PEC Zwolle not looking forward to difficult Eredivisie clash against Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Fri 01.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mac3Park Stadion (14000 seats)

Struggling PEC Zwolle will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ajax in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

PEC Zwolle and Ajax should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Ajax have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 9-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, PEC Zwolle have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

PEC Zwolle lost their last game at Heracles (placed 7th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Before that, PEC Zwolle had a home game versus ADO Den Haag which ended with a victory 3-1.

PEC Zwolle were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. PEC Zwolle's goalkeeper Xavier Mous was extremely busy against Heracles, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 7 saves.

The PEC Zwolle manager J. Stegeman has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. PEC Zwolle are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax, who have the most scored goals (35) in Eredivisie, have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games. Things are running smoothly for Ajax who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Vitesse. Momentum is building for Ajax in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Ajax are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Eredivisie against Feyenoord (placed 12th). A loss against Chelsea was the result prior to that, in a Champions League home game.

As mentioned above, Ajax was the only team on the pitch versus Feyenoord in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Ajax delivered their win in the match against Feyenoord already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the three points. Solid performance!

As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 9 wins (7 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 1 surprising defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Chelsea.

Ajax create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 15 goals in 6 travels. Ajax have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): PEC Zwolle 0 wins, 2 draws and Ajax 8 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
6 goals / 10 assists
AjaxQ. Promes
Q. Promes
6 goals / 2 assists
PEC ZwolleR. Ghoochannejhad
R. Ghoochannejhad
5 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

Ajax missing players

PEC Zwolle Ajax
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 3 6 11
3 2 0 Won W 3 4 9
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
7 2 2 Lost L 0 0 0
16 12 1 Scored S 8 15 35
26 12 7 Conceded C 2 6 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 73%
73% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 64%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 45%
55% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 83% 55%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 45%
45% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 3.2 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 8.3 8.7 8.1
7.5 6 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.3 3.1
1.4 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Ajax have created more than twice as many corners as PEC Zwolle.
  • Ajax have not yet lost a game.
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ajax have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
  • Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Ajax's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of PEC Zwolle's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • PEC Zwolle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

PEC Zwolle
21-09-19 ER FC Groningen 2 - 0 PEC Zwolle
29-09-19 ER PEC Zwolle 0 - 4 PSV
05-10-19 ER SC Heerenveen 1 - 0 PEC Zwolle
20-10-19 ER PEC Zwolle 3 - 1 ADO Den Haag
26-10-19 ER Heracles 4 - 0 PEC Zwolle
29-10-19 KB HSV Hoek 19:45 PEC Zwolle
01-11-19 ER PEC Zwolle 20:00 Ajax
10-11-19 ER FC Twente 14:30 PEC Zwolle
23-11-19 ER PEC Zwolle 19:45 Fortuna Sittard
01-12-19 ER Feyenoord 16:45 PEC Zwolle
Ajax
02-10-19 CL Valencia 0 - 3 Ajax
06-10-19 ER ADO Den Haag 0 - 2 Ajax
19-10-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 1 - 2 Ajax
23-10-19 CL Ajax 0 - 1 Chelsea
27-10-19 ER Ajax 4 - 0 Feyenoord
01-11-19 ER PEC Zwolle 20:00 Ajax
05-11-19 CL Chelsea 21:00 Ajax
10-11-19 ER Ajax 12:15 FC Utrecht
23-11-19 ER Ajax 19:45 Heracles
27-11-19 CL Lille 21:00 Ajax

  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 11 9 2 0 35 7 5 5 0 0 20 1 6 4 2 0 15 6 28 29
2 AZ 11 7 2 2 25 8 5 3 1 1 13 5 6 4 1 1 12 3 17 23
3 PSV 11 7 2 2 26 13 6 4 1 1 16 8 5 3 1 1 10 5 13 23
4 Vitesse 11 7 2 2 22 15 6 4 1 1 13 8 5 3 1 1 9 7 7 23
5 FC Utrecht 11 6 2 3 22 14 5 4 0 1 12 4 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 20
6 Willem II 11 6 1 4 14 15 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 3 0 2 8 9 -1 19
7 Heracles 11 5 3 3 18 15 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 18
8 SC Heerenveen 11 4 5 2 17 12 6 1 5 0 5 4 5 3 0 2 12 8 5 17
9 FC Twente 11 4 3 4 21 20 6 2 2 2 13 10 5 2 1 2 8 10 1 15
10 Sparta Rotterdam 11 4 3 4 19 20 5 3 0 2 12 8 6 1 3 2 7 12 -1 15
11 FC Groningen 11 4 2 5 13 13 5 3 0 2 9 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 14
12 Feyenoord 11 3 5 3 19 22 6 2 3 1 12 10 5 1 2 2 7 12 -3 14
13 PEC Zwolle 11 3 1 7 16 26 5 2 1 2 12 12 6 1 0 5 4 14 -10 10
14 FC Emmen 11 3 1 7 14 24 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 0 0 5 3 16 -10 10
15 ADO Den Haag 11 3 0 8 13 21 5 1 0 4 4 9 6 2 0 4 9 12 -8 9
16 Fortuna Sittard 11 2 3 6 17 26 6 2 2 2 13 10 5 0 1 4 4 16 -9 9
17 VVV-Venlo 11 3 0 8 11 28 5 2 0 3 6 13 6 1 0 5 5 15 -17 9
18 RKC Waalwijk 11 0 1 10 10 33 5 0 0 5 3 12 6 0 1 5 7 21 -23 1