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 Heracles will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
PEC Zwolle, who have the most conceded goals (30) at home in Eredivisie, have played 12 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
PEC Zwolle travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fortuna Sittard that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Vitesse.
Lennart Thy was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Fortuna Sittard after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
This is expected to be a close game, with PEC Zwolle perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with PEC Zwolle as a small favourite), we find four games. PEC Zwolle has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
The PEC Zwolle manager J. Stegeman has got the team scoring with 28 from 12 home games in the league. As for conceded goals, PEC Zwolle's unpleasant statistic is 30 goals surrendered.
Heracles form and stats
Heracles have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-5-6 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Heracles have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the FC Twente game.
Impressive finishing from Dario Van Den Buijs, Sylvester van de Water (2) and Delano Burgzorg secured the home win 4-2 against RKC Waalwijk in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus ADO Den Haag that ended 0-0.
Heracles can call themselves comeback kings after the match against RKC Waalwijk. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-2 victory. Delano Burgzorg scored the final goal. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Heracles, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? A victory against RKC Waalwijk as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Heracles hit the posts three times.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heracles playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Heracles wins, one draw and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Heracles have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Heracles - PEC Zwolle 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: PEC Zwolle won two, Heracles won six and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Dessers 15 goals |   R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia 7 goals | S. van der Water 7 goals |
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| PEC Zwolle | Heracles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 37 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 40 |
| 55 | 30 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 92% |
| 81% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 77% |
| 69% | 92% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 23% | 42% |
| 54% | 83% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 38% |
| 23% | 42% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 23% |
| 58% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 46% | 46% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 15% | 27% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 54% | 35% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 315 | 146 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 123 | 327 |
| 120 | 60 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 39 | 120 |
| 31% | 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 23% | 33% |
- PEC Zwolle has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- PEC Zwolle has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- PEC Zwolle has the most conceded goals (30) at home
- PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PEC Zwolle have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heracles have scored away.
- PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |