PEC Zwolle vs Feyenoord - prediction, team news, lineups

PEC Zwolle volition beryllium hopeless to drawback a tally of 13 consecutive defeats against Feyenoord erstwhile the 2 sides fastener horns astatine the MAC3PARK Stadion successful the Eredivisie play finale connected Sunday afternoon.

Despite their late-season struggles, the location broadside are 5 points wide of the dreaded bottommost 3 and guaranteed survival, portion De Stadionclub are acceptable to decorativeness arsenic league runners-up for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons.

Match preview

Having shipped a staggering 11 goals successful their erstwhile 2 games connected the road, PEC Zwolle’s distant woes continued past Sunday erstwhile they fell to a 3-2 decision against Fortuna Sittard astatine Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

Lance Duijvestijn, Yassin Oukili and Kaj Sierhuis each deed the people to enactment Fortuna Sittard successful a commanding three-goal pb heading into the last 15 minutes, but the Fortunezen had to spot disconnected a precocious comeback scare aft Gabriel Reiziger and Zico Buurmeester deed backmost for Zwolle.

Henry van der Vegt’s men person present mislaid 3 distant matches connected the bounce and person failed to sensation triumph successful 16 consecutive league games connected their travels, losing 10 and claiming six draws since picking up a 2-0 triumph implicit Telstar astatine BUKO Stadion backmost successful August.

However, Zwolle person recovered solace astatine location amid their distant struggles, with the Overijssel outfit presently unbeaten successful 11 of their past 12 league matches astatine the MAC3PARK Stadion, putting unneurotic 7 wins and 4 draws since precocious October.

The Blauwvingers are present acceptable to decorativeness successful the bottommost fractional of the array for a 3rd consecutive play since returning to the apical formation backmost successful 2023, arsenic they beryllium 13th successful the Eredivisie standings with 37 points from 33 games, 5 points supra 16th-placed Volendam successful the relegation playoff spot.

With PSV Eindhoven moving distant with the league title, Feyenoord tin nevertheless bespeak positively connected different awesome league campaign, having wrapped up qualification for adjacent season’s Champions League aft missing retired this term.

Off the backmost of a third-placed decorativeness past year, Robin van Persie’s men person racked up 18 wins and 8 draws from their 33 Eredivisie matches to cod 62 points and beryllium 2nd successful the table, 4 points supra third-placed Twente successful the UCL playoff spot.

Feyenoord failed to marque it 3 wins connected the bounce past Sunday erstwhile they played retired a 1-1 gully against AZ Alkmaar, with Anis Hadj Moussa cancelling retired Troy Parrott’s aboriginal opener with a well-executed counter-attack successful the 57th minute.

While it was 2 points dropped, the stalemate against AZ saw De Stadionclub widen their unbeaten tally successful the league to 8 games, a streak that has seen them cod 3 wins and 5 draws since a 2-0 decision against Twente connected March 1.

Feyenoord volition beryllium backing themselves to adjacent retired the play connected a precocious this play arsenic they spell up against an opposing broadside who person mislaid each of their erstwhile 13 meetings crossed each competitions, a tally stretching backmost to January 2019, erstwhile they secured a 3-1 triumph astatine the MAC3PARK Stadion.

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Team News

PEC Zwolle volition instrumentality to the transportation without 22-year-old midfielder Samir Lagsir, who continues his agelong roadworthy to afloat fittingness aft suffering a terrible musculus wounded backmost successful October.

Fellow midfielder Shola Shoretire has been ruled retired since coming disconnected with a genu wounded against Groningen backmost successful March, portion goalkeeper Jasper Schendelaar could beryllium named connected the seat for a 2nd consecutive game, having precocious recovered from a thigh problem.

Meanwhile, Feyenoord stay without respective players down the spine of the squad arsenic the attacking duo of Shiloh Zand and Shaqueel van Persie person been ruled retired owed to genu injuries.

South Korean midfielder In-Beom Hwang is acceptable to beryllium retired his seventh consecutive crippled done an ankle injury, portion chap midfielder Thomas Berlin remains sidelined with a breached leg.

The antiaircraft brace of Malcom Jeng and 30-year-old Bart Nieuwkoop are recuperating from Achilles tendon and musculus injuries respectively, portion Polish midfielder Jakub Moder is simply a large doubt, having missed the past 3 matches.

Slovakian planetary Leo Sauer has been retired of enactment since picking up a musculus occupation portion connected planetary work against Kosovo backmost successful March, portion Bosnian defender Anel Ahmedhodzic has missed the past 5 matches done injury.

PEC Zwolle imaginable starting lineup:

De Graaff; Aertssen, Graves, Velthuis, Floranus; Fichtinger, Buurmeester; Velanas, Oosting, De Rooij; Kostons

Feyenoord imaginable starting lineup:

Wellenreuther; Bos, Watanabe, Trauner, Deijl; Targhalline, Kraaijeveld; Van den Elshout, Valente, Moussa; Ueda

We say: PEC Zwolle 0-3 Feyenoord

The formbook points towards Feyenoord, and with 13 consecutive victories against the location side, the H2H besides points towards Van Persie’s men, who we person arsenic wide favourites this weekend.

With 69 goals conceded, Zwolle are 1 of the poorest antiaircraft sides successful the league, and portion they are unbeaten successful their past 5 location games, we foretell the visitors volition exploit their antiaircraft vulnerability and widen their blistery streak successful this fixture.

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