Vitesse vs PEC Zwolle preview: Visitors in for a difficult job at GelreDome

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

The Eredivisie league standings tell a story about these squads so far, with Vitesse leading PEC Zwolle by 24 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eredivisie

4 - 6 - 22 with 31-68. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for PEC Zwolle when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. PEC Zwolle play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Vitesse form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Vitesse so far this season.

Vitesse shared the glory with Sparta Rotterdam in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Vitesse in their match versus Sparta Rotterdam as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Attacking player Frederiksen bested all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.93 out of 10. Frederiksen scored two goals.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sparta Rotterdam.

Vitesse has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vitesse defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

PEC Zwolle have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 0-1-7 (8 played).

PEC Zwolle might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Twente proved too strong as PEC Zwolle slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at MAC³PARK Stadion. Reijnders got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, top player of the team. Reijnders served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs MVV Maastricht.

The attacking power of Zwolle when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Zwolle's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 20 goals in 8 travels. Zwolle has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the result PEC Zwolle - Vitesse 0-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between these teams: Vitesse won seven, PEC Zwolle triumphed in two and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
9 goals
VitesseN. Frederiksen
N. Frederiksen
7 goals
PEC ZwolleM. De Wit
M. De Wit
3 goals

Vitesse missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

Vitesse PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
9 3 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 3 7 13
24 9 3 Scored S 3 5 9
25 13 5 Conceded C 10 20 31
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 59%
65% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 35%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 29%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 12%
59% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 41%
24% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
24% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 53%
 
5.5 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.4 4.2
3.5 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.2 4.9
2.2 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.8 16.1 16 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.5 11.2
5.4 5.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 2.9
26% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 19% 18%
 
11.5 10.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.7 16.2 13.2
4 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6 5.4
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • 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 away matches.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals (5) away 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 the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PEC Zwolle have yet to win a game away.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitesse have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.

  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 16 12 1 3 40 23 8 7 0 1 25 12 8 5 1 2 15 11 17 37
2 Ajax 16 11 3 2 49 4 9 6 1 2 33 3 7 5 2 0 16 1 45 36
3 Feyenoord 16 11 3 2 39 15 8 7 1 0 24 7 8 4 2 2 15 8 24 36
4 FC Twente 17 9 4 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 1 3 17 15 6 31
5 Vitesse 17 9 3 5 24 25 8 3 2 3 9 13 9 6 1 2 15 12 -1 30
6 AZ 17 9 2 6 34 23 8 6 1 1 23 10 9 3 1 5 11 13 11 29
7 FC Utrecht 17 8 4 5 32 22 8 6 2 0 22 6 9 2 2 5 10 16 10 28
8 SC Cambuur 16 9 0 7 30 36 8 4 0 4 16 18 8 5 0 3 14 18 -6 27
9 SC Heerenveen 16 6 4 6 18 21 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 22
10 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 3 7 19 25 8 4 0 4 13 11 8 2 3 3 6 14 -6 21
11 NEC 16 5 4 7 21 26 8 2 2 4 9 10 8 3 2 3 12 16 -5 19
12 FC Groningen 17 4 7 6 20 26 8 1 6 1 7 6 9 3 1 5 13 20 -6 19
13 Willem II 17 5 3 9 18 35 8 3 1 4 7 14 9 2 2 5 11 21 -17 18
14 Heracles 17 5 2 10 20 25 9 5 1 3 14 11 8 0 1 7 6 14 -5 17
15 RKC Waalwijk 16 3 6 7 17 25 8 3 1 4 7 12 8 0 5 3 10 13 -8 15
16 Fortuna Sittard 17 3 4 10 19 41 8 2 2 4 10 21 9 1 2 6 9 20 -22 13
17 Sparta Rotterdam 17 2 6 9 14 26 9 1 4 4 8 13 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 12
18 PEC Zwolle 17 1 3 13 9 31 9 1 2 6 4 11 8 0 1 7 5 20 -22 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.