Evenly matched teams: PEC Zwolle vs Sparta Rotterdam match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the PEC Zwolle - Sparta Rotterdam game!

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Zwolle as they were promoted from Eerste Divisie last season. Happy days that were secured through 27 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 38 games. The team scored 58 goals at home last season and conceded 18. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PEC Zwolle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Zwolle, who have participated in five training matches. PEC Zwolle have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sparta Rotterdam performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 28/19 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sparta Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Just as the home team, Sparta Rotterdam have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 5 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Zwolle, three draws and four wins for Sparta Rotterdam. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

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Total First Half Second Half
PEC Zwolle Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
PEC Zwolle Last season Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
27 15   Won W   8 18
4 2   Drew D   6 9
7 2   Lost L   5 11
99 58   Scored S   30 63
43 18   Conceded C   21 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
68% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
53% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 39%
37% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   37% 45%
39% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 37%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 29%
 
6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.4
3.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.3
1.3 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.3
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
16.2 16.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 12.6
6.8 7.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.7
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
8.7 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   16.8 15.9
4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.8

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 De Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 TOP Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.