Groningen vs Twente Predictions

Groningen continued their good pre-season form on the opening day of the campaign as they picked up all three points at Emmen, while Saturday’s guests Twente held title challengers PSV to a draw and opened their account for the season.

The stats suggest we will be in for a low=scoring ninety minutes when these two sides clash but make Groningen the favourites to claim all three points. Under 2.5 goals were produced in four of the last six meetings between these two clubs and Groningen have won two of the pairs’ last four encounters, which includes two of their last three head to heads in the Eredivisie.

Both teams have been involved in a large number of low-scoring matches of late and both head into Saturday’s game unbeaten in their last six. Under 2.5 goals were produced in three of Groningen’s last five matches, while under 2.5 goals were scored in each of Twente’s last five games, which suggests that the most we will see on Saturday is two goals.

Five of the visitors last six matches have ended in stalemates, proving that Twente are a difficult team to beat as PSV found out last weekend, but Groningen head into this match looking for a fourth straight victory and a fourth clean sheet on the run. The hosts were at their strongest at home last season but didn’t really show their true potential until the second half of the season. However, a win on the opening day suggests that Groningen might not make their fans wait so long this season before hitting their stride and a win this weekend will go a long way to proving they are ready to challenge for the European places.

We’re confident that under 2.5 goals will be scored in Saturday’s game and have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 to the hosts Groningen. Both teams are enjoying unbeaten runs but the main difference is that Groningen have been winning the majority of their matches. The hosts have managed to score in all of their last six matches and have kept four clean sheets during that period, while Twente have only scored three times in their last five games.