FC Utrecht vs PEC Zwolle betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadion Galgenwaard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (23750 seats)

The Eredivisie season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between FC Utrecht and PEC Zwolle promises to be an interesting one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses grass, unlike PEC Zwolle's home stadium. The visitors last 29 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for FC Utrecht are 1-0-0 (wins-draw-losses).

The FC Utrecht supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host PEC Zwolle in Eredivisie and win 3-1. In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting ADO Den Haag.

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 Utrecht home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Early season goal statistics from FC Utrecht's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

PEC Zwolle have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 5 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 17 fixtures.

PEC Zwolle play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to FC Utrecht. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Willem II.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where PEC Zwolle played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 2 times.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, PEC Zwolle has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: FC Utrecht - PEC Zwolle 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for FC Utrecht, 3 draws and 1 win for PEC Zwolle. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

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FC Utrecht missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

FC Utrecht PEC Zwolle
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
7 3 0 Scored 0 1 2
3 1 0 Conceded 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 11 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 2.5
4 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 11 10
1.5 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
FC Utrecht Last season PEC Zwolle
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   17 34
18 10   Won   5 11
9 6   Drew   3 6
11 3   Lost   9 17
68 34   Scored   13 44
52 17   Conceded   26 57
92% 84%   Over 0.5   94% 91%
82% 79%   Over 1.5   76% 82%
61% 63%   Over 2.5   35% 53%
39% 32%   Over 3.5   18% 35%
24% 11%   Over 4.5   6% 26%
53% 58%   BTTS   24% 41%
32% 37%   Clean Sheets   35% 32%
24% 21%   Failed To Score   47% 35%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners For (avg)   4.9 5.5
5 4.7   Corners Against (avg)   6.6 5.4
1.4 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.7
6 2   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as PEC Zwolle have scored away.

FC Utrecht
All Eredivisie Europa League Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
28-05-19 ER Vitesse 0 - 2 FC Utrecht
25-07-19 EL FC Utrecht 1 - 1 Zrinjski
01-08-19 EL Zrinjski 1 - 1 FC Utrecht
04-08-19 ER ADO Den Haag 2 - 4 FC Utrecht
11-08-19 ER FC Utrecht 3 - 1 PEC Zwolle
18-08-19 ER Feyenoord 14:45 FC Utrecht
25-08-19 ER FC Utrecht 12:30 VVV-Venlo
01-09-19 ER FC Twente 10:15 FC Utrecht
14-09-19 ER FC Utrecht 18:45 FC Emmen
22-09-19 ER SC Heerenveen 12:30 FC Utrecht
PEC Zwolle
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
05-07-19 CF FC Emmen 1 - 1 PEC Zwolle
09-07-19 CF PEC Zwolle 2 - 2 PAOK
27-07-19 CF PEC Zwolle 1 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam
02-08-19 ER PEC Zwolle 1 - 3 Willem II
11-08-19 ER FC Utrecht 3 - 1 PEC Zwolle
16-08-19 ER Vitesse 18:00 PEC Zwolle
25-08-19 ER PEC Zwolle 12:30 Sparta Rotterdam
30-08-19 ER FC Emmen 18:00 PEC Zwolle
15-09-19 ER PEC Zwolle 10:15 RKC Waalwijk
21-09-19 ER FC Groningen 17:45 PEC Zwolle

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 AZ Alkmaar 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6
2 FC Utrecht 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 6
3 Ajax 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 4
4 SC Heerenveen 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
5 Sparta Rotterdam 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
7 PSV 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Vitesse 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
9 Willem II 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
10 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
11 VVV-Venlo 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
12 Feyenoord 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
14 Heracles 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
16 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
17 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0
18 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0

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