Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, FC Utrecht in 8th and PEC Zwolle in 12th place.
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
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 9-7-20 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.
FC Utrecht form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for FC Utrecht are 4-5-1 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Utrecht bring valid hopes of a third.
Utrecht are confident in defense, having played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Utrecht shared the glory with AZ in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sparta Rotterdam in a game that was won 1-0.
The FC Utrecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of PEC Zwolle playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
Zwolle played 2-2 against Heracles in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Willem II at their stadium, the result 3-1.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Zwolle's duel with Heracles. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Reza Ghoochannejhad found the equalizer. The draw against Heracles came from a losing position. The PEC Zwolle manager J. Stegeman brought on Reza Ghoochannejhad as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Zwolle have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Zwolle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: PEC Zwolle - Utrecht 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Utrecht, four draws and one win for PEC Zwolle. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia 6 goals |   M. Mahi 4 goals |  S. van de Streek 3 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| FC Utrecht | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 79% | 90% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 42% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 56% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 11% | 5% |
| 68% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 21% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.3 | 15.3 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 28% |
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 44 |
| 2 | PSV | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 37 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Heracles | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 11 |
| 17 | Willem II | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -30 | 6 |