Dutch EreDivision
2005-12-11 - Utrecht vs Groningen
A Sports Betting Pick by Erik
This will be the first game FC Utrecht plays after the passing away of David di Tommaso. It will be an emotional begin of the game since FC Utrecht will have a ceremony to honour David.FC Utrecht
FC Utrecht is currently 7th in the rankings with 21 points out of 13 games. This will be an important week for them with the match against Willem II on the schedule for wednesday. If they get a good result against FC Groningen and Willem II they can move to the 4th place.
In their last game FC Utrecht won at home against Ajax 1-0 thanks to a goal from Tiendalli in the 59th minute. FC Utrecht are a good home team beating Ajax, Feyenoord and RBC at home.
After a struggling start of the season FC Utrecht seems to have found their good form and are looking to anaother home win.
FC Groningen
Visitors FC Groningen are currently 11th in the rankings with 20 points after 14 games.
Two weeks ago the team from Ron Jans drew away to NAC Breda and collected their first away point of the season after 5 away losses. NAC Breda was the better team but due to an error in the defence FC Groningen scored the 2-2 in the 89th minute.
Last week FC Groningen won at home against FC Twente 1-0 thanks to goal from Yuri Cornelisse.
FC Groningen is very strong at home winning 6 of their 8 games including the one against PSV, but away seems to be a totally different story.
Previous confrontations
13/03/2005 FC Utrecht - FC Groningen 1-2
17/10/2004 FC Groningen - FC Utrecht 3-0
09/05/2004 FC Utrecht - FC Groningen 2-0
21/09/2003 FC Groningen - FC Utrecht 1-1
23/03/2003 FC Utrecht - FC Groningen 0-0
22/09/2002 FC Groningen - FC Utrecht 0-0
16/12/2001 FC Groningen - FC Utrecht 2-2
09/09/2001 FC Utrecht - FC Groningen 3-1
Team news/injuries
FC Utrecht has no injury problems.
For FC Groningen Bruno Silva, Lambers and Bechan are injured.
Nevland seems to have recovered from his injury against NAC Breda but it's not certain whether he will start in the starting XI or on the bench. Seedorf is still suspended.
Verdict
FC Utrecht wants win this game and has a good chance of doing so. The crowd will bstand massivly behind the team and this will be a very important neccesity for this "emotional" game.
FC Groningen is really poor in away games this season with only 1 point out of 6 games and a price of 1.80 for the home win seems very decent from that prospective.
