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Excelsior last weekend got a beating visiting Roda JC (4-0). The Kralingers go Saturday night visiting FC Groningen and hope to post the first win of the year. Will the team from Rotterdam to win in the Northern Leases Stadium? Or FC Groningen left for the sixth consecutive match unbeaten?
Groningen
Since last summer suffered FC Groningen with a numbers of players selection and was there in the winter but once change come. The Groningen this transfer period did not attract new players, but mainly sell players and that is quite successful. Initially Nicoló Pozzebon went back to his employer Juventus. Then left Albert Rusnák and Danny Hoesen to the United States. Rusnák, who can play football indeed, was sold to Real Salt Lake. Danny Hoesen went on loan to the US San Jose Earthquakes. On the final day lost the Pride of the North have a customer base in the person of Hans Hateboer. The contract of the 23-year-old right-back was coming summer off and Hate Boer was sold Monday at the Italian Atalanta.
With Hateboer in the squad FC Groningen played last weekend of the North Derby. Visiting Heerenveen at the Abe Lenstra Stadium Groningen played mainly on the counter and resulted in a bloodless draw. FC Groningen did earlier this season outgunned defeat against Heerenveen (0-3) and Groningen were also satisfied with a draw in Friesland. “Both teams had chances. A point is a point. You also need to address when there is no longer feasible. ‘, As FC Groningen captain Sergio Padt admitted afterwards. FC Groningen with five points from three games fine start to the second half of the season, especially when you consider that the Groningen started the first half of the season with three defeats.
Probable lineup FC Groningen
pad; Davidson, Larsen, Reijnen, Van Niefff; Bacuna, Jenssen, Tibbling, Linssen; Sørloth, Mahi.
Excelsior
Roda JC knew this season only eight times to find the net in nineteen league games, so you would have previously not thought that would score the team from Kerkrade four times against Excelsior. The Kralingers received in a span of only 26 minutes four goals conceded, but that was mainly due to the rapid red card defender Jurgen Mattheij – the 23-year old Dutchman slipped last man out and pulled off a reflex down the broken Roda player. The Kralingers stood over an hour with ten men, and according Mattheij was the red card correctly. “It was stupid, I just knew what time it was.”, Said the defender.
Because the Kralingers were beaten in Kerkrade and only one managed to win the last seven games, Excelsior now has as many points as number sixteen PEC Zwolle. The Rotterdam club started the season well, but the Kralingers bags very much on the past few weeks and since the differences are so small at the bottom they begin Woudestein to worry. Excelsior last won a match on November 19, because at that time the Kralingers were at home with 3-2 too strong for Sparta Rotterdam. The Kralingers previously knew to win this season at home 2-0 against FC Groningen.
Probable lineup Excelsior
Hahn; Karami, Drost, the Wise, Kuipers; Vermeulen, Faik, Fortes; Ondaan, Hasselbaink, Fredy.