Football match betting preview: PEC Zwolle vs Willem II

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

Develop their own match tactics or adapt for the opposing team? Both PEC Zwolle and Willem II need to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eredivisie
  • Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Willem II's usual surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Willem II have performed like this: Played 15 matches with the output 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats with the goal data 26-30 (scored/conceded).

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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 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Zwolle has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Schreuder and the players.

Zwolle are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Vitesse. Polen, defender, was given a rating of 7.32/10 in that game, top of the team. Polen won 3 of 4 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against FC Twente that was lost 1-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zwolle handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and four defeats.

Zwolle has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Zwolle have conceded 11 goals. Zwolle has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-2-5 (9 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Willem, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The PSV game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Willem II failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs NEC (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Wellenreuther (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.41. Wellenreuther stopped the opponent with four saves.

Prior to that match, the Willem II manager Grim faced defeat when travelling to AZ and losing 1-4.

We have checked recent matches where Willem have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, two draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Willem have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. For Willem, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Willem II is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, Heracles and Willem II.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the contenders met previously this season; Willem II - Zwolle 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zwolle two wins, two draws and Willem II six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIC. Nunnely
C. Nunnely
4 goals
Willem IIK. Wriedt
K. Wriedt
4 goals
ZwolleM. De Wit
M. De Wit
3 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

Willem II missing players

PEC Zwolle Willem II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 2 9 18
1 1 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 2 2 Drew D 0 2 3
14 6 1 Lost L 1 5 10
9 4 2 Scored S 4 11 18
32 11 2 Conceded C 4 21 36
94% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
56% 44% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 78%
33% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 67%
28% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 44% 22%
39% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 56%
11% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 17%
56% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 33%
 
4.3 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 4.4
4.8 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.9
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
11.4 12.7 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 10.3
3.2 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.3
16% 17% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 35% 31%
 
13.3 10.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 14.6 14.1
5.2 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 5.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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 points (5) at home in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Willem II have scored at least twice as many goals away as PEC Zwolle have scored home.
  • Willem II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 18 14 1 3 46 24 9 8 0 1 27 12 9 6 1 2 19 12 22 43
2 Ajax 18 13 3 2 56 4 10 7 1 2 38 3 8 6 2 0 18 1 52 42
3 Feyenoord 18 12 3 3 42 17 9 7 1 1 24 9 9 5 2 2 18 8 25 39
4 Vitesse 18 10 3 5 25 25 9 4 2 3 10 13 9 6 1 2 15 12 0 33
5 AZ 18 10 2 6 35 23 9 7 1 1 24 10 9 3 1 5 11 13 12 32
6 FC Twente 18 9 5 4 28 22 8 4 3 1 10 6 10 5 2 3 18 16 6 32
7 FC Utrecht 18 8 5 5 33 23 9 6 3 0 23 7 9 2 2 5 10 16 10 29
8 SC Cambuur 18 9 1 8 32 39 9 4 0 5 17 20 9 5 1 3 15 19 -7 28
9 NEC 18 7 4 7 24 26 8 2 2 4 9 10 10 5 2 3 15 16 -2 25
10 SC Heerenveen 18 7 4 7 20 25 10 3 2 5 11 17 8 4 2 2 9 8 -5 25
11 Go Ahead Eagles 18 6 3 9 19 29 9 4 0 5 13 13 9 2 3 4 6 16 -10 21
12 FC Groningen 18 4 7 7 20 27 8 1 6 1 7 6 10 3 1 6 13 21 -7 19
13 Heracles 18 5 3 10 21 26 10 5 2 3 15 12 8 0 1 7 6 14 -5 18
14 Willem II 18 5 3 10 18 36 9 3 1 5 7 15 9 2 2 5 11 21 -18 18
15 RKC Waalwijk 18 3 7 8 19 30 9 3 1 5 8 16 9 0 6 3 11 14 -11 16
16 Sparta Rotterdam 18 2 7 9 15 27 10 1 5 4 9 14 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 13
17 Fortuna Sittard 18 3 4 11 19 46 8 2 2 4 10 21 10 1 2 7 9 25 -27 13
18 PEC Zwolle 18 1 3 14 9 32 9 1 2 6 4 11 9 0 1 8 5 21 -23 6

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.