Groningen vs ADO Den Haag Predictions

Groningen are having an excellent season by their standards as they sit in 9th place in the table and have 32 points from their 25 league games and still have an outside shot of a Europa League place for next season. ADO Den Haag are in 12th place in the table and whilst they are just 4 points behind their opponents this weekend they are also just 3 points away from the relegation play-offs so will be looking for a good result here to push them further away from that.

Groningen come into this game in excellent form of late, they are unbeaten in their last 6 Eredivisie games and have won 4 of those. Those wins include a 2-1 win over Vitesse and an excellent 1-0 home win against Feynoord with those wins coming back to back to make it even more impressive.

ADO Den Haag however aren’t in as great form as their opponents as they have won just 1 of their last 5 league games. They have lost 3 including a 3-2 away loss at Emmen, a 5-1 loss at home to Ajax and a 3-2 home loss to Heerenveen last time out.

Groningen have been good at home this season winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 5 of their 12 home league games. The most impressive thing is their recent home form, they have won their last 4 home league games thanks to a 3-0 win over Heracles, 2-1 win against Vitesse, 1-0 win against Feyenoord and a hard fought 3-2 win over VVV. They score 1.67 goals per game and have found the net in 10 of their 12 home games only failing to score in their opening 2.

ADO Den Haag have been mediocre away from home this season winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 5 of their 12 away games this season. They score well on their travels bagging on average 1.58 goals per game but their problem is the defence. They concede 2.08 goals per game away from home which is not sustainable over the course of the season.

Groningen’s games this season have been the worst in terms of goals, they average just 2.56 goals per game with just 52% of their games seeing over 2.5 goals. ADO Den Haag rank 8th for the most goals, with an average of 3.44 goals per game being scored when they are in action. They have seen 56% of their games go over 2.5 goals this season.

Based on their recent home form, winning their last 4 this game looks a straight forward home victory and as such we are backing Groningen to win the game as our main tip. On the correct score front we see this being a close affair but the home side to run out 2-1 winners.