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Matchday 7 · · Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion

FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle: result, lineups and stats

FC Groningen 9 · 15 points
3 - 0
PEC Zwolle 13 · 12 points
  • 20' Thom van Bergen
  • 43' Jorg Schreuders
  • 68' Tygo Land

Lineups FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle

FC Groningen 4-2-3-1 · D. Lukkien
1 Vaessen
4 Csinger
5 Rente
3 Blokzijl
14 Schreuders
24 Clement
8 de Jonge
11 Ondrejka
26 van Bergen
17 van der Werff
9 Willumsson
  • 66' Tygo Land Jacob Ondrejka
  • 66' Hans Hateboer Marco Rente
  • 85' Alvin Nordin Brynjólfur Willumsson
  • 85' Nils Eggens David van der Werff
  • 90' Jesper Mosselaar Márk Csinger

Lineup for FC Groningen: Vaessen, Csinger, Rente, Blokzijl, Schreuders, Clement, de Jonge, Ondrejka, van Bergen, van der Werff, Willumsson

Bench
  • 13 L. Štubljar
  • 20 Nils Eggens 85'
  • 44 Besnik Mashuku
  • 30 P. Boevink
  • 53 J. Hall
  • 33 H. Hateboer 66'
  • 18 T. Land 66'
  • 42 J. Mosselaar 90'
  • 16 A. Nordin
  • 19 O. Zawada
Absentees FC Groningen

Janse, Metu, Hernes (injured), Vaessen (suspended), van der Werff, Hateboer (doubtful)

PEC Zwolle 4-1-4-1 · Henry van der Vegt
1 Schendelaar
2 Floranus
24 Viergever
28 Graves
3 Aertssen
34 Fichtinger
22 Cissoko
8 Sommer
25 Oosting
11 Mbayo
10 Kostons
  • 28' Elias Sørensen Ibrahim Cissoko
  • 61' Gabriël Reiziger Dylan Mbayo
  • 61' Sydney van Hooijdonk Thijs Oosting
  • 80' Gilles van der Wal Koen Kostons
  • 80' Jan Bürger Olivier Aertssen

Lineup for PEC Zwolle: Schendelaar, Floranus, Viergever, Graves, Aertssen, Fichtinger, Cissoko, Sommer, Oosting, Mbayo, Kostons

Bench
  • 6 Jan Bürger 80'
  • 9 E. Sørensen 28'
  • 26 Jadiel Pereira da Gama
  • 20 G. Reiziger 61'
  • 42 Dylan Ruward
  • 37 Gilles van der Wal 80'
  • 33 D. van der Haar
  • 17 S. van Hooijdonk 61'
  • 16 T. de Graaff
  • 41 D. Verduin
  • 4 T. Velthuis
  • 18 O. Velanas
Absentees PEC Zwolle

Renwarin (injured), Krastev, Floranus (doubtful)

Stats FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle

FC Groningen Match PEC Zwolle
  • 52% Possession 48%
  • 17 Shots 9
  • 7 Shots on target 1
  • 2 Shots off target 2
  • 5 Corners 6
  • 7 Fouls 11
  • 0 Offsides 0
  • 0 Yellow cards 2
  • 0 Red cards 0

Pre-match preview

FC Groningen

Marco Rente is set to return to Groningen's side after making his comeback against Go Ahead Eagles last time out. He is in line to start. Left-back Wouter Prins is missing through injury after starting all five of Groningen's recent matches.

Elsewhere, Brynjólfur Willumsson has also started every game but has been taken off each time, and he has scored three times during that run. David van der Werff has added two goals and an assist over the same period. Groningen have also brought Hans Hateboer into the first-team squad this week.

PEC Zwolle

Sherel Floranus was left out of PEC Zwolle's squad entirely for the defeat to Feyenoord, but he is expected back at left-back for this trip to Groningen, with Damian van der Haar making way. There has been little to choose between the two so far.

Ryan Thomas is still missing through injury, a loss in central midfield after starting four of the last five matches there. Tobias Sommer has also started all five recent matches in midfield.

Further forward, Koen Kostons has scored three goals in his last five outings and Dylan Mbayo has set up as many from the right, giving PEC Zwolle recent output in both areas.

Which English players could feature in FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle?

1 player
  • Travis Hernes FC Groningen Unavailable Ankle injury

Players to watch

The five players from each team with the most combined goals and assists this season.

All stats

FC Groningen

  1. Thom van Bergen 8 goals 3 assists
  2. Brynjólfur Willumsson 9 goals 1 assists
  3. David van der Werff 2 goals 3 assists
  4. Tygo Land 2 goals 1 assists
  5. Marco Rente 2 goals 1 assists

PEC Zwolle

  1. Koen Kostons 4 goals 0 assists
  2. Dylan Mbayo 1 goals 4 assists
  3. Thijs Oosting 2 goals 2 assists
  4. Sydney van Hooijdonk 2 goals 0 assists
  5. Elias Sørensen 2 goals 0 assists

Playing time and form

Who has played the most in recent weeks, and how have they performed?

FC Groningen

Player Starts Min. Form
Thijmen Blokzijl 5/5 433 solid
Pelle Clement 5/5 433 mixed
Etienne Vaessen 5/5 431 mixed
Thom van Bergen 5/5 418 solid
Jorg Schreuders 5/5 415 mixed
Brynjólfur Willumsson 5/5 401 strong
Hans Hateboer 4/5 398 mixed
Marco Rente 4/5 378 mixed

PEC Zwolle

Player Starts Min. Form
Nick Viergever 5/5 450 solid
Tobias Sommer 5/5 448 solid
Olivier Aertssen 5/5 414 solid
Damian van der Haar 4/5 407 mixed
Ryan Thomas 5/5 404 mixed
Sydney van Hooijdonk 4/5 370 solid
Jasper Schendelaar 4/4 360 strong
Simon Graves 4/4 360 solid

Pre-match prediction

Pre-match goals forecast
1.96 1.57
  • Predicted goals3.7
  • Both teams to score84%
  • Over 2.5 goals84%
  • Corners10.0

Team comparison

GRO home Per match PEC away
1.17 Points 1.00
2.17 Goals for 1.17
2.33 Goals against 1.67
1.97 xG for 1.37
1.37 xG against 2.12
5.7 Corners 4.2
LDWLL Home and away form WDLDD

FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle: head-to-head record

26 previous meetings
11 FC Groningen 7 draws 8 PEC Zwolle
  • Goals per match2.15
  • Both teams scored35%
  • Over 2.5 goals27%
  • Mar 2026 PEC Zwolle 1 - 1 FC Groningen
  • Nov 2025 FC Groningen 2 - 2 PEC Zwolle
  • May 2025 PEC Zwolle 2 - 0 FC Groningen
  • Dec 2024 FC Groningen 0 - 0 PEC Zwolle
  • Aug 2023 PEC Zwolle 0 - 0 FC Groningen
  • Feb 2022 PEC Zwolle 1 - 1 FC Groningen
  • Dec 2021 FC Groningen 1 - 1 PEC Zwolle
  • May 2021 PEC Zwolle 1 - 0 FC Groningen
  • Feb 2021 FC Groningen 1 - 0 PEC Zwolle
  • Feb 2020 PEC Zwolle 1 - 0 FC Groningen

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