It's the second attempt for points this league season as FC Twente and PEC Zwolle cross swords at De Grolsch Veste.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting PEC Zwolle have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-3-14 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
FC Twente have less rest than PEC Zwolle in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Riga, so at least FC Twente are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Twente form and stats
The season before, FC Twente's league results were 18 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 5th spot in the Eredivisie. During these 34 matches they scored {66 goals} and let in 27. Performing as the host team in the last season FC Twente managed 13-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with {46 goals} and 11 conceded.
Twente are returning here after guesting Riga in a Europa Conference League fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Brenet, defender, was given a rating of 7.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Brenet served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Almere City and winning 4-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FC Twente home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Oosting will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fenerbahce in only three days.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
Let's have a look at how PEC Zwolle performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 27 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 99 and conceded {43 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 41/25 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Sparta Rotterdam with 1-2 on the scoreboard. van Hintum was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Hintum hit six key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Helmond Sport at their stadium, the result 3-2.Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): FC Twente won seven games, one match ended in a draw and PEC Zwolle have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
![]() R. van Wolfswinkel 2 goals | ![]() R. Pröpper 1 goals | ![]() M. Vlap 1 goals |
FC Twente missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| FC Twente | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FC Twente | Last season | PEC Zwolle | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Won | W | 12 | 27 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 74 | 51 | Scored | S | 41 | 99 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 55% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 74% | 68% | ||
| 26% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 37% | 37% | ||
| 39% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 55% | ||
| 50% | 63% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 39% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 16.2 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Heracles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |