Excelsior vs Groningen Prediction & Betting Tips

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Excelsior's last five Eredivisie outings read draw, loss, draw, loss, win. They drew at Ajax and with NEC, but were beaten by Utrecht and thumped 3-0 at home by Willem II before edging Sparta Rotterdam.

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Excelsior: 20 completed matches; Groningen: 20 completed matches.

Excelsior

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

49

Conceded

28

Difference

+21

Groningen

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

37

Difference

-9

Groningen have actually looked slightly steadier across their last seven league matches, with three wins, two draws and two losses. A 3-0 home win over Zwolle and away wins at ADO Den Haag and against Utrecht sit alongside a heavy 5-1 defeat at PSV.

Neither team is arriving with real momentum, and both have shown they can concede in bunches.

Comparative Team Statistics: Excelsior vs Groningen

Head-to-Head

The last two meetings have gone one apiece. Excelsior won 3-2 away at Groningen back in May, while Groningen returned the favour with a 2-0 win in Rotterdam in December.

Going further back, the fixture has swung between one-sided results and tight draws, including a 4-0 and a 4-2 in Groningen's favour among older meetings, so there's no clear long-term pattern to lean on.

Recent history doesn't strongly favour either side.

League Table Picture

After seven games, Excelsior sit seventh with 11 points from three wins, two draws and two losses. Groningen are just below them in eighth, also on 11 points with an identical win-draw-loss split.

The only real separator is goal difference: Excelsior have conceded nine, Groningen thirteen, from the same tally of fifteen scored.

This is about as evenly matched as two Eredivisie sides can be on paper.

Players to Watch

Groningen's goal threat is fairly concentrated: T. van Bergen and B. Willumsson have four goals apiece in seven appearances, giving them a genuine two-man attacking spine.

Excelsior:

Best scorers:

A. Sliti - 3

Best assist providers:

I. Yegoian - 5

S. Janssen - 3

Penalty cards:

J. Plug x 2

Groningen:

Best scorers:

T. van Bergen - 4

B. Willumsson - 4

Best assist providers:

D. van der Werff - 3

T. van Bergen - 2

Excelsior's scoring looks more shared out. A. Sliti has three goals, but I. Yegoian's five assists in seven games mark him out as the main creative outlet behind whatever Excelsior create up front.

Groningen's two forwards look like the bigger individual goal threat, but Excelsior's supply line is arguably wider.

How The Goals Might Come

Both sides have been leaking goals even in matches they've won. Excelsior have shipped nine in seven league games, Groningen thirteen, and recent scorelines on both sides have regularly topped three goals in total.

With the table showing so little to choose between them, this has the look of a game where chances open up at both ends rather than a tight, low-scoring afternoon.