PEC Zwolle vs ADO Den Haag Prediction

Recent Form

Across their last 20 matches, which include this season's league games and pre-season friendlies, PEC Zwolle have won just 4, drawn 4 and lost 12, shipping 50 goals in the process. Their most recent outings have been particularly rough, including a 0-7 home defeat to Feyenoord and a 3-0 loss away at Groningen.

PEC Zwolle: 20 completed matches; ADO Den Haag: 20 completed matches.

PEC Zwolle

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

60% 12 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

50

Difference

-29

ADO Den Haag

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

27

Difference

+12

ADO Den Haag's equivalent sample looks far healthier on the surface, 10 wins against 7 defeats, but a good chunk of that comes from their Eerste Divisie promotion run last season and summer friendlies. Since stepping up to the Eredivisie they haven't won a single league match, drawing twice and losing the rest, including a 2-3 home defeat to Fortuna Sittard and a 2-0 loss at Twente.

Neither side carries any real momentum into this one, whatever their wider sample suggests.

Comparative Team Statistics: PEC Zwolle vs ADO Den Haag

Head-to-Head

These two have met regularly going back to 2012, and historically PEC Zwolle have had the better of it, with several heavy wins including a 6-1 and a 4-2 along the way. Most of those meetings happened with completely different squads and under different circumstances, though, so it's more background than a useful guide to Saturday.

League Picture

The table only shows where these two sides currently sit, but it paints a clear picture: PEC Zwolle are 16th with 4 points from 7 games, and ADO Den Haag are just below them in 17th with 2 points and no wins at all yet.

There isn't much daylight between them on paper, though ADO's total lack of a league victory this season stands out.

Players to Watch

D. Mbayo has been PEC Zwolle's main source of creativity, picking up 3 assists in 7 appearances, which is notable given how little the team has scored overall. On the discipline side, S. Floranus has already picked up a red card in just 4 matches for PEC Zwolle, while K. Kostons has three yellows in 7.

PEC Zwolle:

Best assist providers:

D. Mbayo - 3

Penalty cards:

S. Floranus x 1 x 2

K. Kostons x 3

ADO Den Haag:

Penalty cards:

S. Sylla x 2

E. Rottier x 2

For ADO Den Haag, S. Sylla and E. Rottier have both picked up two yellow cards apiece in 7 games, nothing alarming but worth keeping an eye on given how stretched both squads look.

What to Expect

Both defences have been leaky lately. PEC Zwolle have shipped heavy totals at home this season, and ADO Den Haag have struggled to find a foothold since joining the top flight. Neither side's recent matches have been short of goals at one end or the other.

With both teams sitting so close together near the bottom of this limited table and short of good recent results, this has the look of a match where confidence, not quality, could decide things.