Season ticket holders at MAC³PARK Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with PEC Zwolle languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting FC Utrecht will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting FC Utrecht 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 6-4-2 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
PEC Zwolle, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Eredivisie, have collected 10 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-1-4.
The fans are hoping that PEC Zwolle will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Eredivisie game against PSV (placed 3rd). A KNVB Beker defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Fortuna Sittard.
PEC Zwolle's goalkeeper Michael Zetterer was extremely busy against PSV, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), PEC Zwolle's attacking play is working. As for conceded goals, PEC Zwolle's unpleasant statistic is 20 goals surrendered.
FC Utrecht form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. FC Utrecht love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The manager J. van den Brom was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Stadion Galgenwaard. FC Utrecht suffered a 1-2 loss to Feyenoord (placed 5th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at FC Groningen.
The travelling fans enjoy FC Utrecht's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FC Utrecht have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
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. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 PEC Zwolle victory, 3 draws and 6 FC Utrecht wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ghoochannejhad 6 goals |   G. Kerk 6 goals |  I. Bel Hassani 5 goals |
PEC Zwolle missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| PEC Zwolle | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 42 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 61% | 88% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 11% | 11% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 61% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| 6.9 | 5.4 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 231 | 104 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 112 | 263 |
| 90 | 41 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 40 | 85 |
| 28% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 35% | 39% |
- All of PEC Zwolle's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PEC Zwolle has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- PEC Zwolle has the most conceded goals (20) at home
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Willem II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |