Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between PEC Zwolle (12th, 36 pts) and Vitesse (18th, 6 pts). On the form table Vitesse stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: PEC Zwolle 1.32 scored and 1.97 conceded per game, Vitesse 0.88 and 2.18, with the league averaging 1.62.
Level finishes had become the habit for PEC Zwolle: three in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 23 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for PEC Zwolle, 4 draws and 15 for Vitesse, at 2.91 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 65% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 70%. Where history says 2.91 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
MAC³PARK Stadion in Zwolle staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,000. PEC Zwolle led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.