FC Groningen vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

FC Groningen

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SC Heerenveen

Sat 16 Aug 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Groningen vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie .

FC Groningen 12 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
SC Heerenveen 12 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jeroen Manschot

8 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 19.9 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	PSV	12	26
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	12	25
3	AFC Ajax	12	25
4	FC Twente '65	12	24
5	AZ	12	23
6	SC Heerenveen	12	21
7	Fortuna Sittard	12	20
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	17
9	FC Groningen	12	15
10	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	12	15
11	NEC	12	14
12	Sparta Rotterdam	12	12
13	PEC Zwolle	12	12
14	FC Utrecht	12	12
15	SBV Excelsior	12	11
16	Telstar 1963	12	10
17	ADO Den Haag	12	9
18	Willem II Tilburg	12	3

Head-to-Head

FC Groningen 15 games · Avg 2.3 goals SC Heerenveen

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-16 FC Groningen 2–1 SC Heerenveen 2025-01-25 FC Groningen 1–0 SC Heerenveen 2024-09-22 SC Heerenveen 2–1 FC Groningen 2023-03-19 FC Groningen 0–2 SC Heerenveen 2023-01-22 SC Heerenveen 3–1 FC Groningen

Recent Form

FC Groningen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Aug	SC Heerenveen	H	2–1	W
10 Aug	AZ	A	1–4	L
18 May	PEC Zwolle	A	0–2	L
14 May	AFC Ajax	H	2–2	D
11 May	AZ	A	0–3	L
03 May	RKC Waalwijk	H	6–1	W

SC Heerenveen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Aug	FC Groningen	A	1–2	L
09 Aug	FC Volendam	H	1–1	D
18 May	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	2–0	W
14 May	Go Ahead Eagles	A	0–1	L
10 May	RKC Waalwijk	A	1–3	L
27 Apr	NEC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

FC Groningen		SC Heerenveen
#9	Position	#6
15	Points	21
12	Played	12
4 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 3
29	Scored	24
28	Conceded	16
+1	GD	+8
1.25	PPG	1.75
33%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

27% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

42% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season

FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts). SC Heerenveen are 6th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Groningen

0-15

7/4

16-30

6/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

4/5

61-75

3/5

76+

3/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SC Heerenveen

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

5/2

61-75

5/5

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Groningen

Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson	9 G	1 A
Thom van Bergen	8 G	3 A
David van der Werff	2 G	3 A
Tygo Land	2 G	1 A

SC Heerenveen

Jacob Trenskow	6 G	3 A
Ringo Meerveld	5 G	1 A
Luca Oyen	2 G	1 A
Maxence Rivera	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! FC Groningen welcome SC Heerenveen for this crunch clash at .
The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

SC Heerenveen Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sydney van Hooijdonk	6
Pelle van Amersfoort	2
Neraysho Kasanwirjo	2
Amin Sarr	2
Luciano Valente	2
Tibor Halilovic	2
Cyril Ngonge	1
Django Warmerdam	1

Head to Head

FC Groningen Form

2025-08-16 FC Groningen 2–1 SC Heerenveen W 2025-08-10 AZ 4–1 FC Groningen L 2025-05-18 PEC Zwolle 2–0 FC Groningen L 2025-05-14 FC Groningen 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2025-05-11 AZ 3–0 FC Groningen L 2025-05-03 FC Groningen 6–1 RKC Waalwijk W

SC Heerenveen Form

2025-08-16 FC Groningen 2–1 SC Heerenveen L 2025-08-09 SC Heerenveen 1–1 FC Volendam D 2025-05-18 SC Heerenveen 2–0 Feyenoord Rotterdam W 2025-05-14 Go Ahead Eagles 1–0 SC Heerenveen L 2025-05-10 RKC Waalwijk 3–1 SC Heerenveen L 2025-04-27 SC Heerenveen 1–0 NEC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.93 FC Groningen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.79 SC Heerenveen xG

I would bet for: FC Groningen or SC Heerenveen 76% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Groningen44% Draw24% SC Heerenveen32%

Actual: FC Groningen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw

67%

Draw or SC Heerenveen

56%

FC Groningen or SC Heerenveen

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Groningen32% Draw39% SC Heerenveen29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

2 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.5%

1 – 3

4.3%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

0 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap	FC Groningen covers	Push	SC Heerenveen covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	12%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	18%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.