PEC Zwolle vs GO Ahead Eagles Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different runs of form

GO Ahead Eagles have had a decent opening to the season. They've won twice, lost just the once, and drawn four of their last seven, with goals flowing at both ends.

PEC Zwolle: 20 completed matches; GO Ahead Eagles: 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

GO Ahead Eagles

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

31

Difference

+6

PEC Zwolle's numbers make for grimmer reading. One win in seven, five defeats, and a goal difference that's badly in the red. They shipped seven at home to Feyenoord and conceded three or more on three separate occasions in that spell.

Zwolle's defensive record is the single biggest concern heading into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: PEC Zwolle vs GO Ahead Eagles

Zwolle's home record against these opponents

This fixture has plenty of history, stretching back over a decade. Recent meetings at Zwolle's own ground haven't been kind to the hosts, though: they lost 0-2 last September and haven't beaten GO Ahead Eagles at home in this run of meetings for some years.

The two draws in that sample, both 1-1, suggest it's not always one-way traffic, but a home win here would break a pattern that's held for a while.

Where they sit in the table

The league position backs up what the form guide suggests. GO Ahead Eagles sit ninth with ten points from seven games, while Zwolle are down in sixteenth on just four points.

Zwolle have scored only six goals all season and conceded twenty, comfortably the weaker defensive record of the two sides.

Players to watch

Stefan Tengstedt has been GO Ahead Eagles' main source of goals, with five in his last seven appearances, and Edvardsen and Sigurðarson have chipped in three apiece.

PEC Zwolle:

Best assist providers:

D. Mbayo - 3

Penalty cards:

S. Floranus x 1 x 2

K. Kostons x 3

GO Ahead Eagles:

Best scorers:

S. Tengstedt - 5

V. Edvardsen - 3

S. Sigurðarson - 3

Best assist providers:

S. Tengstedt - 2

V. Edvardsen - 2

M. Suray - 2

For Zwolle, Mbayo leads the assist charts with three in his last seven games, though creating chances hasn't translated into results for his side lately. Kostons and Floranus have picked up the bulk of the bookings at the back, worth keeping in mind given how often Zwolle have been defending.