| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Groningen | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4/15 | 8-8 |
| Veendam | 15 | D1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1/15 | 6-15 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Groningen | 85 | 8 | 16 | 14 | LLWDW | 158 | -73 |
| Veendam | 348 | 6 | 4 | -9 | LDLLL | 532 | -184 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2012-08-05
16 points for FC Groningen (85th), 4 for Veendam (348th): a 12-point gap. Veendam had been under-performing their position — 532nd on five-round form against 348th in the table. Per game in the league, FC Groningen were scoring 2.88 and conceding 1.13, Veendam 1.33 and 2.83, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
Veendam had gone 10 games without a win.
The venue was Sportpark vv Roden in Roden.
