Friday’s match between PEC Zwolle and Willem II at the Mac3Park Stadion will kick off game week 19 of the 2021-22 Eredivisie season with kickoff at 10 pm.
Both teams will be eager to kick off the New Year on a winning note when they face off in this match.
Willem II suffered a ninth consecutive defeat across all competitions as they fell 1-0 to NEC Nijmegen last week.
Former Dutch star Magnus Mattsson scored the game’s only goal seven minutes into the second half as FC Utrecht sunk Fred Grim’s men in Tilburg.
The Superkruiken have now slipped down to 14th place in the Eredivisie table—just five points ahead of the bottom three—but remain confident they can secure safety.
Up next is the clash versus an opposing side who have only won once in the last eight meetings between the teams, which stretches back to 2018.
Now facing their hosts on the back of a narrow 1-0 victory in August’s reverse fixture, the visitors hope to record a league double over their opponents.
PEC Zwolle could not claim the win they needed to move back into first place in the Eredivisie after falling 1-0 to Vitesse at the GelreDome on December 21.
With a strike two minutes after the restart, Lois Openda proved the difference between the teams in a hard-fought battle.
PEC Zwolle vs Willems II Head to Head
Both sides have 20 games against each other with hosts taking 9 wins while opponents with 7 wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Vitesse 1-0 PEC Zwolle
- PEC Zwolle 1-3 FC Twente
- PEC Zwolle 4-0 MVV Maastricht
- Zwolle 0-1 Fortuna Sittard
- FC Groningen 1-1 PEC Zwolle
Away
- Willem II 0-1 NEC Nijmegen
- AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Willem II
- Willem 1-3 SC Cambuur
- Ajax 5-0 Willem II
- Willem 0-1 Go Ahead Eagles
PEC Zwolle Team News
Oussama Darfalou and Kenneth Paal have been missing in action for Zwolle’s last five games due to muscle injuries, and they will probably not be returning on Friday.
Willem II Team News
Ulrik Jenssen will miss his first game since joining Nordsjaelland in the summer after being sent off in the team’s defeat to NEC Nijmegen.
Prediction and Odds
The sides head into the clash with bad results recently, so they will be motivated to win. We predict a defensive match with few chances and a draw in the end.
- Draw
- Double Chance
- Goals Under 3.5
