In this 19th week match, on Sun Jan 29th, FC Volendam hosts FC Groningen in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. FC Volendam is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Excelsior. Mirani scored the first goal for Excelsior on an own goal in the 18th minute, then Marouan Azarkan added another in the 80th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Volendam couldn’t manage to score, and Excelsior took the shutout win. FC Volendam looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 16th placed FC Groningen, recorded a 1-3 loss against SC Heerenveen. A. Sarr struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 5th minute on a feed from Andries Noppert, but Florian Krüger got the equalizer for FC Groningen in the 40th minute. FC Groningen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 7th of August, FC Groningen and FC Volendam battled to a 2-2 draw. Cyril Ngonge struck first for FC Groningen in the 2nd minute, then Jörgen Strand Larsen added another in the 34th minute.
Both Ricardo Pepi and Damil Dankerlui have been the hottest scorers for FC Groningen in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Henk Veerman and Robert Muhren are the top scorers for FC Volendam in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
FC Volendam will be without Francesco Antonucci, while Damil Dankerlui, Joey Pelupessy and P. Abraham are unavailable to play for FC Groningen.