FC Groningen Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

FC Groningen Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

FC Groningen are averaging 5.1 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 10.1 total SOT on average. That puts them 12th of 18 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Excelsior, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which FC Groningen players hit the most shots on target?

Thom van Bergen leads with 13 shots on target across 10 qualifying appearances (1.3/g, 70% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every FC Groningen player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does FC Groningen's SOT profile look this season?

FC Groningen are averaging 5.1 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 5 for a match-total of 10.1. That ranks 12th of 18 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 13.7 shots per game and create 10.5 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Excelsior, the page weights each FC Groningen attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

FC Groningen take 13.7 shots per game and put 5.1 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 FC Groningen fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

FC Groningen are currently converting 37% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

FC Groningen player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Younes Taha	attacker	2	2	1	100%
Brynjólfur Willumsson	attacker	8	10	1.25	75%
Thom van Bergen	attacker	10	13	1.3	70%
David van der Werff	midfielder	10	8	0.8	60%
Tika de Jonge	midfielder	10	6	0.6	40%
Tygo Land	midfielder	10	4	0.4	40%
Jorg Schreuders	attacker	10	4	0.4	30%
Pelle Clement	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Marco Rente	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Etienne Vaessen	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Thijmen Blokzijl	defender	10	0	0	0%
Wouter Prins	defender	8	0	0	0%
Márk Csinger	defender	6	0	0	0%
Jacob Ondrejka	attacker	5	0	0	0%
Elvis van der Laan	defender	4	0	0	0%
D. Janse	defender	3	0	0	0%
Travis Hernes	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Marvin Peersman	defender	3	0	0	0%
Oskar Zawada	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Mats Seuntjens	midfielder	1	0	0	0%
Ryan Metu	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Hans Hateboer	defender	1	0	0	0%
Nikolas Brandis	defender	1	0	0	0%

FC Groningen shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
18 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle	Home	3-0	7	1	8	Thom van Bergen (3)
12 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	Away	1-1	2	6	8	Brynjólfur Willumsson (1)
6 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	FC Twente	Home	2-2	4	5	9	Tika de Jonge (1)
28 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard	Home	2-3	2	5	7	David van der Werff (1)
23 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	PSV	Away	5-1	4	12	16	Brynjólfur Willumsson (2)
16 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag	Away	1-4	14	4	18	Thom van Bergen (4)
9 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht	Home	2-1	5	7	12	Brynjólfur Willumsson (3)
21 May 2026	Eredivisie	Ajax	Away	2-0	1	5	6	Brynjólfur Willumsson (1)
17 May 2026	Eredivisie	Heracles Almelo	Away	1-2	5	2	7	Tika de Jonge (1)
10 May 2026	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen	Home	2-1	7	3	10	Jorg Schreuders (2)

FC Groningen shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 5.1
Shots on target against per game: 5
Match total shots on target per game: 10.1
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 6 of 18

FC Groningen Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	5	80%	80%	60%	40%	40%
Away	5	5.2	60%	60%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	10	5.1	70%	70%	50%	30%	30%

FC Groningen Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	4.2	80%	60%	60%	20%	20%
Away	5	5.8	80%	80%	60%	40%	20%
Overall	10	5	80%	70%	60%	30%	20%

FC Groningen Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	5	9.2	100%	80%	60%	40%	20%
Away	5	11	80%	60%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	10.1	90%	70%	50%	40%	30%

FC Groningen Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	5.1	5	5.2
Total shots / match	13.7	17.6	9.8
Share of shots on target	37%	28%	53%
Goals per shot on target	37%	44%	31%
Shots on target per goal	2.7	2.3	3.3
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	80%	60%
Shots on target over 3.5	70%	80%	60%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	60%	40%
Shots on target over 5.5	30%	40%	20%
Shots on target over 6.5	30%	40%	20%

FC Groningen Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	5	4.2	5.8
Shots on target against over 2.5	80%	80%	80%
Shots on target against over 3.5	70%	60%	80%
Shots on target against over 4.5	60%	60%	60%
Shots on target against over 5.5	30%	20%	40%
Shots on target against over 6.5	20%	20%	20%

FC Groningen Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	10.1	9.2	11
Match shots on target over 6.5	90%	100%	80%
Match shots on target over 7.5	70%	80%	60%
Match shots on target over 8.5	50%	60%	40%
Match shots on target over 9.5	40%	40%	40%
Match shots on target over 10.5	30%	20%	40%

FC Groningen 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	3	100%	100%	0%
Away	4	3.5	75%	75%	25%
Overall	6	3.33	83%	83%	17%

FC Groningen 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2.5	50%	50%	50%
Away	4	3	75%	50%	25%
Overall	6	2.83	67%	50%	33%

FC Groningen 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	5.5	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	4	6.5	100%	75%	50%	50%
Overall	6	6.17	100%	83%	50%	50%

FC Groningen shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Sep	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (H)	3-0	7	1	8	-
12 Sep	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (A)	1-1	2	6	8	-
6 Sep	Eredivisie	FC Twente (H)	2-2	4	5	9	-
28 Aug	Eredivisie	Fortuna (H)	2-3	2	5	7	-
23 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (A)	5-1	4	12	16	9
16 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (A)	1-4	14	4	18	10
9 Aug	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (H)	2-1	5	7	12	7
21 May	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	2-0	1	5	6	3
17 May	Eredivisie	Heracles Almelo (A)	1-2	5	2	7	4
10 May	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (H)	2-1	7	3	10	4

Eredivisie shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	PSV	7	8.43	4.29	12.71	100%
2	Ajax	7	8	4.14	12.14	86%
3	FC Utrecht	7	4	8	12	100%
4	Feyenoord	7	8.57	2.86	11.43	71%
5	ADO Den Haag	7	3.43	7.86	11.29	57%
6	FC Groningen	7	5.43	5.71	11.14	57%
7	FC Twente	7	7.43	3.57	11	86%
8	PEC Zwolle	7	3.43	7.43	10.86	57%
9	Go Ahead Eagles	7	6.29	4.43	10.71	71%
10	Fortuna Sittard	7	4.57	6.14	10.71	57%
11	SC Heerenveen	7	6	4.14	10.14	71%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	7	4.29	5.86	10.14	71%
13	SC Cambuur	7	4.14	5.86	10	71%
14	Willem II	7	2.71	7.29	10	57%
15	AZ	7	7.57	2.29	9.86	71%
16	Excelsior	7	4.71	4.43	9.14	57%
17	Telstar	7	2.14	6.71	8.86	57%
18	NEC Nijmegen	7	4.14	4.29	8.43	29%

FC Groningen shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	16	4.38	5.31	9.69	75%
Vs top half	21	4.57	5.38	9.95	76%
Vs bottom half	21	6.67	3.62	10.29	57%
Vs bottom six	15	7.67	3.67	11.33	67%

FC Groningen shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	7	5.43	5.71	11.14	57%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	35	5.66	4.26	9.91	69%
Eredivisie	2024/2025	34	4.29	4.35	8.65	32%

FC Groningen next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 11 Oct 14:45	Excelsior (away)	9.14	4.71	4.43	9	3.67	5.33
Sun 18 Oct 14:45	Ajax (home)	12.14	8	4.14	12	8.67	3.33
Sun 25 Oct 13:30	NEC Nijmegen (away)	8.43	4.14	4.29	8.25	3.5	4.75

FC Groningen players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Brynjólfur Willumsson	attacker	5	7	71%
2	David van der Werff	midfielder	5	7	71%
3	Thom van Bergen	attacker	5	7	71%
4	Jorg Schreuders	attacker	2	7	29%
5	Pelle Clement	midfielder	2	7	29%

FC Groningen players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Brynjólfur Willumsson	attacker	3	7	43%
2	Thom van Bergen	attacker	3	7	43%
3	David van der Werff	midfielder	1	7	14%
4	Tika de Jonge	midfielder	1	7	14%

FC Groningen players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Thom van Bergen	attacker	2	7	29%
2	Brynjólfur Willumsson	attacker	1	7	14%
3	David van der Werff	midfielder	1	7	14%
4	Tika de Jonge	midfielder	1	7	14%

Excelsior shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	2-2	2	8	10	-
13 Sep	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (H)	1-2	4	6	10	-
8 Sep	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (A)	2-2	5	3	8	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	0-3	6	2	8	-
29 Aug	Eredivisie	Sparta (H)	2-1	5	2	7	-
15 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (H)	1-2	2	8	10	2
7 Aug	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	0-4	9	2	11	4
17 May	Eredivisie	Sparta (A)	2-3	4	5	9	1
10 May	Eredivisie	FC Volendam (H)	1-1	2	2	4	3
2 May	Eredivisie	FC Groningen (A)	2-3	9	5	14	7