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FC Groningen and FC Utrecht again stand for the third time this season clash. The Groningen won the league off in the Galgenwaard simple 5-1, but were in the Cup by FC Utrecht 1-0. What kind of dish match both teams for us today?
Groningen
FC Groningen appears to be this season fizzled. Groningen started the season very badly and soon lost thus the connection to the second tier. Since mid-November is a lot better at Pride of the North, but despite FC Groningen is a disappointing tenth place with 27 points from 23 games. In the last eight games saw Ernest Faber admittedly only once among his players go out, but there were also only won two of the eight meetings.
Last weekend I managed FC Groningen not to hold a three-pointer. The Groningen went to visit Sparta and the Spartans were already 2-0 after 17 minutes. Eventually Ruben Jenssen and Mimoun Mahi still determined to rest the end position at 2-2. In the second half FC Groningen had to do it over 35 minutes with ten men, because Juninho Bacuna was sent after 52 minutes with a straight red from the field on Castle.
Afterwards there was in Groningen not hear much about the 2-2 draw of Groningen, but it was mainly about Juninho Bacuna. The nineteen year old Bacuna picked up this season three red cards and is the youngest player in Eredivisie history with three red cards. “It’s not nice to hear that I’m the youngest player with three red cards’, as Juninho Bacuna said afterwards who took over the post from his brother Leandro Bacuna. According to Ernest Faber is Bacuna sometimes too eager this season and makes sometimes for a needless red card “Bacuna is a great talent. That boy wants to expand its borders and sometimes he goes about it. ”
Probable lineup FC Groningen
pad; Payne, Reijnen, Larsen From Niefff; Drost, Jenssen, Tibbling, Linssen; Idrissi, Mahi.
Utrecht
Actually applies to FC Utrecht exactly the same as for FC Groningen. The Domstedelingen started the season as expected, but is now turning again get along near the top of the Eredivisie. When the team of Erik ten Hag anyway been running smoothly in recent months, because since the 1-5 defeat against FC Groningen on 16 September went Utrechters only twice beaten by Ajax and once beaten by PSV. Last weekend FC Utrecht recorded the tenth league win of the season and the Utrecht are therefore at a respectable fourth place.
Ten Hag saw his team win last weekend PEC Zwolle. In a poor first half came the Utrecht through an own goal by Bram van Polen lead, Gyrano Kerk, which was important in the first goal of FC Utrecht, doubled right after the break goals. Substitute Nacer Barzite made the 3-0 and finally FC Utrecht managed in 80th minutes to prevent a goal from PEC Zwolle striker Nicolai Brock-Madsen. Ten Hag was afterwards satisfied with the win, but would have preferred some more goals from his team. “You can only say that the score should be higher. Our attitude was the whole game awfully good, “as the coach looked back at the game in the Galgenwaard.
Gyrano Kerk began against PEC Zwolle in the starting line-Erik ten Hag and the 21-year-old striker was therefore directly important for Domstedelingen. Church plays this season regularly Young FC Utrecht and has since repeatedly proven that he can indeed be an asset to the first team. The basic areas of Gyrano Kerk and Patrick Joosten made Nacer Barazite and richairo živković started on the bench. Both Barazite as Zivkovic had earlier this season more than once important for FC Utrecht, but according Ten Hag Church and Joosten do not far behind the two strikers. “They express more emphatically the nose to the window, and they are increasingly becoming an option.”
Probable lineup FC Utrecht
Jensen; Troupée, van der Meert, Janssen, van der Maarel; Lioness, Klaiber, Barazite, Ayoub; Church, Haller.