FC Groningen vs VVV Venlo, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Groningen vs VVV Venlo — Eredivisie at Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion.
- FC Groningen 34 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
- VVV Venlo 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allard Lindhout
- Referee Richard Polman
- Referee Edwin van de Graaf
- Referee Michael Osseweijer
- Referee Martijn Vos
23 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/gameStandings
# 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 31 Oct VVV Venlo H 2–1 W 25 Oct Fortuna Sittard A 3–1 W 18 Oct FC Utrecht H 0–0 D 04 Oct AFC Ajax H 1–0 W 25 Sep FC Twente '65 A 1–3 L 20 Sep ADO Den Haag A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 Oct FC Groningen A 1–2 L 24 Oct AFC Ajax H 0–13 L 17 Oct AZ A 2–2 D 03 Oct ADO Den Haag H 1–2 L 26 Sep SC Heerenveen A 0–1 L 18 Sep FC Utrecht H 1–1 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
FC Groningen0-152/116-30–/231-452/146-603/–61-75–/276+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion that hosts another battle between FC Groningen and VVV Venlo.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. VVV Venlo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 17' Daniel van Kaam puts FC Groningen on the lead.
- 22' FC Groningen seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 26' GOAL! Patrick Joosten scores on 26. Assisted by Jorgen Larsen
- 31' It looks surprising FC Groningen does not make any changes. Ahmed El Messaoudi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 36' FC Groningen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 41' Steffen Schafer has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 46' Time for substitution for FC Groningen. Daniel van Kaam is replaced by Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist.
- 48' GOAL! Jorgen Larsen scores on 48. Assisted by Alessio Da Cruz
- 49' The supporters are chanting for Stan van Dijck. He replaces Tobias Pachonik on 49 minute.
- 54' It’s high time Danny Buijs made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 59' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' FC Groningen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mo El Hankouri is hanging Alessio Da Cruz on the field on 60 minute.
- 62' The supporters are chanting for Torino Hunte. He replaces Zinedine Machach on 62 minute.
- 67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering VVV Venlo that had 171 games and scored 118 goals.
- 72' The travelling VVV Venlo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' Gabriel Gudmundsson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Patrick Joosten on 75 minute.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Stan van Dijck made 171 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 85' VVV Venlo is showing some good football. However, VVV Venlo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 88' FC Groningen player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Remco Balk. He replaces Jorgen Larsen on 90 minute.
- Full Time. FC Groningen beats VVV Venlo
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Lineups
FC Groningen Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 26
- 21
- 5
- 18
- 4
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9
Jorgen Larsen ↓ Remco Balk 90'
Bench
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7
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist ↑ 46'
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11
Mo El Hankouri ↑ 60'
- 8
- 24
- 25
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15
Gabriel Gudmundsson ↑ 75'
- 17
- 33
- 32
- 31
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35
Remco Balk ↑ 90'
- 48
Coach Danny BuijsVVV Venlo Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 21
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15
Simon Janssen ↓ Jafar Arias 62'
- 10
- 1
- 5
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8
Zinedine Machach ↓ Torino Hunte 62'
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 4
Bench
- 16
- 22
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18
Stan van Dijck ↑ 49'
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27
Torino Hunte ↑ 62'
- 20
- 19
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25
Jafar Arias ↑ 62'
- 7
- 24
- 23
- 29
Coach Hans de Koning -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mimoun Mahi 2 Iliass Bel Hassani 1 Evert Linthorst 1 John Yeboah 1 Ajdin Hrustic 1 Oussama Darfalou 1 Giorgos Giakoumakis 1 Patrick Joosten 1 Head to Head
FC Groningen Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.35 FC Groningen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.01 VVV Venlo xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Groningen winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.36Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
FC Groningen or Draw 76%Draw or VVV Venlo 52%FC Groningen or VVV Venlo 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Groningen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.8%0 – 0 11.7%1 – 0 11.6%0 – 1 8.4%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.3%1 – 2 6.3%0 – 2 4.6%2 – 2 4.3%3 – 1 3.8%3 – 0 3.7%1 – 3 2.1%Asian Handicap — FC Groningen
Handicap FC Groningen covers Push VVV Venlo covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 22% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 16% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Groningen keeps clean sheet 37% ✓VVV Venlo keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.