Ajax vs FC Groningen prediction | 16 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


Ajax
Ranking: #123 overall, #5 in Netherlands

69.4 → 70.7 (+1.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-0 17 May Heerenveen (A) 69.2 +0.1
2-0 21 May Groningen (H) 69.8 +0.6
1-1 24 May Utrecht (H) 69.8 0.0
0-2 09 Aug Zwolle (A) 70.4 +0.6
2-2 16 Aug Heerenveen (H) 70.7 +0.3
FC Groningen
Ranking: #197 overall, #8 in Netherlands

68.2 → 66.8 (-1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-0 21 May Ajax (A) 66.8 -0.6
2-1 09 Aug Utrecht (H) 66.3 -0.5
1-4 16 Aug ADO (A) 66.8 +0.5
5-1 23 Aug PSV (A) 66.6 -0.2
2-3 28 Aug Fortuna (H) 66.8 +0.2

Ajax vs FC Groningen: by the numbers

FC Groningen trail Ajax by 74 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 3 in Netherlands.

Ajax arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +1.3 rating points over their last 10 matches against FC Groningen's -1.4.

Last time these teams played, on 21 May 2026, FC Groningen lost 0.6 rating points.

Ajax first climbed to joint #5 in our European rankings on 23 Apr 2022.

The best xGtoday rating FC Groningen have ever held is 68.4, first set on 25 Apr 2026.