Groningen vs Fortuna Sittard prediction and betting tips on February 8, 2024
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Game Prediction
The Netherlands, like many other Western European countries, will hold the national cup confrontations during this week. And the last of the quarter-finals has been moved to Thursday. Groningen and Fortuna Sittard will compete with each other in the evening of this day. The website contains the author’s prediction for the match on February 8, 2024.
Groningen faces its deepest recession in the current century
“The Green and White Army” never repeated its peak achievement of bronze medals of the Eredivisie 1991. At the same time, the team played continuously in the Eredivisie (for 25 years) and took its only trophy, the Dutch Cup, in 2015. This is where the stars like van Dijk and Luis Suárez started their way. Still, “Pride of the North” got a measly number of 18 points and was logically relegated from the last place. And it’s really controversial if the club will be able to return, although it has managed to stay in the play-off zone so far. As for the cup tournament, it knocked out 3 opponents (all of them were knocked out on the away field), including Willem II and Excelsior.
Fortuna Sittard will clearly try to move on
“Fortunezen” have experienced a lot, from vice-championship and cup triumphs in the middle of the previous century to the struggle to retain the so-called “registration” in 2009. Nowadays, the team is in the middle of the Eredivisie, to which it has returned once again a couple of years ago. The previous season brought 13th place – this is not a high result, but there is no threat of relegation. This time, it has improved the performance a little, so perhaps the team will compete for a ticket to the European tournament, if it does not collapse, in the spring. As for the KNVB Beker, there have been really easy opponents so far – for instance, Almere was beaten with a 2-1 score at the away arena of the 1/8 finals. It is obvious that the guests are planning to achieve something similar now.
Previous head-to-head matches
Generally speaking, “the White and Greens” won at least as much. Still, all 3 previous matches, which took place in 2022-2023, were succeeded by Sittard.
Free prediction for the match Groningen vs Fortuna Sittard on February 8:
Taking into account the odds, the equal fight is expected. Still, it’s not for nothing that the guests are playing in a higher division, so we bet on their victory with “a 0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.727).