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Go Ahead Eagles v Groningen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 20:00 BST, De Adelaarshorst, Deventer

The Eredivisie is the focus for both Go Ahead Eagles and Groningen on Saturday night, as bosses Paul Simonis and Dick Lukkien face one another at the De Adelaarshorst. Statistics for our tip of GA Eagles to win are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Best Tip: GA Eagles to win

After looking at the bookmakers' odds and collated stats regarding the two teams ahead of this Eredivisie match, a bet on win / draw / win for GA Eagles to win and delight their home supporters is what we would suggest. We predict they will have too much for Groningen, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have a track record of doing so. It may not all be plain sailing, but GA Eagles to win is the bet come Saturday night.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think GA Eagles are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
GA Eagles
66%
1.62
3%
1.62
3%
Draw
19%
3.70
3%
4.00
Groningen
15%
5.75
15%
5.50
15%
GA Eagles 2-0
10%
8.00
11%
7.00
13%
GA Eagles 2-1
10%
8.507.50
GA Eagles 1-0
9%
7.50
17%
6.50
13%
Draw 1-1
9%
7.00
7%
7.00
7%
GA Eagles 3-0
8%
12.00
8%
10.00
9%
GA Eagles 3-1
7%
13.00
8%
11.00
Draw 2-2
5%
15.00
15%
13.00
8%
GA Eagles 4-0
4%
23.0017.00
11%
Groningen 2-1
4%
17.00
13%
13.00
GA Eagles 4-1
4%
23.0019.00
12%
Draw 0-0
4%
11.00
27%
10.00
17%
Groningen 1-0
4%
15.00
12%
12.00
8%
GA Eagles 3-2
4%
23.00
10%
19.00
12%
GA Eagles 4-2
2%
41.00
21%
29.00
12%
GA Eagles 5-0
2%
41.0029.00
15%
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
1.80
11%
1.75
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
2.00
11%
1.95
11%
Home 1st Goal
58%
1.40
3%
1.48
Away 1st Goal
40%
3.10
8%
3.00
No 1st Goal
2%
11.00
27%
10.00
BTTS - Yes
56%
1.80
11%
1.83
11%
BTTS - No
44%
1.95
11%
1.91
9%
BTTS - Home Win
32%
3.50
13%
3.30
10%
BTTS - Draw
15%
4.755.00
4%
BTTS - Away Win
8%
10.00
25%
8.50
21%
Home/draw
85%
1.14
3%
1.15
3%
Away/draw
34%
2.25
5%
2.30
5%
Home/away
81%
1.29
3%
1.22
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1.25
6%
1.25
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
3.75
17%
3.60
14%
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
3.00
20%
2.88
15%
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
1.36
9%
1.36
8%
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
6.00
39%
5.25
21%
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1.12
7%
1.14
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
13.00
44%
10.00
25%
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1.04
3%
1.04
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1.05
2%
1.04
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
11.00
27%
10.00
17%
Home DNB
79%
1.22
5%
1.22
2%
Away DNB
28%
4.00
14%
3.90
11%
GA Eagles win to nil
34%
2.75
15%
-
Groningen win to nil
7%
10.00-
GA Eagles / GA Eagles
33%
2.50
4%
2.40
4%
GA Eagles / Groningen
2%
41.00
21%
29.00
12%
GA Eagles / Draw
6%
15.00
15%
13.00
Draw / GA Eagles
19%
4.33
9%
4.20
7%
Draw / Groningen
8%
11.00
10%
10.00
5%
Draw / Draw
14%
6.00
8%
5.50
8%
Groningen / GA Eagles
4%
21.00
11%
17.00
Groningen / Groningen
9%
9.00
20%
8.00
14%
Groningen / Draw
5%
17.00
13%
13.00
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

GA Eagles have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. GA Eagles have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

GA Eagles have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Groningen are in 14th position in the Eredivisie on 17 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Groningen have conceded 24 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
GA Eagles
Groningen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1815124646 
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
Apr 5
l
 
5-0A
2
Ajax1813322242 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 23
May 14
l
 
3-1A
3
Utrecht181233739 
Apr 6
d
 
3-3F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 13
4
Feyenoord1810531835 
l
 
1-5A
Mar 30
d
 
2-2A
Mar 8
5
Twente1810441534 
Feb 2
l
 
3-2F
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar1810351433 
May 4
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
May 11
7
GA Eagles Home18846628 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Jan 18
8
Fortuna18747-325 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-3F
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
9
Heerenveen18738-1224 
May 14
l
 
1-0A
Jan 25
l
 
2-1F
10
Willem II18648-222 
Mar 16
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
Feb 15
11
NAC187110-1022 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 12
w
 
4-1F
Mar 29
12
NEC186210020 
w
 
5-0F
Mar 9
Feb 8
l
 
6-0A
13
PEC Zwolle18459-1117 
d
 
2-2A
May 11
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
14
Groningen Away17458-1217 
Jan 18
w
 
0-1F
-
-
15
Heracles17368-1515 
w
 
4-1A
Feb 8
Apr 23
Dec 21
16
S.Rotterdam18279-1213 
Feb 14
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
Feb 2
17
Almere City182412-2710 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
18
Waalwijk181413-247 
w
 
2-0F
May 18
May 3
w
 
1-2F
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
GA Eagles have won 3 consecutive home league games
6
Groningen have lost 6 consecutive away league games
7
Groningen have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
4
Groningen have failed to score in 4 consecutive away league games
GA Eagles 7TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
Groningen 14TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
50
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
1
D
3
Lost
16
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at GA Eagles since 2017
GA Eagles
Groningen
Goals: Scored
3
5
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
GRO
2
League games at Groningen since 2016
Groningen
GA Eagles
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
GAE
1
D
1
GRO
2
Goal Statistics

Go Ahead Eagles's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 6 consecutive Eredivisie matches. A PG of 2.2 suggests that run should continue on Saturday night.

GA Eagles 7th Groningen 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 65% probability that GA Eagles will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Groningen scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
GA Eagles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-47
Groningen have scored 47% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/278799/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
GA Eagles
PG (predicted goals)
Groningen
2.2
1
Attack rating
42%
better
GAE
GRO
view stats
Games scored14
8
Failed to score4
9
Scored first9
5
Goals scored33
14
Avg. goals scored1.8
0.8
Avg. shots per game11
8
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.9
0.9
KickOff rating
+42%
Defence rating
GAE
GRO
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
12
Clean sheets5
5
Conceded first9
9
Goals conceded27
26
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+2%

GA Eagles v Groningen Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

GA Eagles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18883
M DeijlO EdvardsenO AntmanG Nauber
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Deijl DEF1821
2
-
J Kramer DEF18
2
-
G Nauber DEF182
3
-
E Llansana MID1841
1
1
E Linthorst MID182
2
-
J Breum FWD1875
3
-
V Edvardsen FWD1852
2
-
L Plogmann GLK17
-
O Antman FWD1718
1
-
F Stokkers FWD1421
1
-
D James DEF1311
2
-
M. Suray MID13
-
O Edvardsen FWD1382
1
-
B Adekanye FWD131
2
-
A Adelgaard DEF101
3
-
M Smit FWD9
-
S Tengstedt FWD9
-
C Twigt MID8
1
-
R Weijenberg MID8
-
J Dirksen DEF3
-
L Everink DEF2
1
-
J Amofa DEF2
1
-
J Busser GLK1
-
Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18327
J HoveJ SchreudersL BacunaM Peersman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Hove MID18
-
T Bergen FWD1811
2
-
E Vaessen GLK171
2
-
L Bacuna DEF1722
6
-
T Oosting MID171
-
L Valente FWD1712
4
-
J Schreuders FWD1631
2
-
R Postema FWD162
1
-
M Rente DEF151
2
1
M Peersman DEF152
6
1
B Willumsson FWD152
1
F. Stam DEF131
3
-
T Blokzijl DEF13
1
-
J Pelupessy MID131
-
R Mendes FWD1311
2
-
W. Prins DEF12
1
-
S Resink MID111
4
-
T. de Jonge MID7
-
N. Emeran FWD2
-
H Jurjus GLK1
-
S. Bouland DEF1
-
F Turay FWD1
-