FC Groningen vs NEC, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Groningen vs NEC — Eredivisie at Euroborg.
- FC Groningen 34 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
- NEC 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alex Bos
- Assistant 1 Frans Ozinga (Netherlands)
- Assistant 2 Richard Brondijk
18 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.7 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May NEC H 2–1 W 02 May SBV Excelsior H 2–3 L 25 Apr Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–3 L 11 Apr Go Ahead Eagles H 0–0 D 04 Apr Telstar 1963 A 2–0 W 22 Mar AZ H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May FC Groningen A 1–2 L 02 May Telstar 1963 H 1–1 D 25 Apr FC Twente '65 A 1–1 D 12 Apr Feyenoord Rotterdam H 1–1 D 04 Apr SBV Excelsior A 2–0 W 22 Mar SC Heerenveen H 2–2 D Season Stats
FC Groningen NEC #9 Position #3 48 Points 59 34 Played 34 14 / 6 / 14 W / D / L 16 / 11 / 7 49 Scored 77 45 Conceded 53 +4 GD +24 1.41 PPG 1.74 41% Win % 47% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season15% Clean Sheets
NEC this seasonFC Groningen are 9th (48 pts). NEC are 3rd (59 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Groningen0-152/116-30–/231-452/146-603/–61-75–/276+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNEC0-151/116-302/131-451/246-60–/261-751/–76+3/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Groningen to score. At the same time, NEC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' NEC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' The travelling NEC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tjaronn Chery suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Tygo Land needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' It’s high time Dick Schreuder made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 44' Tika de Jonge is having his name booked by the referee on 44.
- 48' Goal! Marco Rente scores his 5 goal in 520 matches.
- 51' Goal! Tygo Land scores his 1 goal in 435 matches.
- 56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Groningen is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Bryan Linssen on 66.
- 71' It looks surprising NEC does not make any changes. David van der Werff has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 76' GOAL! Darko Nejasmic scores on 76. Assisted by Sami Ouaissa
- 81' NEC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Darko Nejasmic scoring 1 goals.
- 83' What an equalizer from Basar Onal!
- 88' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 90' FC Groningen receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- Another three points for FC Groningen.
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Lineups
FC Groningen Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5
- 1
- 26
- 14
- 3
- 18
- 10
- 43
- 8
- 4
- 17
Bench
- 20
- 21
- 9
- 27
- 13
- 2
- 16
- 7
- 22
- 15
- 44
- 34
Coach Dick LukkienNEC Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 10
- 30
- 17
- 14
- 6
- 3
- 20
- 23
- 25
- 1
- 24
Bench
- 5
- 15
- 7
- 22
- 18
- 9
- 34
- 71
- 2
- 19
- 11
- 8
Coach Dick Schreuder -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ali Akman 3 Ibrahim Cissoko 2 Vito van Crooij 2 Koki Ogawa 2 Jorgen Larsen 2 Romano Postema 2 Magnus Mattsson 1 Marco Rente 1 Head to Head
FC Groningen Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.44 FC Groningen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.74 NEC xGI would bet for: FC Groningen or NEC 75% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Groningen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.18Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 39% 61% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
FC Groningen or Draw 62%Draw or NEC 63%FC Groningen or NEC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Groningen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.3%1 – 2 8.7%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 6.3%0 – 2 6.2%0 – 0 5.8%1 – 0 5.2%1 – 3 5%2 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 3.7%0 – 3 3.5%Asian Handicap — FC Groningen
Handicap FC Groningen covers Push NEC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 16% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 57% — 43% +1 57% 20% 24% +1.5 76% — 24% +2 76% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
FC Groningen keeps clean sheet 18% ✓NEC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.