Feyenoord vs Groningen prediction and betting tips on February 29, 2024
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Game Prediction
Generally speaking, there is not much football on weekdays this week. Moreover, there will be few fights on Thursday. As a result, it is reasonable to pay attention to the confrontation between Feyenoord and Groningen in the Netherlands, especially since this is the semi-final of the national cup. The current champion versus a team stuck in the second division of the country – is there any intrigue there? The journalists of the website have made a prediction for this match on February 29, 2024.
Feyenoord is unlikely to repeat the success of the previous cycle
“The Pride of the South”, being under the leadership of Arne Slot, was finally able to return the championship title to Rotterdam. Still, now PSV is stronger in the Netherlands. Being headed by Peter Bosz, it beat its eternal rival in the Super Cup and then created a lead of 10 points in the Eredivisie by February. It is the same now – the team beat Almere, but the competitor took the maximum. Moreover, the Dutch club, quite expectedly, was limited to 3rd place in the Champions League group and, having qualified for the Europa League, it again met Roma. A 1-1 draw at the home arena was followed by the same result in Italy, and the hosts were lucky in the penalty shoot-out. Generally speaking, the cup tournament became the last real chance to make the season successful – the semi-finals have already been reached.
Groningen is looking to return to the top division from the very first trial
“The White and Green Army” has recently achieved the greatest successes in its history. It won the cup and then the Dutch Super Cup 2015. Still, nothing new was added to the higher mentioned results. On the contrary, the club, with very modest statistics (4 wins and 18 points in 34 matches), was relegated from last place in the previous season. Its performance in the Eerste Divisie is not bad and, if not directly, which will be difficult, then through the play-offs the club plans to return to the elite division in 2024. For instance, the game against Helmond ended in a goalless draw. At the same time, the team could have “fused” the cup as an extra burden, but no, on the contrary: having knocked out Willem II, who is the leader of its league, Excelsior and Fortuna, the club had already reached the semi-finals.
Previous head-to-head matches
“The White and Greens” have drawn matches with the giants from Rotterdam 3 times in a row. Still, they were too weak and lost both matches at the beginning of 2023, in the previous season.
Free prediction for the match Feyenoord vs Groningen on February 29:
The hosts are much stronger. Thus, we can bet on them to win with “a -2.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.99).