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

Sun 14th Sep, 13:30 BST, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Groningen, led by manager Dick Lukkien, visit Ron Jans and his FC Utrecht side at the Stadion Galgenwaard on Sunday afternoon in the Eredivisie. We've analysed both sides' last 20 Eredivisie matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there is a 80% chance of Utrecht and Groningen delivering a minimum of a couple of goals in this Eredivisie clash. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are factored into that calculation , and it seems the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.20.

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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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Utrecht are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Utrecht
55%
7/107/10
Draw
23%
27/10
3%
13/5
3%
Groningen
22%
16/53/1
Draw 1-1
11%
13/26/1
Utrecht 1-0
10%
13/2
17%
6/1
Utrecht 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Utrecht 2-0
9%
15/2
11%
7/1
Utrecht 3-1
6%
12/110/1
Groningen 1-0
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
Groningen 2-1
6%
14/111/1
Utrecht 3-0
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
8%
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1
20%
9/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
Utrecht 3-2
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
Groningen 2-0
3%
22/1
12%
16/1
Utrecht 4-1
3%
25/1
13%
18/1
Utrecht 4-0
3%
28/1
12%
18/1
Groningen 3-1
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
17/20
14%
3/4
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
19/20
13%
19/20
3%
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/74/7
Away 1st Goal
42%
6/4
4%
17/10
3%
No 1st Goal
3%
11/1
20%
9/1
BTTS - Yes
55%
4/5
11%
3/4
1%
BTTS - No
45%
19/20
11%
19/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
26%
13/5
13%
12/5
3%
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1
5%
19/5
BTTS - Away Win
11%
7/1
7%
13/2
7%
Home/draw
78%
1/5
2%
1/5
Away/draw
45%
1/1
5%
21/20
Home/away
77%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/4
6%
1/4
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/4
17%
13/5
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
2/1
20%
19/10
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
4/11
9%
4/11
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
5/1
39%
17/4
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/8
6%
2/15
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/1
44%
9/1
5%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/25
3%
1/25
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
1/25
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1
13%
9/1
Home DNB
71%
3/103/10
Away DNB
38%
12/511/5
Utrecht win to nil
29%
2/1
12%
-
Groningen win to nil
11%
7/1
11%
-
Utrecht / Utrecht
30%
7/4
5%
13/8
Utrecht / Groningen
3%
33/1
17%
28/1
12%
Utrecht / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
Draw / Utrecht
17%
15/47/2
Draw / Groningen
9%
17/28/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
8%
9/2
Groningen / Utrecht
4%
20/1
11%
16/1
Groningen / Groningen
12%
13/2
7%
11/2
Groningen / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table
Won
Draw
Lost
Utrecht
Groningen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
NEC4301109 
Nov 2
Jan 10
May 10
Nov 9
2
Utrecht430189 
-
-
Feb 14
Sep 14
3
PSV430179 
Dec 20
Apr 4
Feb 7
l
 
4-2A
4
Feyenoord330079 
Feb 7
Oct 5
Sep 28
Apr 23
5
Ajax422048 
Nov 9
May 10
Mar 7
Nov 29
6
AZ Alkmaar321047 
Feb 28
Oct 26
Mar 21
l
 
4-1A
7
PEC Zwolle320116 
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
Nov 22
Mar 14
8
Groningen420206 
Sep 14
Feb 14
-
-
9
S.Rotterdam4202-56 
Jan 24
l
 
2-1A
Oct 19
Jan 31
10
Fortuna311104 
May 17
Sep 20
Jan 24
Oct 25
11
FC Volendam404004 
Oct 18
Jan 17
Dec 13
Feb 28
12
Telstar4112-24 
Apr 11
Nov 22
Sep 20
Apr 4
13
GA Eagles4031-33 
Mar 21
Nov 29
Apr 11
Dec 20
14
Twente4103-33 
Dec 6
Mar 14
Nov 2
Feb 21
15
NAC4103-53 
May 2
Dec 13
Jan 10
Oct 3
16
Excelsior4103-83 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 23
May 2
Dec 6
17
Heerenveen4022-22 
Sep 28
Jan 31
w
 
2-1A
Jan 17
18
Heracles4004-130 
w
 
4-0F
Mar 7
w
 
4-0F
May 17
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
6
Groningen have lost 6 consecutive away league games
6
Utrecht have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
7
Groningen have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
Utrecht 2ND
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Utrecht4 - 1Excelsior
Utrecht4 - 0Heracles
Utrecht1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Utrecht4 - 0Ajax
Utrecht3 - 1Groningen
Utrecht2 - 0Heerenveen
Utrecht0 - 1NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NAC
Utrecht0 - 1Almere City
Utrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht2 - 5Fortuna
Utrecht3 - 3GA Eagles
Utrecht2 - 5PSV
Utrecht1 - 0Heracles
Utrecht0 - 2Feyenoord
Utrecht3 - 2Waalwijk
Utrecht3 - 2Willem II
Utrecht2 - 1Twente
Utrecht1 - 0PEC Zwolle
Utrecht1 - 1GA Eagles
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUtrecht2 - 0PEC Zwolle
HUtrecht4 - 1Excelsior
AUtrecht1 - 2S.Rotterdam
HUtrecht4 - 0Heracles
AUtrecht0 - 0Fortuna
HUtrecht1 - 1S.Rotterdam
AUtrecht0 - 2Twente
AUtrecht4 - 0Waalwijk
HUtrecht4 - 0Ajax
HUtrecht3 - 1Groningen
AUtrecht2 - 2GA Eagles
HUtrecht2 - 0Heerenveen
HUtrecht0 - 1NEC
AUtrecht3 - 2Willem II
HUtrecht1 - 0NAC
AUtrecht2 - 2PSV
HUtrecht0 - 1Almere City
AUtrecht3 - 3PEC Zwolle
AUtrecht1 - 1Heracles
HUtrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Groningen 8TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
53
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Heerenveen2 - 1Groningen
Almere City1 - 1Groningen
Waalwijk1 - 2Groningen
Vitesse6 - 0Groningen
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AGroningen1 - 1NAC
HGroningen1 - 0Fortuna
HGroningen1 - 1Twente
AGroningen3 - 1Willem II
HGroningen2 - 1NEC
AGroningen0 - 1S.Rotterdam
AGroningen1 - 1Heracles
HGroningen1 - 0Heerenveen
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Utrecht have beaten Groningen in 4 consecutive league meetings
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Groningen
Goals: Scored
13
13
Games: Scored
8 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
1 / 9
FCU
4
D
3
GRO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht3 - 1
Utrecht2 - 1
1 - 3Groningen
Utrecht1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 5Groningen
Utrecht2 - 0
League games at Groningen since 2016
Groningen
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
7
13
Games: Scored
5 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
4 / 9
FCU
5
D
3
GRO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
0 - 1Utrecht
1 - 2Utrecht
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Utrecht
Draw1 - 1Draw
Groningen2 - 1
2 - 3Utrecht
1 - 4Utrecht
Goal Statistics

FC Utrecht's defensive record is very strong, Ron Jans's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Eredivisie matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Groningen makes sense in this context.

Utrecht 2nd Groningen 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Groningen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Utrecht’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-24
Groningen have scored 24% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
2.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Utrecht
PG (predicted goals)
Groningen
1.8
1.1
Attack rating
0%
better
FCU
GRO
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
0%
better
FCU
GRO
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%

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

Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4341
S HoremansV JensenS KarouaniS Karouani
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Horemans DEF4
-
S Karouani DEF44
1
-
M Hoorn  DEF4
-
G. Zechiël MID41
-
A. Engwanda MID4
1
-
M Rodríguez FWD41
-
A Blake FWD41
-
V Barkas GLK3
-
D Murkin DEF312
1
-
N Viergever  DEF3
-
D Berg MID31
-
V Jensen MID33
-
C Bozdogan MID3
-
D Min FWD32
1
-
M Didden  DEF2
-
D Wit MID22
1
-
S Haller  FWD2
-
E. Demircan FWD2
-
M Jonathans FWD2
-
M Brouwer GLK1
-
M Eerdhuijzen DEF1
-
Y Cathline FWD12
-
N Ohio FWD1
-
Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4522
M RenteB WillumssonM RenteT Bergen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Rente DEF412
1
-
M Peersman DEF4
1
-
T Blokzijl DEF4
-
T. de Jonge MID4
1
-
S Resink MID42
-
D. van der Werff MID41
1
-
T Bergen FWD41
2
-
B Willumsson FWD45
1
-
Y Taha FWD412
1
-
J Schreuders FWD4
1
-
H Jurjus GLK3
-
T. Mercera DEF3
-
M Seuntjens FWD31
-
D. Janse DEF2
1
-
W. Prins DEF2
-
O Zawada FWD2
-
E Vaessen GLK1
-
T Land MID1
-
N. Emeran FWD1
-