FC Groningen vs Almere City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eredivisie match on January 12th, 2025

FC Groningen and Almere City will on Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at 13:30h (UTC), play in a Eredivisie football game in Netherlands, check the FC Groningen vs Almere City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where FC Groningen vs Almere City will occur

The game takes place in the small Euroborg stadium, in the city of Groningen, with a capacity for 22525 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the FC Groningen vs Almere City betting tip 2024/2025

The Eredivisie has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.24 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 3.01 goals per match played.

FC Groningen last match

The last match ended in a loss for the FC Groningen team. On that occasion they met Elversberg for the Club Friendlies, and the match ended 2-1.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.00.

Almere City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eredivisie, Almere City, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the SC Heerenveen team with a final score of 3-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.88, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

FC Groningen vs Almere City h2h

When these teams last met at Eredivisie, Almere City was 18th place while FC Groningen was in 3rd place. Almere City deployed in a 4-2-3-1 formation while FC Groningen set up a 4-4-2 alignment.

During the football season of 2024/2025, these Eredivisie teams played against each other on 31-08-2024 in a duly contested game that ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Almere City team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 1 win, compared to the FC Groningen team, which has no wins recently.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Almere City thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against SC Heerenveen, FC Groningen lost in a match against Elversberg. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

In charge of this football game will be E. Blank, while C. Dobre and S. Nanninga will assist him.

FC Groningen

Eredivisie leaderboard now

FC Groningen joins this game with 16 points, having lost 8 games, winning only 4, and scoring 4 draws. The team ranks in 14th place in the Eredivisie and suffers from a negative balance.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 1 point against PEC Zwolle team who occupies position 13 in the 18th round.

FC Groningen analysis

FC Groningen at the end of round 17 in Eredivisie had 14 goals scored and 26 conceded.

It appears that FC Groningen is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

FC Groningen average number of shots on net is 3.81 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

his average possession rate in the league is 47.06%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match FC Groningen vs Almere City 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

While they’ve won once as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 3 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws.

Best goalscorer from FC Groningen

Jorg Schreuders has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading FC Groningen to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Almere City

Eredivisie leaderboard now

With 9 points won, Almere City is in 17th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 12 losses, plus 3 draws.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 2 points, in the 18th round is followed by the RKC Waalwijk team in 18th place.

Almere City analysis

We have reached matchday 17 in Eredivisie and at the moment Almere City has made 10 goals and conceded 37.

It seems that Almere City is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

With an average of 0.59 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Almere City

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Kornelius Hansen. With 2 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Almere City team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 3.88 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.47 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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