About Match
5 points for Telstar (13th), 8 for FC Groningen (9th): a 3-point gap. Per game in the league, Telstar score 0.83 and conceding 1.83, FC Groningen 2 and 2.17, against a competition average of 1.95 goals per team per game. Telstar would climb to 8 points with a win and up to 9th, overtaking FC Groningen (other results held equal).
A win has eluded Telstar for 5 matches.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 0 Telstar wins, 3 for FC Groningen, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 0% saw more than two goals.
BUKO Stadion in Velsen stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,200.