Groningen vs Heerenveen

Todays fridaynight match in the Dutch Casino Eredivisie is a derby between homeside Groningen no.4 and Heerenveen no.6. This derby is known in Holland as the derby of the north.This seasons 1st fixture ended up in a 4-2 victory for Heerenveen.

Groningen is doing well in the league, they are at position 4 in the ranking and thats more than they could wish fore. Last week they won 1-2 @Willem II. They got very lucky, they stole the long waited victory for Willem II in the final minutes. I was not impressed by Groningen in their away match, where they got controlled by Willem II, Willem II whos in the last position of the league. Groningen will miss alot of players tonight, their attackers Marcus Berg and Stefan Nijland are injured. This leaves the coach limited in his selection, plus they have the long term injuries aswell. The coach had to select players from Groningens youth players.

Heerenveen won last week very impressively of NAC Breda. I saw a reborn Heerenveen who was attacking and creating chances like it was a machine. Heerenveen gained some motivation from this. Remember that these two teams are fighting for qualification in the play-offs, and think Heerenveen is the better side, Heerenveen have at this moment a wide squad to choose from, they confinced me with their play, plus the fact that Heerenveen performs pretty good against Groningen in the rescent encounters.

Squad info

Groningen: Marcus Berg, Stefan Nijland, Koen van de Laak, Evgenyi Levchenko, Ondrej Svejdik, Martijn Meerdink, Paul Matthijs, Martijn van der Laan are OUT!

Heerenveen: Geert-Arend Roorda OUT! Thomas Prager (doubt)

Pick : Heerenveen DNB
Odds : 1.92
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Gamebookers
Match Result : 0-1
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