Balanced ball game between PEC Zwolle and Go Ahead Eagles expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another engrossing run-in at MAC³PARK Stadion in the Eredivisie. PEC Zwolle is in 10th place and receive Go Ahead Eagles in 8th position. Read all about the fixture here!

This football pitch has the surface artifical turf, unlike Go Ahead Eagles's home ground. The latest twelve games by the away team on artifical turf have generated 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for PEC Zwolle's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 3 points here at MAC³PARK Stadion.

A strong away win for PEC Zwolle against Almere City the last match, as Vellios and den Berg were on target. Some amazing scenes last match, when Vellios scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time. McNulty was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender McNulty hit one key pass and won 10 of 15 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Utrecht in a game that was won 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zwolle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from PEC Zwolle's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season Go Ahead Eagles had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 3, drew 4 and lost 10.

Go Ahead Eagles won their last game, 3-2 versus SC Heerenveen played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Hake when Sow scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Midfield player Rommens was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Rommens scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs FC Volendam.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eagles playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Go Ahead Eagles wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Go Ahead Eagles have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

PEC Zwolle-Go Ahead Eagles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: PEC Zwolle four wins, Go Ahead Eagles five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesP. Rommens
P. Rommens
3 goals
ZwolleF. Druijf
F. Druijf
2 goals
Go Ahead EaglesB. Kuipers
B. Kuipers
2 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
PEC Zwolle Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 2 0 Scored S 0 1 8
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.7
5.8 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 8.3
3.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 13
4.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.7
26% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 47%
 
11.8 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 15
2.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 5.3
PEC Zwolle Last season Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   3 10
4 2   Drew D   4 10
7 2   Lost L   10 14
99 58   Scored S   18 46
43 18   Conceded C   33 56
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
68% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
53% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 35%
37% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 21%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   59% 56%
39% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 24%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.8
3.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.5
1.3 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
16.2 16.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.4
6.8 7.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 34%
 
8.7 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 14
4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 PSV 3 3 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 8 9
3 FC Twente 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
4 Feyenoord 4 2 2 0 13 4 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 7 3 9 8
5 Sparta Rotterdam 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 8
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
7 Fortuna Sittard 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
8 Go Ahead Eagles 3 2 0 1 8 8 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 6
9 Heracles 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 6
10 PEC Zwolle 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 6
11 Ajax 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 5
12 Excelsior 4 1 2 1 9 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 5
13 NEC 4 1 1 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
14 Vitesse 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
15 FC Volendam 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 0
16 FC Utrecht 4 0 0 4 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -9 0
17 Almere City 4 0 0 4 4 14 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 8 -10 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 0 4 2 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 FC Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 PSV 3 3 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 8 9
3 FC Twente 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
4 Feyenoord 4 2 2 0 13 4 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 7 3 9 8
5 Sparta Rotterdam 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 8
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
7 Fortuna Sittard 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
8 Go Ahead Eagles 3 2 0 1 8 8 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 6
9 Heracles 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 6
10 PEC Zwolle 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 6
11 Ajax 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 5
12 Excelsior 4 1 2 1 9 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 5
13 NEC 4 1 1 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
14 Vitesse 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
15 FC Volendam 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 0
16 FC Utrecht 4 0 0 4 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -9 0
17 Almere City 4 0 0 4 4 14 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 8 -10 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 0 4 2 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 0

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