Balanced ball game between PEC Zwolle and Willem II expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Eredivisie table has to be read with caution. So far PEC Zwolle find themselves in 10th position and Willem II are placed 12th.

The hosts Zwolle saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at RKC Waalwijk.

Willem II play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Willem II when playing on artifical turf are 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

Three Eredivisie home games done for PEC Zwolle, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

PEC Zwolle manager J. Stegeman and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus RKC Waalwijk (placed 13th) in the Eredivisie. Ahead of that match, Zwolle lost 0-3 at home to PSV.

The hometeam coach J. Stegeman made a successful contribution in the game against RKC Waalwijk, bringing on E. Reijnders who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

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 five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

The Zwolle fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Zwolle have conceded 5 from these games.

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Willem II form and stats

The Eredivisie season is young and Willem II have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Willem II's previous game was their home loss versus FC Twente (0-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Feyenoord.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Willem II in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Willem II, one draw and three defeats.

Willem II have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zwolle won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Willem II has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
3 goals
PEC ZwolleC. Leemans
C. Leemans
2 goals
PEC ZwolleR. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
2 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

Willem II missing players

PEC Zwolle Willem II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 4 0 Scored S 0 1 6
7 5 0 Conceded C 0 3 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 60%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
82 47 0 Total Shots T S 0 26 57
26 15 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 18
23% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 33%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PEC Zwolle's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Willem II's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II have yet to win a game away.
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
PEC Zwolle Last season Willem II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 12   Played P   13 26
7 5   Won W   6 13
5 2   Drew D   1 5
14 5   Lost L   6 8
37 28   Scored S   20 37
55 30   Conceded C   25 34
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
81% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 77%
69% 92%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 50%
54% 83%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 31%
23% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 15%
58% 75%   BTTS BTTS   54% 50%
12% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 27%
38% 17%   Failed to Score F T   31% 31%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
315 146   Total Shots T S   120 274
120 60   Shots on Target S O   44 99
31% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 37%

  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 5 4 1 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 8 13
2 Ajax 5 4 0 1 11 3 3 3 0 0 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 8 12
3 Vitesse 5 4 0 1 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 7 12
4 Feyenoord 5 3 2 0 12 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 11
5 FC Twente 5 3 2 0 10 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 11
6 SC Heerenveen 5 3 1 1 8 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 10
7 FC Groningen 5 2 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 7
8 FC Utrecht 4 1 3 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
9 VVV-Venlo 5 1 2 2 9 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 0 5
10 PEC Zwolle 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 5
11 AZ 4 0 4 0 10 10 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 7 7 0 4
12 Willem II 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 4
13 RKC Waalwijk 5 1 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 6 -5 4
14 Heracles 5 1 1 3 3 9 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -6 4
15 FC Emmen 5 0 3 2 8 11 3 0 2 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 3
16 ADO Den Haag 5 1 0 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -6 3
17 Fortuna Sittard 5 0 2 3 6 12 2 0 1 1 4 6 3 0 1 2 2 6 -6 2
18 Sparta Rotterdam 5 0 2 3 5 12 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 1 7 -7 2

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.