In this 13th week match, on Sunday Nov 6th, FC Utrecht will host FC Groningen at Stadion Galgenwaard 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 10 degrees, which is great football weather. FC Utrecht is fresh off their 2-1 win against SC Heerenveen. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 33rd minute, then in the 44th minute, Jens Toornstra sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Douvikas Finally they completed the comback victory in the 66th minute on a goal by Modibo Sagnan to cap off a wild match. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while fC Groningen is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against FC Emmen. FC Emmen had 14 on net, and FC Groningen had 13, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. FC Groningen is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Euroborg, FC Utrecht was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 15000 dissapointed fans. Issah Abass scored the first goal for FC Utrecht in the 68th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, FC Groningen couldn’t muster any offence and FC Utrecht ran away with the shutout win.
Ricardo Pepi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for FC Groningen. Sander van de Streek has been the most prolific scorer on FC Utrecht in his last five matches with three goals.