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

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

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

Overview

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FC Groningen vs Sparta Rotterdam — Eredivisie .

FC Groningen 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Sparta Rotterdam 7 games · 5 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Robin Hensgens

4 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

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

FC Groningen 12 games · Avg 2.7 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
#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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at !
0-2 the final result. FC Groningen will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

Sparta Rotterdam Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Arno Verschueren	4
Tobias Lauritsen	3
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist	3
Lennart Thy	2
Koki Saito	2
Vito van Crooij	2
Jorgen Larsen	2
Jonathan de Guzman	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

0 / 4

1.99 FC Groningen xG

Expected Goals

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

1.4 Sparta Rotterdam xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Groningen46% Draw26% Sparta Rotterdam28%

Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw

71%

Draw or Sparta Rotterdam

54%

FC Groningen or Sparta Rotterdam

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Groningen37% Draw41% Sparta Rotterdam22%

Actual: Sparta Rotterdam win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.7%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 0

4.8%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

0 – 2

Actual

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap	FC Groningen covers	Push	Sparta Rotterdam covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Sparta Rotterdam keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

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