H2H: Zwolle vs Utrecht – Prediction (Eredivisie

H2H: Zwolle v Utrecht – Comparison.

Zwolle’s Mike van Duinen has scored three goals in his last two home H2Hs with Utrecht, each of which was crucial to the result. Simon Gustafson scored the opener within 30 minutes in Utrecht’s last two visits here – he also scored their last Eredivisie away goal. Utrecht have avoided defeat in three of the five Eredivisie games in which they conceded the opener this term (W1, D2, L2).

Zwolle Insights.

PEC Zwolle are hunting an end to a five-game winless Eredivisie run (D3, L2), although manager John Stegeman often finds Utrecht to be plucky opposition, drawing six of his 12 career H2Hs (W3, L3). Notably though, ten of Stegeman’s 12 overall meetings with Utrecht saw both teams score, whilst four ended 1-1. However Stegeman’s side are not without hope given that Zwolle’s two home defeats this term (W1, D1, L2) came against ‘Big Three’ opposition. However, they do start as outsiders, a tag they’ve defied just once across their last nine such home league games (W1, D2, L6). Moreover, the match favourite is yet to lose any Eredivisie match involving Zwolle this term (W4, D4).

Utrecht Insights.

It’s all up in the air for Utrecht following John van den Brom’s departure for Genk, and they had gone unbeaten this season until a defeat in Brom’s final game (4-1 vs Heracles), which was then followed up by another loss in René Hake’s opening match in caretaker charge. Notably, five of Hake’s seven prior meetings with Zwolle saw both teams score and over 2.5 goals (W3, D1, L3). Utrecht are yet to win away this Eredivisie campaign (D2, L1) despite beginning as favourites each time. But that’s no surprise considering Utrecht often disappoint as away favourites, possessing just a 25% win-rate across their last 12 such league games (W3, D6, L3). They’ve also failed to win their last two visits here despite taking the lead twice in each game.