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

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

It's an away match for Ron Jans's FC Utrecht side on Saturday night, as they head to the Noordlease Stadion for a Eredivisie meeting with Dick Lukkien's Groningen. All of the important stats for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 markets are included in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner in this fixture, but the evidence does point towards the conclusion that Groningen and Utrecht will score at least a couple of goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Dick Lukkien or Ron Jans has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s recently either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.33 equating to about a 76% probability.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Groningen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Groningen 48%	1/1	21/20
Draw 25%	23/10	23/10
Utrecht 27%	11/4	11/4
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Groningen 1-0 11%	6/1	11/2
Groningen 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Groningen 2-0 8%	17/2	15/2
Utrecht 1-0 8%	10/1	17/2
Draw 0-0 7%	17/2	7/1
Utrecht 2-1 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	11/1
Groningen 3-1 5%	16/1	12/1
Groningen 3-0 4%	16/1	14/1
Utrecht 2-0 4%	18/1	14/1
Groningen 3-2 3%	28/1	20/1
Utrecht 3-1 2%	28/1	22/1
Utrecht 3-2 2%	40/1	25/1
Groningen 4-1 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	1/1	19/20
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	4/5	3/4
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/11	7/10
Away 1st Goal 44%	11/8	29/20
No 1st Goal 5%	17/2	7/1
BTTS - Yes 52%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - No 48%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 21%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 13%	13/2	11/2
Home/draw 73%	1/4	1/4
Away/draw 52%	4/5	3/4
Home/away 75%	1/3	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	3/10	1/3
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	12/5	11/5
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	5/2	12/5
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	2/7	2/7
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	6/1	11/2
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/10	1/11
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	16/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/40	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/16	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	17/2	7/1
Home DNB 65%	4/9	4/9
Away DNB 45%	13/8	8/5
Groningen win to nil 26%	12/5	-
Utrecht win to nil 14%	11/2	-
Groningen / Groningen 25%	9/4	21/10
Groningen / Utrecht 3%	33/1	25/1
Groningen / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Groningen 16%	4/1	4/1
Draw / Utrecht 10%	7/1	13/2
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	18/5
Utrecht / Groningen 4%	22/1	18/1
Utrecht / Utrecht 14%	5/1	19/4
Utrecht / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Groningen have played 22 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 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Groningen have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 16 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Utrecht are in 13th position in the Eredivisie on 24 points having played 21 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

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Utrecht have conceded 21 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Groningen Utrecht
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	22	19	2	1	40	59	l 1-2F	l 4-2A	l 1-2F	Apr 4
2	Feyenoord	22	13	3	6	20	42	l 0-1A	Apr 25	l 0-1A	l 3-2A
3	NEC	21	12	5	4	21	41	May 10	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	Feb 11
4	Ajax	22	10	9	3	13	39	Mar 7	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	May 10
5	S.Rotterdam	22	11	3	8	-7	36	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
6	Twente	22	8	10	4	12	34	d 1-1A	Feb 22	d 1-1F	Mar 15
7	AZ Alkmaar	22	9	6	7	1	33	Mar 22	l 4-1A	Mar 1	l 4-1A
8	Groningen	22	9	4	9	1	31	-	-	l 0-1A	Feb 14
9	Fortuna	22	7	5	10	-5	26	l 1-2F	w 1-2F	May 17	l 1-0A
10	Excelsior	22	7	5	10	-13	26	May 2	w 0-2F	w 4-1F	Apr 26
11	PEC Zwolle	22	7	5	10	-14	26	d 2-2A	Mar 13	Feb 22	w 0-2F
12	Heerenveen	21	6	7	8	-4	25	w 2-1A	w 0-2F	d 2-2F	d 1-1A
13	Utrecht	21	6	6	9	2	24	Feb 14	w 0-1F	-	-
14	GA Eagles	21	4	11	6	-3	23	Apr 11	d 1-1A	Mar 22	d 2-2F
15	FC Volendam	22	5	6	11	-13	21	w 3-0F	Mar 1	w 3-1A	l 2-1A
16	Telstar	22	3	8	11	-12	17	w 2-0F	Apr 4	Apr 11	d 1-1A
17	Heracles	22	5	2	15	-26	17	w 4-0F	May 17	w 4-0F	Mar 6
18	NAC	22	3	7	12	-13	16	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	May 2	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Groningen	1 - 2	PSV
Groningen	1 - 2	Fortuna
Groningen	0 - 0	NAC
Groningen	3 - 0	FC Volendam
Groningen	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
Groningen	1 - 1	Twente
Groningen	0 - 2	S.Rotterdam
Groningen	0 - 1	Feyenoord
Groningen	2 - 0	Telstar
Groningen	4 - 0	Heracles
Groningen	2 - 1	Heerenveen
Groningen	2 - 2	Ajax
Groningen	6 - 1	Waalwijk
Groningen	4 - 1	Heracles
Groningen	1 - 3	PSV
Groningen	1 - 0	Fortuna
Groningen	1 - 1	Twente
Groningen	2 - 1	NEC
Groningen	1 - 0	Heerenveen
Groningen	0 - 0	Almere City

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Groningen	1 - 2	PSV
A	Groningen	0 - 2	S.Rotterdam
H	Groningen	1 - 2	Fortuna
A	Groningen	2 - 0	Heerenveen
H	Groningen	0 - 0	NAC
A	Groningen	1 - 1	GA Eagles
H	Groningen	3 - 0	FC Volendam
A	Groningen	2 - 0	Excelsior
A	Groningen	0 - 2	Ajax
H	Groningen	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
A	Groningen	0 - 2	NEC
H	Groningen	1 - 1	Twente
A	Groningen	2 - 1	Fortuna
H	Groningen	0 - 2	S.Rotterdam
A	Groningen	2 - 1	NAC
H	Groningen	0 - 1	Feyenoord
H	Groningen	2 - 0	Telstar
A	Groningen	1 - 0	Utrecht
H	Groningen	4 - 0	Heracles
A	Groningen	2 - 4	PSV

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen	1 - 1	Utrecht
FC Volendam	2 - 1	Utrecht
NAC	1 - 1	Utrecht
GA Eagles	2 - 2	Utrecht
Telstar	1 - 1	Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Utrecht
Feyenoord	3 - 2	Utrecht
Fortuna	1 - 0	Utrecht
PEC Zwolle	0 - 2	Utrecht
S.Rotterdam	2 - 1	Utrecht
Fortuna	0 - 0	Utrecht
Twente	2 - 0	Utrecht
Waalwijk	0 - 4	Utrecht
GA Eagles	2 - 2	Utrecht
Willem II	2 - 3	Utrecht
PSV	2 - 2	Utrecht
PEC Zwolle	3 - 3	Utrecht
Heracles	1 - 1	Utrecht
Feyenoord	1 - 2	Utrecht
Almere City	1 - 3	Utrecht

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Utrecht	0 - 1	Feyenoord
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	Heerenveen
H	Utrecht	0 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	Utrecht	1 - 2	FC Volendam
H	Utrecht	1 - 2	PSV
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	NAC
H	Utrecht	1 - 1	Twente
A	Utrecht	2 - 2	GA Eagles
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	Telstar
H	Utrecht	2 - 1	Ajax
H	Utrecht	1 - 0	NEC
A	Utrecht	1 - 4	AZ Alkmaar
H	Utrecht	3 - 1	FC Volendam
A	Utrecht	2 - 3	Feyenoord
H	Utrecht	2 - 2	Heerenveen
A	Utrecht	0 - 1	Fortuna
H	Utrecht	0 - 1	Groningen
A	Utrecht	2 - 0	PEC Zwolle
H	Utrecht	4 - 1	Excelsior
A	Utrecht	1 - 2	S.Rotterdam

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Utrecht have not lost to Groningen in 6 consecutive away league meetings

Groningen

Utrecht

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

4 / 9

GRO

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
	0 - 1	Utrecht
	1 - 2	Utrecht
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Utrecht
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Groningen	2 - 1
	2 - 3	Utrecht
	1 - 4	Utrecht

Utrecht

Groningen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

2 / 10

GRO

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
	0 - 1	Groningen
Utrecht	3 - 1
Utrecht	2 - 1
	1 - 3	Groningen
Utrecht	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 5	Groningen
Utrecht	2 - 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 9 Eredivisie outings. A PG of 1.5 for D. Lukkien's side suggests that run should continue.

Goals have been a problem for FC Utrecht of late. It has been 8 Eredivisie matches 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	Utrecht
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% 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	+7 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
	1.0 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season

GRO

FCU

14%

better

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Games scored	15		17
Failed to score	6		3
Scored first	9		9
Goals scored	28		30
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.4
Avg. shots per game	11		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	12		14
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.5
KickOff rating		+14%

14%

better

GRO

FCU

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Games conceded	14		17
Clean sheets	7		3
Conceded first	11		11
Goals conceded	26		27
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	14%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.2		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 starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	6	5	5
T Blokzijl	B Willumsson	S Resink	M Peersman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Blokzijl DEF	22	1		2 -
D. van der Werff MID	22	2		1 -
T Bergen FWD	22	4	3	3 -
Y Taha FWD	22	3	4	4 -
J Schreuders FWD	22		1	2 -
M Peersman DEF	21	1		5 -
S Resink MID	21	4	5	4 -
E Vaessen GLK	19		1	1 -
D. Janse DEF	19	1		5 -
M Rente DEF	19	2	2	3 1
T. de Jonge MID	19	2		2 -
B Willumsson FWD	18	6		1 -
T Land MID	16			4 1
T. Mercera DEF	15			-
W. Prins DEF	13		2	-
M Seuntjens MID	13	1		-
O Zawada FWD	12	1		1 -
H Jurjus GLK	4			-
N. Emeran FWD	4			-
T Hearnes MID	2			-
R Mendes FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	25	5	9
B Willumsson	Y Taha	S Resink	Y Taha

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Willumsson FWD	6	16		1
T Bergen FWD	4	24	3	5
S Resink MID	4	11	5	2
Y Taha FWD	3	25	4	9
D. van der Werff MID	2	16		6
M Rente DEF	2	6	2	1
T. de Jonge MID	2	5		2
T Blokzijl DEF	1	1
M Peersman DEF	1	4		2
D. Janse DEF	1	3		2
M Seuntjens MID	1	3		1
O Zawada FWD	1	3
J Schreuders FWD		14	1	3
E Vaessen GLK			1	1
T Land MID		1
T. Mercera DEF				1
W. Prins DEF			2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1319	54	148
T Blokzijl	S Resink	T Bergen

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Blokzijl DEF	1319	24	80
D. Janse DEF	1092	20	78
S Resink MID	1018	54	148
M Peersman DEF	865	26	73
E Vaessen GLK	785		15
J Schreuders FWD	658	31	89
T. de Jonge MID	582	37	66
M Rente DEF	563	27	103
T Bergen FWD	483	35	148
Y Taha FWD	462	36	74
D. van der Werff MID	409	28	49
T Land MID	317	18	25
B Willumsson FWD	177	7	37
T. Mercera DEF	174	15	32
H Jurjus GLK	135		1
W. Prins DEF	133	15	22
M Seuntjens MID	70	3	5
O Zawada FWD	67		21
N. Emeran FWD	22	2	5
T Hearnes MID	8	1	3

Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	5	9	4
A. Engwanda	V Jensen	S Karouani	A. Engwanda

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G. Zechiël MID	21	4	1	1 -
A. Engwanda MID	21		1	4 -
M Rodríguez FWD	21	3		3 1
V Barkas GLK	20			-
S Horemans DEF	19		1	1 -
S Karouani DEF	19	2	9	2 -
N Viergever DEF	18			2 -
A Blake FWD	18	1	2	2 -
M Hoorn DEF	16	1		-
D Wit MID	15	3	1	3 -
C Bozdogan MID	15	1		-
M Didden DEF	14	1		2 -
S Haller FWD	14	1	2	1 -
Y Cathline FWD	13	1	2	3 -
D Min FWD	13	3		1 -
D Murkin DEF	9	2	3	1 -
V Jensen MID	8	5		1 -
N Vesterlund DEF	7			1 -
M Jonathans FWD	7		1	-
M Eerdhuijzen DEF	6			1 -
E. Demircan FWD	6			-
D Berg MID	5	1		-
Z Iqbal MID	5			1 -
M Brouwer GLK	2			-
J. van Ommeren MID	2			-
N Ohio FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	9	12
V Jensen	G. Zechiël	S Karouani	S Karouani

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Jensen MID	5	8
G. Zechiël MID	4	15	1	1
M Rodríguez FWD	3	14		3
D Wit MID	3	8	1	1
D Min FWD	3	5		1
S Karouani DEF	2	12	9	12
D Murkin DEF	2	2	3	2
A Blake FWD	1	10	2	3
M Hoorn DEF	1	3		1
C Bozdogan MID	1	6
M Didden DEF	1	3
S Haller FWD	1	7	2	1
Y Cathline FWD	1	4	2	2
D Berg MID	1	1
A. Engwanda MID		1	1
S Horemans DEF		2	1	5
N Viergever DEF		1
N Vesterlund DEF		1
M Jonathans FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
771	59	103
N Viergever	A. Engwanda	A. Engwanda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Viergever DEF	771	18	51
G. Zechiël MID	768	30	77
M Hoorn DEF	761	16	67
A. Engwanda MID	746	59	103
S Horemans DEF	730	36	65
S Karouani DEF	683	52	101
M Didden DEF	680	12	59
V Barkas GLK	649	1	9
D Wit MID	392	21	83
M Rodríguez FWD	375	21	85
A Blake FWD	252	4	29
S Haller FWD	234	7	85
C Bozdogan MID	220	12	30
Y Cathline FWD	196	10	49
Z Iqbal MID	183	9	18
D Min FWD	155	4	43
V Jensen MID	148	14	35
D Murkin DEF	117	5	15
N Vesterlund DEF	112	2	6
M Jonathans FWD	95	3	10
M Eerdhuijzen DEF	79	3	9
D Berg MID	56	3	8
M Brouwer GLK	49		1
E. Demircan FWD	31	2	12
J. van Ommeren MID	28	1	5
N Ohio FWD	11