FC Utrecht vs FC Groningen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

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FC Groningen

Sun 14 Sep 2025 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Utrecht vs FC Groningen — Eredivisie .

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

Match Details

Referee Marc Nagtegaal

3 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 7.3 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 Utrecht 14 games · Avg 2.1 goals FC Groningen

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-14 FC Utrecht 0–1 FC Groningen 2025-04-13 FC Utrecht 3–1 FC Groningen 2024-10-20 FC Groningen 0–1 FC Utrecht 2023-04-07 FC Groningen 1–2 FC Utrecht 2022-11-06 FC Utrecht 2–1 FC Groningen

Recent Form

FC Utrecht

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	FC Groningen	H	0–1	L
31 Aug	PEC Zwolle	A	2–0	W
24 Aug	SBV Excelsior	H	4–1	W
17 Aug	Sparta Rotterdam	A	1–2	L
10 Aug	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W
18 May	Fortuna Sittard	A	0–0	D

FC Groningen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	FC Utrecht	A	1–0	W
29 Aug	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W
23 Aug	PSV	A	2–4	L
16 Aug	SC Heerenveen	H	2–1	W
10 Aug	AZ	A	1–4	L
18 May	PEC Zwolle	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

FC Utrecht		FC Groningen
#14	Position	#9
12	Points	15
12	Played	12
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 3 / 5
21	Scored	29
34	Conceded	28
-13	GD	+1
1.00	PPG	1.25
25%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this season

8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

FC Utrecht are 14th (12 pts). FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Utrecht

0-15

1/5

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

5/3

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Utrecht

Artem Stepanov	5 G
Yoann Cathline	4 G	2 A
Angel Alarcon	4 G	1 A
Dani de Wit	3 G	1 A
Adrian Blake	2 G	1 A

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at . fc utrecht are looking to make home advantage count against fc groningen.
0-1 the final result. fc utrecht will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Utrecht Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bart Ramselaar	3
Yoann Cathline	2
Jorgen Larsen	2
Michael de Leeuw	2
Sander van de Streek	2
Anastasios Douvikas	1
Ahmad Mendes Moreira	1
Oliver Antman	1

Head to Head

FC Utrecht Form

2025-09-14 FC Utrecht 0–1 FC Groningen L 2025-08-31 PEC Zwolle 0–2 FC Utrecht W 2025-08-24 FC Utrecht 4–1 SBV Excelsior W 2025-08-17 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Utrecht L 2025-08-10 FC Utrecht 4–0 Heracles Almelo W 2025-05-18 Fortuna Sittard 0–0 FC Utrecht D

FC Groningen Form

2025-09-14 FC Utrecht 0–1 FC Groningen W 2025-08-29 FC Groningen 4–0 Heracles Almelo W 2025-08-23 PSV 4–2 FC Groningen L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.24 FC Utrecht xG

Expected Goals

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

2.15 FC Groningen xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Utrecht43% Draw22% FC Groningen35%

Actual: FC Groningen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.39

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

FC Utrecht or Draw

65%

Draw or FC Groningen

57%

FC Utrecht or FC Groningen

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Utrecht33% Draw36% FC Groningen31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 1

6.7%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.3%

0 – 2

4 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Utrecht

Handicap	FC Utrecht covers	Push	FC Groningen covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	12%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	17%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	16%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	11%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

11% ✗

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