6th position in the Eredivisie table for FC Twente so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed PEC Zwolle visits De Grolsch Veste.
The hosts Twente saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the KNVB Beker. Thankfully the previous game, versus De Graafschap, was also a home game here at De Grolsch Veste. The away team is better rested.
This pitch has grass, which is not PEC Zwolle's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass PEC Zwolle have performed like this: Played 33 matches resulting in 8 wins, 6 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 28-62 (scored/conceded).
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have collected seven points from their first three Eredivisie games here at De Grolsch Veste, a promising start.
The FC Twente fans got no joy from their last match, a KNVB Beker game also here at De Grolsch Veste: A 1-3 defeat against De Graafschap. A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at FC Utrecht.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Twente have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Twente are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Twente have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
Things could have gone better for PEC Zwolle in their Eredivisie away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting PEC Zwolle has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Zwolle's last game was the home draw against Willem II (0-0). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus RKC Waalwijk that ended 1-1.
PEC Zwolle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, PEC Zwolle has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (FC Twente wins - draws - PEC Zwolle wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 5 goals |  V. Černý 3 goals |   C. Leemans 2 goals |
FC Twente missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| FC Twente | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 61 | 37 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 102 |
| 27 | 17 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| 41% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 19% |
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of PEC Zwolle's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Twente have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PEC Zwolle have not yet lost a game away.
- PEC Zwolle have scored in all their away matches so far.
- PEC Zwolle have yet to win a 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | PSV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | AZ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Willem II | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | Heracles | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -13 | 5 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 2 |