PEC Zwolle vs. Cambuur - prediction, team news, lineups

Cambuur volition anticipation the momentum they built earlier the hiatus has not been mislaid erstwhile they question to out-of-form PEC Zwolle for Sunday’s gameweek 8 brushwood successful the Eredivisie.

Returning to the apical formation aft 3 years distant initially appeared a gangly order, but Johan Plat’s men seemed to beryllium uncovering their feet earlier the intermission and volition purpose to widen their three-match unbeaten tally against a Zwolle broadside reeling from conceding 10 goals crossed 2 games.

Match preview

While Cambuur whitethorn person considered the planetary interruption poorly timed, Henry van der Vegt’s broadside volition person breathed a immense suspiration of alleviation erstwhile the intermission arrived.

After suffering a 7-0 location thrashing by Feyenoord, the Blauwvingers past fell to a 3-0 decision against Groningen successful gameweek 7 to registry their 3rd nonaccomplishment successful 4 matches, with a 2-2 gully against Sparta Rotterdam preventing 4 consecutive reverses.

Back connected location ungraded for the archetypal clip since conceding 7 against Feyenoord, the Bluefingers volition purpose to extremity their ongoing malaise successful beforehand of their supporters.

All 3 location matches this word person ended successful decision for the broadside occupying the Eredivisie’s relegation playoff spot: a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Ajax, a 3-1 reverse against NEC Nijmegen and a 7-0 annihilation astatine the hands of the Rotterdam giants.

Having besides mislaid 2-0 to Feyenoord successful their last location lucifer of the 2025-26 season, Van der Vegt’s men participate this play connected the backmost of 4 consecutive defeats astatine MAC³PARK Stadion, wherever they person conceded 14 goals and scored conscionable erstwhile aft antecedently losing lone 1 of nine.

Cambuur volition undoubtedly beryllium alert of those statistic erstwhile they question to Zwolle connected Sunday, aiming to widen their three-match unbeaten sequence.

Eredivisie shot was initially unkind to SCC, arsenic Plat’s men mislaid each of their archetypal 4 matches portion conceding astatine slightest 3 goals successful defeats against SBV Excelsior (4-0), Fortuna Sittard (3-1), Feyenoord (5-2) and Telstar (4-1).

However, they seemingly recovered the close look successful a 2-2 gully against Telstar earlier stunning NEC 3-0 successful gameweek six to grounds their lone triumph to date.

A 1-1 gully distant astatine ADO Den Haag was their 2nd consecutive stalemate connected the road, and they volition present question to marque it 3rd clip fortunate against the out-of-form Blauwvingers.

Sitting 1 constituent wide of their hosts and 3 supra the relegation zone, the Yellow-Blues volition invited the accidental to found immoderate separation from information successful the early-season standings.

PEC Zwolle Eredivisie form:

Cambuur Eredivisie form:

Team News

PEC are without Younes Namli (hamstring) and Filip Krastev (Achilles), portion the conditions of Ibrahim Cissoko and Ryan Thomas volition beryllium evaluated earlier the match.

After scoring successful 3 consecutive games, Koen Kostons has present drawn blanks successful back-to-back defeats against Feyenoord and Groningen; however, helium volition anticipation to rediscover his scoring interaction against a Cambuur broadside that person kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse each season.

Given that Kostons remains the lone subordinate to people much than erstwhile for Van der Vegt’s men, others whitethorn request to measurement up if their starring marksman has different disconnected day.

On the wounded beforehand for the visitors, Nicolas Binder’s availability is uncertain, portion Wout Asselman and Daan Visser (ACL) are ruled out.

Rafik El Arguioui has scored 4 goals for the promoted side, with Ilyes Hamache netting 3 and their combined tally accounting for 70% of SCC’s 10 goals.

PEC Zwolle imaginable starting lineup:

Schendelaar; Aertssen, Graves, Viergever, Floranus; Oosting, Fichtinger, Sommer; Mbayo, Kostons, Sorensen

Cambuur imaginable starting lineup:

Jansen; Bouah, Baouf, Van Duijl, Costarelli; Maertens, Souren; Kvam, El Arguioui, Hamache; Bouhoudane

We say: PEC Zwolle 1-2 Cambuur

PEC’s miserable location signifier and the 10 goals conceded crossed their past 2 matches permission them susceptible against opponents who were gathering momentum earlier the break.

Cambuur stay defensively suspect, but El Arguioui and Hamache tin occurrence the promoted broadside to a invaluable distant victory.

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