Eredivisie game forecast and game guide for the PEC Zwolle vs SC Heerenveen battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

PEC Zwolle are ready to ignore the league table ahead of this match vs SC Heerenveen. Here's everything you must know before the game!

Insights:
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie
  • SC Heerenveen have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It should be mentioned that SC Heerenveen play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SC Heerenveen on artifical turf are 6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-13. You can compare this with overall results below.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

PEC Zwolle have played three Eredivisie home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

PEC Zwolle faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Utrecht (1-5). 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. Zwolle's goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou was extremely busy against FC Utrecht, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The striker Slobodan Tedić outperformed all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.0 out of 10. Tedić hit one key pass.

Before that, Zwolle drew at home versus Sparta Rotterdam.

Zwolle has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 3 games. On the other hand, PEC Zwolle have conceded 4 goals.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

SC Heerenveen are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

SC Heerenveen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Twente proved too strong as Heerenveen slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Tibor Halilović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.63. Halilović served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-3 defeat away at Feyenoord before that.

Heerenveen have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Heerenveen in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Zwolle won six, SC Heerenveen were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenH. Veerman
H. Veerman
5 goals
SC HeerenveenT. Halilović
T. Halilović
3 goals
ZwolleM. Saymak
M. Saymak
1 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

PEC Zwolle SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
2 1 0 Scored S 2 3 10
13 4 1 Conceded C 1 4 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
71% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.6 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.3 4.7
5.1 5.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.7 5.7
1.1 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 13.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11 11.4
3.6 3.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.7 3.6
8% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 40%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • PEC Zwolle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • PEC Zwolle have yet to win a game.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PEC Zwolle is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • SC Heerenveen have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
  • SC Heerenveen 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 7 6 1 0 30 1 4 4 0 0 22 0 3 2 1 0 8 1 29 19
2 Willem II 7 5 1 1 10 7 4 3 0 1 5 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 16
3 Feyenoord 6 5 0 1 19 7 3 3 0 0 10 4 3 2 0 1 9 3 12 15
4 PSV 7 5 0 2 17 10 3 2 0 1 9 7 4 3 0 1 8 3 7 15
5 FC Utrecht 7 4 2 1 17 5 4 3 1 0 14 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 12 14
6 FC Twente 7 4 1 2 13 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 13
7 SC Cambuur 7 4 0 3 15 18 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 1 0 2 5 13 -3 12
8 SC Heerenveen 7 3 1 3 10 12 4 2 0 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 10
9 Vitesse 7 3 1 3 6 14 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 3 0 1 4 6 -8 10
10 NEC 7 2 2 3 7 14 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 5 11 -7 8
11 Heracles 6 2 1 3 6 8 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 7
12 AZ 6 2 0 4 11 11 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 6 8 0 6
13 Sparta Rotterdam 7 1 3 3 6 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 -8 6
14 Go Ahead Eagles 7 2 0 5 6 15 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 0 0 3 2 12 -9 6
15 RKC Waalwijk 7 1 2 4 9 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 2 2 6 8 -3 5
16 FC Groningen 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 5 11 -7 5
17 Fortuna Sittard 6 1 2 3 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 -7 5
18 PEC Zwolle 7 0 1 6 2 13 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 0 0 4 1 9 -11 1

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.