Soccer betting preview: PEC Zwolle welcomes NEC in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

PEC Zwolle are putting faith in their home fans to aid them to win this match versus NEC. Who is the winner at MAC³PARK Stadion?

Insights:
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (12) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eredivisie

NEC play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture is played on artifical turf. The latest results for NEC when featuring on artifical turf are 12 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 24 matches. They have created 47 goals and conceded 28 times in these games.

This could be an exciting game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

PEC Zwolle's results here at MAC³PARK Stadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou not having conceded a league goal in 223 minutes.

A strong away win for Zwolle against SC Heerenveen the last match, as Polen were on target. Midfield player de Wit got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Wit hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

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 eleven games. PEC Zwolle has won five of these, drawn two and lost four.

PEC Zwolle have scored 6 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. PEC Zwolle have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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NEC form and stats

Playing away, NEC have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. NEC has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against RKC Waalwijk.

NEC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Feyenoord proved too strong as NEC slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Sportpark De Weeren.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with NEC playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were seven NEC wins, zero draws and two defeats.

NEC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. NEC have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past result featuring both these participants is the NEC - PEC Zwolle 2-0 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: PEC Zwolle won five, NEC triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NECA. Akman
A. Akman
5 goals
NECJ. Bruijn
J. Bruijn
4 goals
NECE. Tavsan
E. Tavsan
4 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

NEC missing players

PEC Zwolle NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 10 20
3 2 0 Won W 4 5 7
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
14 6 2 Lost L 0 3 8
12 6 1 Scored S 8 15 25
32 11 3 Conceded C 2 16 30
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
55% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 75%
30% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 50%
25% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 30% 25%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
35% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 50%
20% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 30% 35%
50% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 25%
 
4.5 5.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 2.4 3.8
4.8 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.5 6.5
1.8 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.7 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.9 10.8
3.5 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.5 4.3
17% 20% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 29%
 
13.1 10.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 17.1 16.4
4.7 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 4.7 4.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • NEC have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
  • NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (12) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly more corners at home than 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 20 15 3 2 61 5 10 7 1 2 38 3 10 8 2 0 23 2 56 48
2 PSV 20 15 1 4 48 26 10 8 0 2 28 14 10 7 1 2 20 12 22 46
3 Feyenoord 20 13 3 4 46 19 10 7 1 2 24 10 10 6 2 2 22 9 27 42
4 FC Twente 20 11 5 4 31 22 9 5 3 1 12 6 11 6 2 3 19 16 9 38
5 AZ 20 11 3 6 37 24 10 7 2 1 24 10 10 4 1 5 13 14 13 36
6 Vitesse 20 11 3 6 27 28 10 4 2 4 11 16 10 7 1 2 16 12 -1 36
7 FC Utrecht 20 9 5 6 36 26 10 6 3 1 23 10 10 3 2 5 13 16 10 32
8 SC Cambuur 20 9 3 8 33 40 10 4 1 5 18 21 10 5 2 3 15 19 -7 30
9 NEC 20 7 5 8 25 30 10 2 3 5 10 14 10 5 2 3 15 16 -5 26
10 SC Heerenveen 20 7 4 9 20 28 11 3 2 6 11 18 9 4 2 3 9 10 -8 25
11 FC Groningen 20 5 7 8 23 29 9 1 6 2 7 7 11 4 1 6 16 22 -6 22
12 RKC Waalwijk 20 5 7 8 23 31 10 4 1 5 10 17 10 1 6 3 13 14 -8 22
13 Go Ahead Eagles 20 6 4 10 20 32 10 4 0 6 13 15 10 2 4 4 7 17 -12 22
14 Heracles 20 5 5 10 22 27 11 5 3 3 16 13 9 0 2 7 6 14 -5 20
15 Willem II 20 5 3 12 18 39 10 3 1 6 7 16 10 2 2 6 11 23 -21 18
16 Sparta Rotterdam 20 2 8 10 16 31 11 1 5 5 9 17 9 1 3 5 7 14 -15 14
17 Fortuna Sittard 20 3 4 13 21 50 9 2 2 5 11 23 11 1 2 8 10 27 -29 13
18 PEC Zwolle 20 3 3 14 12 32 10 2 2 6 6 11 10 1 1 8 6 21 -20 12

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.