FC Groningen
- FC Groningen have won only two of their last five Eredivisie fixtures, losing the last two.
- Groningen will be looking to get their strikers on the ball in the wide channels and switch it up with their two-striker system when the ball is turned over, which is something they have done with great effect on their way to scoring 25 goals in 16 home games.
- However, they have not had much joy at home of late with only one win in three at Euroborg.
NEC Nijmegen
- NEC Nijmegen have scored 35 goals in 16 away games in the 2025-2026 Eredivisie season, an average of 2.19 per match.
- NEC have drawn their last two Eredivisie games to continue a solid but unspectacular run-in that has seen them win only one, draw three and lose one of their last five.
- The Eredivisie’s third-placed side with 56 points from 32 games are coming to play tenth-placed Groningen, who have accumulated 42 points from the same amount of games.
Head-to-Head
- NEC Nijmegen have won two of their last three visits to Groningen.
- They won the home game 2-0 five months ago, so don’t expect much of a gap to develop between these two Eredivisie sides.
Key Players
- Thom van Bergen is Groningen’s talisman and danger man with nine goals in 32 Eredivisie games and is their biggest threat.
- Bryan Linssen has bagged 12 goals in 30 appearances this term and comes into this game after scoring twice in his last five.
Betting Insights
We are expecting both teams to score in this game and the odds of 1.34 on over 2.5 goals looks about right, while 1.34 on both teams to hit the back of the net appears very high too.
Prediction
But we are taking NEC to win this at 2.26 because they have proved they can win away to Groningen and have a very good recent record in this fixture.
