FC Groningen 2–1 SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 19:00 UTCHitachi Capital Mobility Stadium

FC Groningen

2–1Historical match

SC Heerenveen

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

FC Groningen won 2–1.

Shots: 816
Shots on target: 55
Expected goals: 0.751.7
Possession: 55%45%

Full time

What the match recorded

FC Groningen beat SC Heerenveen 2–1. Recorded in this match (FC Groningen – SC Heerenveen): shots 8–16, shots on target 5–5, expected goals 0.75–1.7, possession 55%–45%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots8 shots16 shotsFC Groningen 8 shots, SC Heerenveen 16 shots
Shots on target5 shots5 shotsFC Groningen 5 shots, SC Heerenveen 5 shots
Expected goals0.75 xG1.7 xGFC Groningen 0.75 xG, SC Heerenveen 1.7 xG
Possession55%45%FC Groningen 55%, SC Heerenveen 45%
Corners3 corners8 cornersFC Groningen 3 corners, SC Heerenveen 8 corners
Fouls9 fouls15 foulsFC Groningen 9 fouls, SC Heerenveen 15 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

FC Groningen: 8 shots, 5 on target, 0.80 xG. SC Heerenveen: 16 shots, 5 on target, 2.13 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: FC Groningen 0.80 xG · SC Heerenveen 2.13 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1FC Groningen

0Draws

4SC Heerenveen

25 Jan 2025FC Groningen — SC Heerenveen · Eredivisie1–0

22 Sept 2024SC Heerenveen — FC Groningen · Eredivisie2–1

19 Mar 2023FC Groningen — SC Heerenveen · Eredivisie0–2

22 Jan 2023SC Heerenveen — FC Groningen · Eredivisie3–1

10 Apr 2022SC Heerenveen — FC Groningen · Eredivisie3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.27 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.04 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4