Preview: Groningen vs. Almere City - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams that could truly bash with a triumph successful circular 18 of the 2024-25 Eredivisie run volition bash conflict astatine Euroborg connected Sunday arsenic Groningen entertain the situation of Almere City.
 
The hosts are without a triumph since precocious November, portion the distant broadside marque the travel this play aiming to triumph consecutive games for the archetypal clip this season.

Match preview

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Having done good to retrieve from an aboriginal setback and level matters done Romano Postema, Groningen had their last outing of 2024 against Heracles disrupted owed to assemblage unit erstwhile the sides faced disconnected astatine the Erve Asito connected December 22.
 
That was successful keeping with what has mostly been a tumultuous run truthful acold for Dick Lukkien's charges, who person travel retired connected apical successful conscionable 1 of their astir caller 7 games crossed each competitions. 
 
Seeking to assistance their mentation for the 2nd fractional of the campaign, Trots van het Noorden took connected 2. Bundesliga outfit Elversberg successful a affable matchup connected Sunday that ended successful a disappointing 2-1 defeat.
 
A fewer months aft going unbeaten crossed their archetypal 5 matches of the season, Groningen presently find themselves battling relegation arsenic they beryllium 14th successful the Eredivisie table, 4 points wide of the driblet zone, albeit with a crippled successful hand.
 
Since emerging victorious from their archetypal gathering against the visitors, Sunday's hosts are without a triumph crossed the consequent 4 editions of this fixture but person lone been beaten erstwhile during that time.

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Almere City needed 10 attempts to prime up their maiden triumph of the campaign, aft which they were beaten successful 7 consecutive matches crossed league and cupful work by a whopping aggregate people of 19-2.
 
The past of those aforementioned defeats came against Ajax connected December 15, and that proved to beryllium the last nail successful the coffin of Hedwiges Maduro, who was relieved of his managerial work soon afterwards.
 
Taking complaint of proceedings portion Almere continued their hunt for a caller caput coach, Anoush Dastgir masterminded a 3-0 triumph implicit Heerenveen to manus his existent employers a much-needed boost to adjacent retired 2024.
 
Currently bottommost but 1 successful the league standings, Almere person a five-point shortage to marque up successful the conflict for endurance and volition anticipation that the assignment of Jeroen Rijsdijk proves to beryllium a catalyst for improved fortunes.
 
One of Rijsdijk's issues to code volition beryllium his side's toothlessness successful beforehand of goal, arsenic Sunday's visitors person netted the fewest goals successful the part (10), astir a 3rd of which came successful their past league involvement.

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Team News

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Tika de Jonge volition beryllium retired a 10th consecutive crippled owed to a niggling wounded occupation and is 1 of 2 guaranteed absentees for Groningen successful Sunday's affair.
 
The different is 27-year-old Marco Rente, who volition service a one-game suspension for receiving his marching orders successful December's abandoned clash against Heracles.
 
Baptiste Guillaume is yet to afloat recuperate from a ft occupation that has constricted him to conscionable six league outings for the distant broadside since joining from Guingamp.
 
Midfielder Alex Balboa was connected people wrong 7 minutes of coming connected arsenic a substitute past clip retired which could spot the Equatorial Guinea planetary rewarded with a starting berth.

Groningen imaginable starting lineup:
Vaessen; Peersman, Blokzijl, Prins, Stam; Schreuders, Hove, Pelupessy, Valente; Oosting, Willumsson 

We say: Groningen X-Y Almere City

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