PEC Zwolle open their doors to Sparta Rotterdam for another interesting Eredivisie fixture here at MAC³PARK Stadion.
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (0) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have lost all their away matches so far.
The hosts Zwolle saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. That game was an away game at Go Ahead Eagles, so at least Zwolle are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
PEC Zwolle form and stats
0-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for PEC Zwolle so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Zwolle with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Vitesse game, 38 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
L. Miguel (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for PEC Zwolle and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as PEC Zwolle haven't scored in 460 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager A. Langeler led his PEC Zwolle to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at Go Ahead Eagles. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at MAC³PARK Stadion. Kostas Lamprou had a busy but productive day in the Go Ahead Eagles match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie Kostas Lamprou was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.8 out of ten. Lamprou stopped the opponent with six saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ajax (0-2).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 Zwolle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost one.
Zwolle are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at FC Utrecht awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from PEC Zwolle's 2 home games: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
No Eredivisie points yet away for Sparta Rotterdam, from their first 2 matches. Rotterdam has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Rotterdam's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus NEC that finished 1-1. Midfield player Mohammed Osman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Osman hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Sparta Rotterdam secured a home win against Fortuna Sittard with the score 3-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Sparta Rotterdam wins, one draw and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SC Cambuur in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Sparta Rotterdam has scored 0 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zwolle five wins, two draws and Sparta Rotterdam three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Vriends 1 goals |  B. Smeets 1 goals |  S. Mijnans 1 goals |
PEC Zwolle missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| PEC Zwolle | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
- All of Sparta Rotterdam's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 failed to score a single goal.
- PEC Zwolle have lost all their matches so far.
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (0) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PEC Zwolle is in the worst form (0-0-5)
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sparta Rotterdam have failed to score a single goal away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have lost all their away matches so far.
- Sparta Rotterdam have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
- Sparta Rotterdam have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| PEC Zwolle | Last season | Sparta Rotterdam | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 53 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 50 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 40% | ||
| 35% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 26% | ||
| 18% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 46% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 29% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Willem II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | AZ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |