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FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam, Eredivisie 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2022-23
FC Groningen
0 – 5
Full Time
Sparta Rotterdam
Sun 28 May 2023 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 15' Bart Vriends
Nordin Musampa 24' R
Isak Dybvik 26' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie .

Match Details

  • Referee Rob van de Ven
  • Referee Rob Dieperink
  • Referee Richard Polman
  • Referee Maarten Ketting
  • Referee Martijn Vos
  • Referee Wouter Wiersma (Netherlands)

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

4
1
7
FC Groningen 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals Sparta Rotterdam
Last 5 meetings
2023-05-28 FC Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam 2022-09-17 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Groningen 2022-05-07 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen 2021-05-02 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam

Recent Form

FC Groningen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 May Sparta Rotterdam H 0–5 L
21 May SBV Vitesse A 0–6 L
16 May AFC Ajax H 2–3 L
07 May Go Ahead Eagles A 1–1 D
25 Apr NEC H 0–1 L
15 Apr RKC Waalwijk A 1–2 L
Sparta Rotterdam
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 May FC Groningen A 5–0 W
21 May SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden H 4–1 W
13 May FC Volendam A 1–2 L
06 May PSV H 0–1 L
23 Apr FC Twente '65 A 3–3 D
15 Apr SC Heerenveen H 4–0 W

Season Stats

FC Groningen Sparta Rotterdam
#8 Position #12
11 Points 5
7 Played 7
3 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 4
15 Scored 10
13 Conceded 17
+2 GD -7
1.57 PPG 0.71
43% Win % 14%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season

FC Groningen are 8th (11 pts). Sparta Rotterdam are 12th (5 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Groningen
0-15
3/2
16-30
5/1
31-45
3/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
1/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sparta Rotterdam
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/5
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Groningen
Thom van Bergen 4 G 2 A
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 4 G
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A
Sparta Rotterdam
Milan Zonneveld 5 G 1 A
Marvin Young 2 G
Nokkvi THorisson 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam has kicked off!
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Dennis van der Ree will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 15' The referee shows Sparta Rotterdam player a Yellow card on 15.
  • 20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 24' The referee calls foul for Nordin Musampa. He receives a Red card.
  • 25' Jonathan de Guzman makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sparta Rotterdam are in front.
  • 26' Controversy at the stadium! Isak Dybvik argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 31' 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 Nick Olij suffering a number of foals already.
  • 36' Sparta Rotterdam fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 41' The travelling Sparta Rotterdam supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 46' Sparta Rotterdam manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aaron Meijers is hanging Mica Pinto on the field on 46 minute.
  • 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Groningen that had 311 games and scored 252 goals.
  • 56' Netherlands international Bart Vriends has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 58' Koki Saito is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
  • 59' What composure from Koki Saito! The Japan international strokes it home. 0-3.
  • 64' Isak Dybvik makes way for Thijmen Blokzijl at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Groningen.
  • 65' Pedro Aleman is replacing Younes Namli for the Sparta Rotterdam side.
  • 70' Sparta Rotterdam is showing some good football. However, Sparta Rotterdam are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 75' Arno Verschueren doubles the advantage! 0-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 76' A goal from the Belgium international Arno Verschueren! He fires home on 76 to make it 0-5!
  • 79' The deadlock is broken! Tobias Lauritsen gets on the scoresheet on 79 minutes.
  • 80' It is a substitution in Sparta Rotterdam team. Mike Eerdhuijzen is replaced by Adil Auassar on 80 minute.
  • 80' Against the run of play, Tobias Lauritsen has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 89' GOAL! Vito van Crooij fires home to make it 0-8!
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FC Groningen.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dennis van der Ree

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maurice Steijn

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Arno Verschueren 4
Tobias Lauritsen 3
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist 3
Vito van Crooij 2
Jorgen Larsen 2
Lennart Thy 2
Koki Saito 2
Abdou Harroui 1

Head to Head

2023-05-28 FC Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam 2022-09-17 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Groningen 2022-05-07 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2021-10-17 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 FC Groningen 2021-05-02 FC Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam

FC Groningen Form

2023-05-28 FC Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam L 2023-05-21 SBV Vitesse 6–0 FC Groningen L 2023-05-16 FC Groningen 2–3 AFC Ajax L 2023-05-07 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 FC Groningen D 2023-04-25 FC Groningen 0–1 NEC L 2023-04-15 RKC Waalwijk 2–1 FC Groningen L

Sparta Rotterdam Form

2023-05-28 FC Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam W 2023-05-21 Sparta Rotterdam 4–1 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden W 2023-05-13 FC Volendam 2–1 Sparta Rotterdam L 2023-05-06 Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 PSV L 2023-04-23 FC Twente '65 3–3 Sparta Rotterdam D 2023-04-15 Sparta Rotterdam 4–0 SC Heerenveen W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.06 FC Groningen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.21 Sparta Rotterdam xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + FC Groningen or Sparta Rotterdam 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Groningen34% Draw22% Sparta Rotterdam44%
Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.27
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 78%
22%
± 3.5 61%
39%
± 4.5 42%
58%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw
56%
Draw or Sparta Rotterdam
66%
FC Groningen or Sparta Rotterdam
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Groningen30% Draw37% Sparta Rotterdam33%
Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–5 not predicted
0 – 5
Actual
1 – 1
7.2%
2 – 2
6.9%
1 – 2
6.9%
2 – 1
6.4%
2 – 3
5.1%
1 – 3
5%
3 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.4%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 3
3.5%
2 – 0
3.1%
2 – 4
2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap FC Groningen covers Push Sparta Rotterdam covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 11% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 16% 63%
-0.5 37% — 63%
+0.5 58% — 42%
+1 58% 17% 25%
+1.5 75% — 25%
+2 75% 13% 12%
+2.5 88% — 12%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet
14% ✗

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