SBV Excelsior vs FC Groningen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

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Fri 5 Dec 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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SBV Excelsior vs FC Groningen — Eredivisie .

SBV Excelsior 12 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
FC Groningen 12 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Martijn Vos

5 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 9.6 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

SBV Excelsior 7 games · Avg 3.4 goals FC Groningen

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-05 SBV Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen 2023-02-25 FC Groningen 3–0 SBV Excelsior 2023-01-08 SBV Excelsior 1–0 FC Groningen 2019-04-06 FC Groningen 1–0 SBV Excelsior 2018-11-02 SBV Excelsior 2–4 FC Groningen

Recent Form

SBV Excelsior

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Dec	FC Groningen	H	0–2	L
29 Nov	NAC Breda	H	1–0	W
22 Nov	AFC Ajax	A	2–1	W
08 Nov	Heracles Almelo	H	1–2	L
01 Nov	Telstar 1963	A	2–2	D
26 Oct	Go Ahead Eagles	A	0–2	L

FC Groningen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Dec	SBV Excelsior	A	2–0	W
02 Dec	AFC Ajax	A	0–2	L
23 Nov	PEC Zwolle	H	2–2	D
09 Nov	NEC	A	0–2	L
02 Nov	FC Twente '65	H	1–1	D
25 Oct	Fortuna Sittard	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

SBV Excelsior		FC Groningen
#15	Position	#9
11	Points	15
12	Played	12
3 / 2 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 3 / 5
16	Scored	29
29	Conceded	28
-13	GD	+1
0.92	PPG	1.25
25%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season

8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

SBV Excelsior are 15th (11 pts). FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

SBV Excelsior

0-15

1/5

16-30

2/–

31-45

6/6

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/6

76+

3/7

■ 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)

SBV Excelsior

Irakli Yegoian	3 G	5 A
Aymen Sliti	3 G	1 A
David Garden	3 G
Noah Naujoks	2 G
Casper Widell	1 G

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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — SBV Excelsior and FC Groningen get this one started.
It finishes all square. SBV Excelsior and FC Groningen share the spoils 0-2.

Lineups

SBV Excelsior Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Marco Rente	2
Ricardo Pepi	2
Luigi Bruins	1
Gyan de Regt	1
Ryan Koolwijk	1
Casper Widell	1
Ritsu Doan	1
Derensili Sanches Fernandes	1

Head to Head

SBV Excelsior Form

2025-12-05 SBV Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen L 2025-11-29 SBV Excelsior 1–0 NAC Breda W 2025-11-22 AFC Ajax 1–2 SBV Excelsior W 2025-11-08 SBV Excelsior 1–2 Heracles Almelo L 2025-11-01 Telstar 1963 2–2 SBV Excelsior D 2025-10-26 Go Ahead Eagles 2–0 SBV Excelsior L

FC Groningen Form

2025-12-05 SBV Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen W 2025-12-02 AFC Ajax 2–0 FC Groningen L 2025-11-23 FC Groningen 2–2 PEC Zwolle D 2025-11-09 NEC 2–0 FC Groningen L 2025-11-02 FC Groningen 1–1 FC Twente '65 D 2025-10-25 Fortuna Sittard 1–2 FC Groningen W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.32 SBV Excelsior xG

Expected Goals

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

2.21 FC Groningen xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

SBV Excelsior25% Draw24% FC Groningen51%

Actual: FC Groningen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

SBV Excelsior or Draw

49%

Draw or FC Groningen

75%

SBV Excelsior or FC Groningen

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

SBV Excelsior19% Draw39% FC Groningen42%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

6.7%

2 – 2

0 – 1

2 – 1

5.5%

0 – 3

5.1%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

1 – 4

3.7%

1 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — SBV Excelsior

Handicap	SBV Excelsior covers	Push	FC Groningen covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	12%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	21%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	17%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

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