In this week 27 match on Mar 20th, FC Groningen and FC Utrecht will play a match in Utrecht in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, FC Utrecht recorded a 0-1 loss against PSV. Eran Zahavi struck first for PSV in the 53rd minute on a feed from Cody Gakpo, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Utrecht couldn’t manage to score, and PSV took the shutout win. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed FC Groningen is fresh off their 4-3 win against NEC. Michael De Leeuw struck first for FC Groningen in the 2nd minute, but Ali Akman got the equalizer for NEC in the 13th minute , but luckily for FC Groningen it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. FC Groningen is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Aug 21st, FC Groningen and FC Utrecht battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither FC Groningen nor FC Utrecht could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Both Romano Postema and Michael De Leeuw have been the hottest scorers for FC Groningen in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. FC Utrecht’s most prolific scorer has been Moussa Sylla. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Simon Gustafsson, Mark van der Maarel, Bart Ramselaar, Mimoun Mahi, Othman Boussaid, Naoki Maeda and Cedric van der Gun are unavailable to play for René Hake’s team, while FC Groningen will be without Daniel Van Kaam.