Eredivisie preview: Can FC Twente edge out victory against PEC Zwolle?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

FC Twente - PEC Zwolle. 5th spot hosts 18th spot. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie

Twente's stadium, De Grolsch Veste, has a grass surface. PEC Zwolle have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for PEC Zwolle when playing on grass; 5 wins, 5 draws and 22 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 64.

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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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente have performed here at De Grolsch Veste this season with 7 wins from 12 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.

It's back home for FC Twente, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AZ away with the result 1-0. Brenet found the net in that victory. Pröpper, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Pröpper won 7 of 13 duels.

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

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Twente handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.

The FC Twente fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Twente have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

There's been little loot from PEC Zwolle's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Eredivisie. PEC Zwolle only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw.

PEC Zwolle might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Feyenoord proved too strong as PEC Zwolle slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at MAC³PARK Stadion. Polen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Polen scored one goal and won 3 of 9 duels.

Prior to that result PEC Zwolle won their away game at Fortuna Sittard. The scoreline was 1-0.

Zwolle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting PEC Zwolle as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. PEC Zwolle has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

PEC Zwolle - Twente 1-3 was the score in these participants' previous h2h game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Twente six wins, one draw and PEC Zwolle three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
12 goals
FC TwenteR. Pröpper
R. Pröpper
5 goals
FC TwenteD. Limnios
D. Limnios
4 goals

FC Twente missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

FC Twente PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
15 7 1 Won W 0 3 5
6 4 2 Drew D 0 1 5
5 1 0 Lost L 4 9 16
40 18 5 Scored S 3 11 20
30 8 4 Conceded C 11 26 41
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
73% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 62%
50% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 31%
27% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 38% 23%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 12%
58% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 42%
35% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 42%
 
3.9 4.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.4
5.3 4.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 4.7
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 14.8 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.2 11.8
4 4.7 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 3.6
38% 32% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 19% 21%
 
11.5 9.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 16 13.5
3.7 2.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 26 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 32 39 13 5 2 6 15 23 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles Almelo 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Sparta Rotterdam 25 5 8 12 20 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 2 3 6 8 18 -17 23
16 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.