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Groningen v FC Utrecht : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Feb, 20:00 BST, Noordlease Stadion, Groningen

The Eredivisie is the focus for both Groningen and FC Utrecht on Saturday night, as bosses Dick Lukkien and Ron Jans go head to head at the Noordlease Stadion. All the odds are provided directly from top bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from stats over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to Eredivisie match data, including head to head (H2H) performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.


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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
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Groningen
49%
--
Draw
25%
--
Utrecht
27%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Groningen 1-0
11%
--
Groningen 2-1
9%
--
Groningen 2-0
8%
--
Utrecht 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Utrecht 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Groningen 3-1
5%
--
Groningen 3-0
5%
--
Utrecht 2-0
4%
--
Groningen 3-2
3%
--
Utrecht 3-1
2%
--
Groningen 4-1
2%
--
Utrecht 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
73%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
--
Groningen win to nil
26%
--
Utrecht win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Groningen have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 30 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Groningen have played 10 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Utrecht are in 12th position in the Eredivisie on 24 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Utrecht have conceded 19 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Groningen
Utrecht
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2118213956 
Feb 8
l
 
4-2A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 4
2
Feyenoord2112361939 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
Feb 8
l
 
3-2A
3
NEC2011541838 
May 10
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 11
4
Ajax2110831338 
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
May 10
5
S.Rotterdam211128-735 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
6
AZ Alkmaar21957132 
Mar 22
l
 
4-1A
Mar 1
l
 
4-1A
7
Twente217104731 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
8
Groningen21948231 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
9
PEC Zwolle21759-1326 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 13
Feb 22
w
 
0-2F
10
Heerenveen20677125 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
11
Fortuna217410-525 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2F
May 17
l
 
1-0A
12
Utrecht20668324 
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
-
-
13
Excelsior216510-1523 
May 2
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1F
Apr 26
14
GA Eagles204106-322 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 22
d
 
2-2F
15
FC Volendam214611-1418 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
16
Heracles215214-2317 
w
 
4-0F
May 17
w
 
4-0F
Mar 6
17
NAC213711-1116 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
May 2
d
 
1-1A
18
Telstar213711-1216 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 4
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Groningen 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Groningen1 - 2Fortuna
Groningen0 - 0NAC
Groningen3 - 0FC Volendam
Groningen2 - 2PEC Zwolle
Groningen1 - 1Twente
Groningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
Groningen0 - 1Feyenoord
Groningen2 - 0Telstar
Groningen4 - 0Heracles
Groningen2 - 1Heerenveen
Groningen2 - 2Ajax
Groningen6 - 1Waalwijk
Groningen4 - 1Heracles
Groningen1 - 3PSV
Groningen1 - 0Fortuna
Groningen1 - 1Twente
Groningen2 - 1NEC
Groningen1 - 0Heerenveen
Groningen0 - 0Almere City
Groningen0 - 0PEC Zwolle
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGroningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HGroningen1 - 2Fortuna
AGroningen2 - 0Heerenveen
HGroningen0 - 0NAC
AGroningen1 - 1GA Eagles
HGroningen3 - 0FC Volendam
AGroningen2 - 0Excelsior
AGroningen0 - 2Ajax
HGroningen2 - 2PEC Zwolle
AGroningen0 - 2NEC
HGroningen1 - 1Twente
AGroningen2 - 1Fortuna
HGroningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
AGroningen2 - 1NAC
HGroningen0 - 1Feyenoord
HGroningen2 - 0Telstar
AGroningen1 - 0Utrecht
HGroningen4 - 0Heracles
AGroningen2 - 4PSV
HGroningen2 - 1Heerenveen
Utrecht 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen1 - 1Utrecht
FC Volendam2 - 1Utrecht
NAC1 - 1Utrecht
GA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
Telstar1 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Utrecht
Feyenoord3 - 2Utrecht
Fortuna1 - 0Utrecht
PEC Zwolle0 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
Fortuna0 - 0Utrecht
Twente2 - 0Utrecht
Waalwijk0 - 4Utrecht
GA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
Willem II2 - 3Utrecht
PSV2 - 2Utrecht
PEC Zwolle3 - 3Utrecht
Heracles1 - 1Utrecht
Feyenoord1 - 2Utrecht
Almere City1 - 3Utrecht
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUtrecht1 - 1Heerenveen
HUtrecht0 - 1S.Rotterdam
AUtrecht1 - 2FC Volendam
HUtrecht1 - 2PSV
AUtrecht1 - 1NAC
HUtrecht1 - 1Twente
AUtrecht2 - 2GA Eagles
AUtrecht1 - 1Telstar
HUtrecht2 - 1Ajax
HUtrecht1 - 0NEC
AUtrecht1 - 4AZ Alkmaar
HUtrecht3 - 1FC Volendam
AUtrecht2 - 3Feyenoord
HUtrecht2 - 2Heerenveen
AUtrecht0 - 1Fortuna
HUtrecht0 - 1Groningen
AUtrecht2 - 0PEC Zwolle
HUtrecht4 - 1Excelsior
AUtrecht1 - 2S.Rotterdam
HUtrecht4 - 0Heracles
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Utrecht have not lost to Groningen in 6 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Groningen since 2016
Groningen
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
7
13
Games: Scored
5 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
4 / 9
GRO
1
D
3
FCU
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
0 - 1Utrecht
1 - 2Utrecht
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Utrecht
Draw1 - 1Draw
Groningen2 - 1
2 - 3Utrecht
1 - 4Utrecht
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Groningen
Goals: Scored
13
14
Games: Scored
8 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
2 / 10
GRO
3
D
3
FCU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
0 - 1Groningen
Utrecht3 - 1
Utrecht2 - 1
1 - 3Groningen
Utrecht1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 5Groningen
Utrecht2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Groningen's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday night, not least because FC Utrecht have conceded in each of their last 8 Eredivisie games. A PG of 1.6 for D. Lukkien's side suggests that run should continue.

Goals have been difficult to come by for FC Utrecht of late. It has been 8 Eredivisie games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday night against Groningen.

Groningen 5th Utrecht 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Groningen will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Utrecht will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Groningen’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+2
Utrecht’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Groningen
PG (predicted goals)
Utrecht
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
GRO
FCU
15%
better
view stats
Games scored15
17
Failed to score6
3
Scored first9
9
Goals scored28
30
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.5
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
14%
better
GRO
FCU
view stats
Games conceded14
17
Clean sheets7
3
Conceded first11
11
Goals conceded26
27
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
15%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+14%

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

Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21655
M PeersmanB WillumssonS ResinkM Peersman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Peersman DEF211
5
-
T Blokzijl DEF211
2
-
D. van der Werff MID212
1
-
J Schreuders FWD211
2
-
T Bergen FWD2143
3
-
Y Taha FWD2124
4
-
S Resink MID2045
4
-
D. Janse DEF191
5
-
T. de Jonge MID192
2
-
E Vaessen GLK181
1
-
M Rente DEF1822
3
1
B Willumsson FWD176
1
-
T Land MID15
3
1
T. Mercera DEF14
-
M Seuntjens MID131
-
W. Prins DEF122
-
O Zawada FWD111
1
-
H Jurjus GLK4
-
N. Emeran FWD4
-
R Mendes FWD2
-
T Hearnes MID1
-
Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20594
A. EngwandaV JensenS KarouaniA. Engwanda
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G. Zechiël MID2041
1
-
A. Engwanda MID201
4
-
M Rodríguez FWD203
2
-
V Barkas GLK19
-
S Horemans DEF191
1
-
S Karouani DEF1829
2
-
N Viergever  DEF17
2
-
A Blake FWD1712
2
-
M Hoorn  DEF151
-
D Wit MID1431
2
-
C Bozdogan MID141
-
S Haller  FWD1412
1
-
M Didden  DEF131
2
-
D Min FWD133
1
-
Y Cathline FWD1212
3
-
D Murkin DEF923
1
-
V Jensen MID85
1
-
M Jonathans FWD71
-
N Vesterlund DEF6
1
-
M Eerdhuijzen DEF6
1
-
E. Demircan FWD6
-
D Berg MID51
-
Z Iqbal MID5
1
-
M Brouwer GLK2
-
J. van Ommeren MID2
-
N Ohio FWD2
-