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Vitesse vs Groningen Prediction & Betting tips
The last Europa League starting place for the Dutch Eredivisie has been awarded for years in a play-off mode. In this season, the teams fight between fifth and eighth for the coveted ticket. It comes first to two semi-final duels, which are decided in each case in the first and second leg before the two winners play the EL ticket. According to the final table, Vitesse Arnhem (5th) is the favorite, but the first leg was lost and the pressure in the second leg is correspondingly high. On Tuesday evening there will be a return match between Vitesse Arnhem and Groningen!
However, on Saturday night’s first-leg result (2: 1 for Groningen), the home side would be satisfied with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night to reach the final of the Europa League play-offs. Vitesse is considered to be extremely strong at home and accordingly, the chances of getting ahead are still intact. The start of the match at Gelredome Stadium is on Tuesday at 19:45.
Vitesse Arnhem:
The memories of the Europa League play-offs are quite positive in Arnhem. In the past season, the team could qualify with four wins against ADO Den Haag and FC Utrecht sovereign for the Europa League. In qualifying came after a victory against the Romanian Viitorul, however, against the FC Basel out. For Neo-coach Leonid Slutski (former Russian team boss) a setback at the beginning of his term. However, Vitesse caught quickly and in recent weeks and months the team acted outstanding. With a total of 53 points, the best result since the 2014/15 season (then still under the now Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz) were fixed. Only nine season games were lost and with 70 goals scored the games of Vitesse Arnheim were always spectacular. On average, no fewer than 3.56 goals were scored per game and in 25 of the 34 league games a tip on the over 2.5 was the right decision. On the basis of these numbers on Tuesday evening between Vitesse Arnheim and Groningen a prognosis on the over 2,5 quite obvious. Basically, the homeowners have to search the way forward. Playing “to zero” is not necessarily a strength of Vitesse; Gegentreffer there again and again. Thus, between Vitesse Arnheim and Groningen, the tip that both teams meet, quite an interesting option.
The home side presented themselves in this season as particularly strong home and had to accept only in the game against Ajax Amsterdam (4th matchday) a home defeat. In the 16 remaining games there were ten wins and six draws. Not less than 45 goals were scored in 17 home games. Topscorer is the former prodigy Martin Ödegaard, who scored not only eight goals, but also supplied eleven assists. His time in Arnhem will probably end, but the home game against Groningen must by no means be the last game. The home side can draw from the full and have with the strong home balance some arguments that speak for the progress.
Groningen:
In the season finale, the team of head coach Danny Buijs almost lost the play-off qualification. Only one of the last five league games could be won and thus saved the FC Groningen just over the finish line. With 45 points, the eighth place in the table could only be defended very thinly. Finally, the goal difference decided in favor of FC Groningen, this was even negative with -2. ADO The Hague, also 45 points, had an even worse goal difference with -5.
The season 2018/19 can be described as a rollercoaster ride at Groningen. Head Coach Buijs, who took over as Slutski only in the summer of 2018, completed a catastrophic first round. After 19 matchdays Groningen was still on the third last place in the table. In the spring of 2019, however, the team went up to the top and was able to fight forward bit by bit. Despite the weak performance at the end of the regular season, Groningen could crown a splendid 2019 year.
The home win on Saturday was not necessarily a surprise due to the good home record (ten home wins). However, it should also be mentioned that Groningen is a welcome guest abroad. Only three away games were won, the Green-Whites were able to achieve only 13 goals in 17 away games. Only NAC Breda scored even fewer away goals (eleven). The last success in the foreign country is already over three months back – on February 2, there was a victory in Willem II However, the table-Eighth would already be enough to draw a draw in the final.
Vitesse vs Groningen head to head matches
18.05.19 ERE Groningen Vitesse 2 : 1
10.02.19 ERE Groningen Vitesse 2 : 1
12.08.18 ERE Vitesse Groningen 5 : 1
02.02.18 ERE Vitesse Groningen 2 : 0
19.11.17 ERE Groningen Vitesse 4 : 2