Groningen vs PEC Zwolle - prediction, team news, lineups

Matchday 7 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie play gets underway arsenic Groningen big PEC Zwolle astatine the Euroborg Stadium connected Friday evening.

Both sides travel into this fixture retired of form, with the location broadside winless successful 4 matches, 1 less than their visitors’ existent tally without a victory.

Match preview

Groningen started the play with six points from their opening 2 games, but person since taken conscionable 2 from the adjacent 12 disposable aft dropping points from a winning presumption for the 2nd lucifer moving successful Saturday’s 1-1 gully with Go Ahead Eagles astatine De Adelaarshorst.

Dick Lukkien’s broadside volition beryllium disappointed not to person claimed each 3 points, which would person moved them up to seventh, but they are present unbeaten successful two, having bounced backmost from consecutive defeats to PSV Eindhoven and Fortuna Sittard astatine the extremity of August.

The caller instrumentality of Hans Hateboer aft 9 years distant has lifted spirits, and Trots van het Noorden indispensable present nutrient a affirmative show to debar going 5 league games without a triumph for the archetypal clip since a six-match losing tally earlier this year.

Groningen were arguably the amended broadside successful some meetings with Zwolle past play but had to settee for a constituent each time, extending their winless tally successful this fixture to 8 matches dating backmost to May 2021.

Three-quarters of Groningen’s 12 league goals this play person travel successful the archetypal half, truthful Friday’s hosts volition look to heap immoderate aboriginal unit connected Zwolle who person conceded 7 first-half goals successful their past 5 outings.

Three of those 7 goals came successful Zwolle’s 7-0 decision to Feyenoord astatine the Mac3Park Stadion connected Sunday, which marked the heaviest managerial nonaccomplishment of Henry van der Vegt’s career.

That decision besides saw De Blauwvingers gaffe into the bottommost 3 of the Eredivisie table aft a pugnacious start, with their opening 7 opponents, including Groningen, each finishing successful the apical 10 past season.

To crook things around, Zwolle volition request to amended astatine some ends, having scored the joint-second-fewest goals (ahead of lone Telstar) and conceded much goals (17) than each but Willem II and FC Utrecht.

PEC’s progressive unbeaten grounds against their upcoming opponents looks overly glamorous astatine archetypal glance, but six of those 8 meetings person finished level.

Nevertheless, Friday’s visitors volition usage each the information they tin get arsenic they question to instrumentality to winning ways successful their last lucifer earlier the September planetary break, aft which a much favourable tally awaits, including clashes with each 3 recently promoted teams implicit the adjacent 5 gameweeks.

Groningen Eredivisie form:

PEC Zwolle Eredivisie form:

Team News

Defenders Malcolm Jeng, Tyrique Mercera and Nikolas Brandis are each unavailable for Groningen, portion Travis Hernes besides remains sidelined.

Ryan Metu is acceptable to miss a sixth consecutive game, but Marco Rente returns to contention aft sitting retired the past 2 matches.

Brynjolfur Willumsson’s equaliser against Go Ahead Eagles was his 4th extremity successful six league matches this season, making him 1 to watch.

Twenty-four-year-old Filip Krastev is retired with an Achilles tendon injury, which helium picked up portion connected indebtedness astatine Goztepe.

Younes Namli is besides expected to miss retired and is joined successful the attraction country by Ryan Thomas and Sherel Floranus, who some missed the Feyenoord match.

Groningen imaginable starting lineup:

Vaessen; Schreuders, Blokzijl, Csinger, Prins; De Jonge, Land; Van der Werff, Van Bergen, Clement; Willumsson

PEC Zwolle imaginable starting lineup:

Schendelaar; Van der Haar, Viergever, Graves, Aertssen; Sommer, Fichtinger; Sorensen, Oosting, Mbayo; Kostons

We say: Groningen 2-1 PEC Zwolle

With some teams scoring successful each of their past six matches, Groningen person been progressive successful entertaining contests this season, and we expect Friday’s crippled to travel suit.

Even so, we are backing the hosts to assertion each 3 points and deepen the visitors’ woes.

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