Eredivisie · Match preview
Excelsior 1–5 
FC Groningen
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
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Match overview
Final score: Excelsior 1–5 FC Groningen.
Excelsior are 10th in the Eredivisie table with 11 points from 9 matches; FC Groningen are 6th with 14 points from 8.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Excelsior D L D W W; FC Groningen W D D L L.
In their last 5 settled matches Excelsior scored 2.0 and conceded 1.4 goals per game; FC Groningen scored 1.8 and conceded 2.2 in their last 5.
The Eredivisie averages 3.8 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.7. Over 2.5 landed in 90% and both teams scored in 80% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Excelsior to win at 39% probability; it did not come in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Excelsior to win
- Probability
- 39%
- Outcome
- Did not come in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Eredivisie record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior | 5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| FC Groningen | 5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 80% | 80% | 20% |
Eredivisie average this season: 3.8 goals per match.
Eredivisie table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | Excelsior | 9 | 3-2-4 | 16:18 | 11 |
| 6. | FC Groningen | 8 | 4-2-2 | 20:14 | 14 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
