FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

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Sparta Rotterdam

Sun 19 Oct 2025 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie .

FC Groningen 12 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Sparta Rotterdam 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Robin Hensgens

7 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 8.6 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 13 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sparta Rotterdam

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-19 FC Groningen 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2025-02-02 Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 FC Groningen 2024-11-09 FC Groningen 1–0 Sparta Rotterdam 2023-05-28 FC Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam 2022-09-17 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Groningen

Recent Form

FC Groningen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	Sparta Rotterdam	H	0–2	L
03 Oct	NAC Breda	A	2–1	W
28 Sep	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	0–1	L
20 Sep	Telstar 1963	H	2–0	W
14 Sep	FC Utrecht	A	1–0	W
29 Aug	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W

Sparta Rotterdam

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	FC Groningen	A	2–0	W
04 Oct	AFC Ajax	H	3–3	D
27 Sep	Heracles Almelo	A	0–3	L
19 Sep	FC Twente '65	H	1–5	L
14 Sep	SBV Excelsior	A	1–0	W
31 Aug	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	0–4	L

Season Stats

FC Groningen		Sparta Rotterdam
#9	Position	#12
15	Points	12
12	Played	12
4 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 6
29	Scored	21
28	Conceded	29
+1	GD	-8
1.25	PPG	1.00
33%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sparta Rotterdam this season

FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts). Sparta Rotterdam are 12th (12 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

Sparta Rotterdam

0-15

3/1

16-30

3/9

31-45

3/4

46-60

5/4

61-75

3/4

76+

4/6

■ 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

Sparta Rotterdam

Milan Zonneveld	8 G	2 A
Marvin Young	2 G	1 A
Nokkvi THorisson	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Groningen to score. At the same time, Sparta Rotterdam does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sparta Rotterdam to claim maximum points.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Arno Verschueren	4
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist	3
Tobias Lauritsen	3
Vito van Crooij	2
Jorgen Larsen	2
Lennart Thy	2
Koki Saito	2
Charlison Benschop	1

Head to Head

FC Groningen Form

2025-10-19 FC Groningen 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam L 2025-10-03 NAC Breda 1–2 FC Groningen W 2025-09-28 FC Groningen 0–1 Feyenoord Rotterdam L 2025-09-20 FC Groningen 2–0 Telstar 1963 W 2025-09-14 FC Utrecht 0–1 FC Groningen W 2025-08-29 FC Groningen 4–0 Heracles Almelo W

Sparta Rotterdam Form

2025-10-19 FC Groningen 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam W 2025-10-04 Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 AFC Ajax D 2025-09-27 Heracles Almelo 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam L 2025-09-19 Sparta Rotterdam 1–5 FC Twente '65 L 2025-09-14 SBV Excelsior 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam W 2025-08-31 Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 Feyenoord Rotterdam L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

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2.14 FC Groningen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.74 Sparta Rotterdam xG

I would bet for: FC Groningen or Sparta Rotterdam 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Groningen43% Draw24% Sparta Rotterdam33%

Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw

68%

Draw or Sparta Rotterdam

57%

FC Groningen or Sparta Rotterdam

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Groningen36% Draw38% Sparta Rotterdam26%

Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–2 not predicted

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.6%

3 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

1 – 0

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 0

3.4%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap	FC Groningen covers	Push	Sparta Rotterdam covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet

13% ✗

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