Match Report
SC Heerenveen went into the game 11th in the table on 5 points; PEC Zwolle sat 13th on 3 — a 2-point gap. Per game in the league, SC Heerenveen were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.5, PEC Zwolle 1 and 2, against a competition average of 2.02 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched SC Heerenveen in 6 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. PEC Zwolle entered with seven losses in a row. The last-five ledger: SC Heerenveen 11/15, PEC Zwolle 0/15.
The sides have met 26 times in the GioScore results database: 11 wins for SC Heerenveen, 7 draws and 8 for PEC Zwolle, at 3.19 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 69% of the meetings. 4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.19.
With 78 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, R. Martens was the man in the middle. The match was played at Abe Lenstra Stadion (capacity 27,224). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
PEC Zwolle: Nick Viergever (50'), Koen Kostons (61')
Key stats
Possession: SC Heerenveen 64% · PEC Zwolle 36% · Total shots: 18-20 · On target: 5-7 · Corners: 5-3