Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Feyenoord & PEC Zwolle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that PEC Zwolle play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for PEC Zwolle on grass are 6 victories, 1 draw and 16 defeats from 23 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 23-43. You can compare this with overall results below.
These are hectic days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the Eredivisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FC Utrecht.
Feyenoord form and stats
Last season, Feyenoord's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Feijenoord as Feyenoord have scored 16 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Feyenoord travelled for their previous game, a trip to FC Utrecht that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Slot made a successful contribution in the game against FC Utrecht, bringing on Jahanbakhsh who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Pedersen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Pedersen hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Feyenoord won a home game hosting Excelsior (5-1).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Feyenoord home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Feyenoord as they are travelling to their away game against FC Groningen in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
The Feyenoord manager Slot has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Feyenoord have only let in {2 goals} at home.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HHC in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. PEC Zwolle's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the round of 16.PEC Zwolle have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 21 points collected from 8 Eerste Divisie games. 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far.
PEC Zwolle won their last game, 3-2 versus Almere City played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Schreuder when Vellios scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute. den Berg got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, top player of the team. Berg scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that, Zwolle secured a home win against Helmond Sport with the score 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eerste Divisie trip to Heracles Almelo.
PEC Zwolle create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 22 goals in 8 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The 6 latest meetings involving these opponents have all ended as Feyenoord victories. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |   T. van den Belt 8 goals |  O. Kökçü 6 goals |
Feyenoord missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| Feyenoord | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 58 | 33 | Scored | S | 26 | 60 | ||
| 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 16% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17.1 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.6 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | ||
| 9.2 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 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 | Heracles Almelo | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Oss | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 15 |
