Playing at their own ground feels comfortable and friendly for Jong Ajax, but PEC Zwolle are fully motivated and able to get all three points. What will happen?
- Jong Ajax is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
It should be mentioned that PEC Zwolle play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for PEC Zwolle on grass are 5 victories, 0 draws and 16 defeats from 21 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-41. You can compare this with overall results below.
This promises to be an entertaining game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Jong Ajax form and stats
Jong Ajax have played 11 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Jong Ajax are slowly digging their own grave here at Sportpark De Toekomst with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
The home team returns to Sportpark De Toekomst after drawing with Helmond Sport (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Warmerdam got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Warmerdam won 3 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match, Jong Ajax lost 1-2 at home to Roda JC Kerkrade.Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal from each side.
There will be little rest for Jong after this match as they are travelling to FC Den Bosch for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.
Jong Ajax have conceded 16 in these home matches.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
The strength of PEC Zwolle on their travels this season is incredible with 27 points collected from 10 Eerste Divisie away games. PEC Zwolle has 9-0-1 on the road, with 27 goals scored and 7 conceded. Impressively, the visitors are on a nine-match winning run which they hope continue versus Jong Ajax.
It's the second away game in a row for Zwolle, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 8th) last time out. Which player has bagged at least one goal four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Thy and that is impressive stuff! Chirino got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Chirino signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against FC Oss.After this away game PEC Zwolle return home for a Eerste Divisie game against Jong AZ. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Zwolle are a potent attacking force on the road with their 27 goals in 10 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought previously this season: PEC Zwolle - Jong Ajax 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  T. van den Belt 10 goals |  L. Thy 10 goals |   C. Kjelder Rasmussen 9 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| Jong Ajax | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | 55 |
| 39 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 86% |
| 59% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | 73% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 45% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 36% |
| 77% | 82% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 55% |
| 5% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| 38% | 45% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 47% | 40% |
| 10.2 | 6.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
- Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong Ajax is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- PEC Zwolle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most clean sheets (6) away in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most clean sheets (8) in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most points (27) away in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most scored goals (27) away in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle have the the best goal difference (+32) in Eerste Divisie
- PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PEC Zwolle is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eerste Divisie
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Almere City | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Willem II | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Telstar | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
