📏 Form Guide

FC Zwolle

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FC Zwolle will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Eredivisie tied result vs RKC Waalwijk.

In that game, FC Zwolle managed 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for FC Zwolle was Dylan Vente (41'). For their opponents, RKC Waalwijk got 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Oskar Zawada (10') was the scorer for RKC Waalwijk.

Fewer than three goals per match were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where FC Zwolle have been involved. Breaking down the goal attribution in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 5 and FC Zwolle got themselves 5.

Ahead of this clash, FC Zwolle haven't won against NEC in their last 5 league games.

NEC

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Willem II in Eredivisie action, NEC and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, NEC managed 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For NEC, goals were scored by Iván Márquez (20' Own goal) and Koki Ogawa (24'). Willem II had 14 shots at goal with 8 on target. Jeremy Bokila (33'), Ringo Meerveld (63') and Boris Lambert (86') scored for Willem II.

It has become apparent that NEC have had real problems scoring goals in their past six clashes, contributing the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, NEC have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 15. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained here.

Analysis of their past results shows that NEC:

• have not been beaten by FC Zwolle when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 20/08/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for FC Zwolle. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories at all whereas NEC have been the better of the two, beating them in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 of them for Blauwvingers and 13 being from NEC. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Zwolle

It looks as if Blauwvingers could line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Kenneth Vermeer, Eliano Reijnders, Anouar El Azzouzi, A. Garcia McNulty, Damian van der Haar, Nick Fichtinger, Davy van den Berg, Filip Krastev, Jamiro Monteiro, Odysseus Velanas and Dylan Vente.

🗞️ Team News: NEC

We are inclined to think that NEC seem likely to utilise a 4-3-3 lineup, settling for Robin Roefs, Lefteris Lyratzis, Ivan Marquez, Calvin Verdonk, Thomas Ouwejan, Dirk Proper, Roberto Gonzalez, Kodai Sano, Vito van Crooij, Koki Ogawa and Basar Onal.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that NEC and FC Zwolle are both capable of scoring here.

It could well end in a draw. Our tip is therefore for a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:02 11/01/2025