Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between PEC Zwolle (15th, 37 pts) and Heracles Almelo (18th, 19 pts). In league terms the two rates read 1.29/2.09 for PEC Zwolle and 1.03/2.5 for Heracles Almelo (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.59.
Defeat had followed defeat for Heracles Almelo — three in succession.
GioScore's database holds 24 meetings between the two: 7 for PEC Zwolle, 12 for Heracles Almelo and 5 drawn, at 3.29 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%. Where history says 3.29 goals per meeting, the last five say 5.2.
The match was played at MAC³PARK Stadion (capacity 14,000). PEC Zwolle led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
PEC Zwolle: Anselmo García MacNulty (19')
Key stats
Possession: PEC Zwolle 45% · Heracles Almelo 55% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 3-3