen
3%
33/1
31%
22/1
10%
NEC / NEC
18%
10/316/5
5%
NEC / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Groningen have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Groningen have conceded 27 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Groningen have played 10 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

NEC lay in 11th place on 24 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 14 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. NEC have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

NEC have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Groningen
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax2217323154 
May 14
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
May 11
2
PSV2316434552 
Apr 5
l
 
5-0A
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
3
Utrecht231274643 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 13
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
4
Feyenoord2211742040 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 8
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
5
AZ Alkmaar2212461740 
d
 
0-00-0
May 11
Mar 29
l
 
1-0A
6
Twente2211651639 
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
Feb 23
7
GA Eagles221057635 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
Mar 9
l
 
5-0A
8
Groningen Home237610-1027 
-
-
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
9
Heerenveen237610-1527 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
10
NAC238312-1527 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 29
May 14
l
 
1-0A
11
Fortuna227510-1126 
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
12
NEC Away227411225 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
6-0A
-
-
13
PEC Zwolle236710-825 
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
14
Willem II236611-824 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3F
May 3
l
 
4-1A
15
Heracles23599-1524 
Apr 23
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
May 18
16
S.Rotterdam234811-1420 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
17
Waalwijk234514-1617 
May 3
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
18
Almere City223514-3114 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
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Win / draw / win form
Groningen 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
NEC 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Groningen since 2016
Groningen
NEC
Goals: Scored
6
4
Games: Scored
2 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
2 / 4
GRO
2
D
1
NEC
1
League games at NEC since 2015
NEC
Groningen
Goals: Scored
12
3
Games: Scored
5 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
0 / 5
D
3
NEC
2
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Groningen of late. It has been 6 Eredivisie games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday evening against NEC Nijmegen.

Groningen 8th NEC 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Groningen will score no more than 1 goal
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of NEC scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-36
Groningen have scored 36% fewer goals at home than predicted
+16
NEC have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
0.9
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Groningen
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
1.2
0.9
Attack rating
%
better
GRO
NEC
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
GRO
NEC
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22346
E VaessenJ SchreudersL ValenteL Bacuna
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Vaessen GLK221
3
-
M Rente DEF191
2
1
H Ekdal DEF3
-
T Blokzijl DEF18
1
1
W. Prins DEF171
1
-
S Resink MID1621
4
-
T. de Jonge MID131
1
-
L Valente MID2224
4
-
D. Kwakman MID5
1
-
M Seuntjens MID62
-
T Bergen FWD2321
2
-
Subs
H Jurjus GLK1
-
D Baron GLK
-
J Meijster GLK
-
L Bacuna DEF2222
6
-
F. Stam DEF161
3
-
M Mariani DEF2
-
T Oosting MID201
-
J Hove MID20
-
J Schreuders MID2131
2
-
N. Emeran FWD3
-
R Mendes FWD1411
3
-
R Postema FWD202
1
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20743
R RoefsK OgawaV CrooijI Márquez
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK20
-
B Pereira DEF212
2
-
I Márquez DEF222
3
-
P Sandler DEF11
-
C Verdonk DEF2211
3
-
D Proper MID171
2
-
M Hoedemakers MID191
1
-
S. Ouaissa MID216
-
V Crooij MID1564
2
-
S Hansen MID1941
2
-
K Ogawa FWD2071
1
-
Subs
R Janse GLK
-
S Gassel GLK2
-
B Nuytinck DEF191
1
-
E Lyratzis DEF7
-
A. Darelas MID4
-
L Schöne MID12
-
K. Shiogai FWD1411
-
B. Onal FWD212
1
-
L Larsen FWD1
-
B Linssen FWD41
-