FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle, Eredivisie 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2026-27

FC Groningen

3 – 0

Full Time

PEC Zwolle

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · 18:00 UTC Euroborg HT 45' · FT 45'

Thom van Bergen 20' 1–0

Jorg Schreuders 43' 2–0

Tygo Land 68' 3–0

Y 79' Sheral Floranus

Y 79' Koen Kostons

Overview

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FC Groningen vs PEC Zwolle — Eredivisie at Euroborg.

FC Groningen 10 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
PEC Zwolle 11 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Martin van den Kerkhof
Assistant 1 Sjoerd Nanninga
Assistant 2 Kevin Weever (Netherlands)

5 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Feyenoord Rotterdam	11	25
2	AFC Ajax	11	24
3	PSV	11	23
4	FC Twente '65	10	20
5	AZ	11	20
6	Fortuna Sittard	11	19
7	SC Heerenveen	11	18
8	FC Groningen	10	15
9	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	11	15
10	Go Ahead Eagles	11	14
11	FC Utrecht	10	12
12	NEC	11	11
13	SBV Excelsior	10	11
14	PEC Zwolle	11	11
15	Sparta Rotterdam	10	9
16	Telstar 1963	10	6
17	ADO Den Haag	11	6
18	Willem II Tilburg	11	2

Head-to-Head

FC Groningen 13 games · Avg 2.0 goals PEC Zwolle

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-18 FC Groningen 3–0 PEC Zwolle 2026-03-13 PEC Zwolle 1–1 FC Groningen 2025-11-23 FC Groningen 2–2 PEC Zwolle 2025-05-18 PEC Zwolle 2–0 FC Groningen 2024-12-08 FC Groningen 0–0 PEC Zwolle

Recent Form

FC Groningen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	PEC Zwolle	H	3–0	W
12 Sep	Go Ahead Eagles	A	1–1	D
06 Sep	FC Twente '65	H	2–2	D
28 Aug	Fortuna Sittard	H	2–3	L
23 Aug	PSV	A	1–5	L
16 Aug	ADO Den Haag	A	4–1	W

PEC Zwolle

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	FC Groningen	A	0–3	L
13 Sep	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	0–7	L
04 Sep	Sparta Rotterdam	A	2–2	D
29 Aug	NEC	H	1–3	L
22 Aug	SC Heerenveen	A	2–0	W
16 Aug	FC Twente '65	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

FC Groningen		PEC Zwolle
#8	Position	#14
15	Points	11
10	Played	11
4 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 6
24	Scored	12
21	Conceded	23
+3	GD	-11
1.50	PPG	1.00
40%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

23% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

10% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

10% Clean Sheets
PEC Zwolle this season

FC Groningen are 8th (15 pts). PEC Zwolle are 14th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Groningen

0-15

5/2

16-30

5/2

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/5

61-75

3/4

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

PEC Zwolle

0-15

–/1

16-30

2/5

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

3/5

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Groningen

Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson	8 G
Thom van Bergen	6 G	3 A
David van der Werff	2 G	3 A
Tygo Land	2 G	1 A

PEC Zwolle

Koen Kostons

4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. FC Groningen host PEC Zwolle — let the battle begin!
5' PEC Zwolle seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
10' FC Groningen has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Henry van der Vegt might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Thom van Bergen makes no mistake. 1-0!
25' Nick Fichtinger, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
28' PEC Zwolle ring the changes. Ibrahim Cissoko has done his job and it is now time for Elias Sorensen to step up.
33' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Groningen in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past PEC Zwolle's compact 4-1-4-1.
38' PEC Zwolle is showing some good football. However, PEC Zwolle are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
43' Against the run of play, Jorg Schreuders has scored! This game has turned on its head.
48' The travelling PEC Zwolle supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
53' PEC Zwolle have won 269 goals from 241 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
58' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-1-4-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
61' Dylan Mbayo makes way for Gabriel Reiziger at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from PEC Zwolle.
66' Hans Hateboer gets the nod from FC Groningen. He replaces Marco Rente and will look to change the dynamic.
68' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tygo Land makes it 3-0.
73' Over 73 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
78' PEC Zwolle started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 78.
79' PEC Zwolle receives a card for a hard tackle on 79.
80' Gilles van der Wal has so much to prove this time. He replaces Koen Kostons on 80 minute.
85' Alvin Nordin gets the nod from FC Groningen. He replaces Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Jesper Mosselaar is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mark Csinger at the 90 minute mark.
3-0 the final result. PEC Zwolle will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

24
Pelle Clement
5
Marco Rente ↓ Hans Hateboer 66'
1
Etienne Vaessen
9
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson ↓ Alvin Nordin 85'
26
Thom van Bergen
14
Jorg Schreuders
3
Tijmen Blokzijl
11
Jacob Ondrejka ↓ Tygo Land 66'
8
Tika de Jonge
17
David van der Werff ↓ Nils Eggens 85'
4
Mark Csinger ↓ Jesper Mosselaar 90'

Bench

30
Pelle Boevink
33
Hans Hateboer ↑ 66'
13
Lovro Stubljar
19
Oskar Zawada
18
Tygo Land ↑ 66'
20
Nils Eggens ↑ 85'
44
Jismerai Dillema
16
Alvin Nordin ↑ 85'
53
Jahelille Hall
42
Jesper Mosselaar ↑ 90'

Coach Dick Lukkien

PEC Zwolle Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

24
Nick Viergever
1
Jasper Schendelaar
2
Sheral Floranus
11
Dylan Mbayo ↓ Gabriel Reiziger 61'
25
Thijs Oosting ↓ Sydney van Hooijdonk 61'
22
Ibrahim Cissoko ↓ Elias Sorensen 28'
3
Olivier Aertssen ↓ Jan Burger 80'
34
Nick Fichtinger
10
Koen Kostons ↓ Gilles van der Wal 80'
8
Tobias Sommer
28
Simon Graves

Bench

Coach Henry van der Vegt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lennart Thy	2
Yuta Nakayama	2
Vito van Crooij	1
Mees De Wit	1
Vito van Crooij	1
Thomas van den Belt	1
Bram van Polen	1
Michael de Leeuw	1

Head to Head

FC Groningen Form

2026-09-18 FC Groningen 3–0 PEC Zwolle W 2026-09-12 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 FC Groningen D 2026-09-06 FC Groningen 2–2 FC Twente '65 D 2026-08-28 FC Groningen 2–3 Fortuna Sittard L 2026-08-23 PSV 5–1 FC Groningen L 2026-08-16 ADO Den Haag 1–4 FC Groningen W

PEC Zwolle Form

2026-09-18 FC Groningen 3–0 PEC Zwolle L 2026-09-13 PEC Zwolle 0–7 Feyenoord Rotterdam L 2026-09-04 Sparta Rotterdam 2–2 PEC Zwolle D 2026-08-29 PEC Zwolle 1–3 NEC L 2026-08-22 SC Heerenveen 0–2 PEC Zwolle W 2026-08-16 FC Twente '65 3–1 PEC Zwolle L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.52 FC Groningen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.19 PEC Zwolle xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Groningen62% Draw20% PEC Zwolle18%

Actual: FC Groningen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.71

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

FC Groningen or Draw

82%

Draw or PEC Zwolle

38%

FC Groningen or PEC Zwolle

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Groningen48% Draw37% PEC Zwolle15%

Actual: FC Groningen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

8.1%

2 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

7.4%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.3%

4 – 1

4.7%

3 – 2

4.5%

1 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

0 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Groningen

Handicap	FC Groningen covers	Push	PEC Zwolle covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	19%	56%
-1.5	44%	—	56%
-1	44%	21%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Groningen keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

PEC Zwolle keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.