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PEC Zwolle v Groningen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mac3park Stadion, Zwolle

PEC Zwolle and their manager Johnny Jansen will be aiming to beat Dick Lukkien and his Groningen side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Mac3park Stadion in the Eredivisie. We provide predictions based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen of the biggest betting markets. Data shown and the odds are unique to each market, and head-to-head statistics are included for all.

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The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between PEC Zwolle and Groningen was on Sunday 18th May 2025
Dutch Eredivisie
May 18th 2025
PEC Zwolle 2
0 Groningen
 
Y. Namli 44'
D. Mbayo 68'
 
PEC
GRO
Shots On
4
3
Shots Off
6
6
Corners
4
1
Possession
59%
41%
Fouls
14
10
Yellow/red cards
2/0
 
PEC ZwolleGroningen
 
J. Schendelaar
S. Graves Jensen
A. McNulty
S. Floranus (D. van der Haar 89')
R. Thomas (K. de Rooij 82')
E. Reijnders
O. Velanas
Y. Namlifootball icon (D. van den Berg 82')
A. El Azzouzi
F. Yavorov Krastev (S. Lagsir 90')
D. Mbayofootball icon (J. Monteiro Alvarenga 82')
H. Jurjus
(M. Peersman 56') W. Prins
T. Blokzijl
(T. de Jonge 70') L. Bacuna
(N. Emeran 70') M. Rente
H. Ekdal
(B. Willumsson 56') D. Kwakman
S. Resink
J. Schreuders
T. van Bergen
R. Postema

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that PEC Zwolle and Groningen will score at least a couple of between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on each side's recent form stats, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 76%. Bookmakers have it priced at 1.22.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think PEC Zwolle are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.35.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
PEC Zwolle
54%
19/20-
Draw
24%
13/5
3%
-
Groningen
22%
14/5
3%
-
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
8%
-
PEC Zwolle 1-0
11%
8/1
5%
-
PEC Zwolle 2-1
10%
15/2-
PEC Zwolle 2-0
9%
9/1-
Groningen 1-0
6%
12/1
9%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1
15%
-
Groningen 2-1
6%
12/1-
PEC Zwolle 3-1
6%
14/1-
PEC Zwolle 3-0
5%
16/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1-
Groningen 2-0
3%
20/1
13%
-
PEC Zwolle 3-2
3%
20/1-
PEC Zwolle 4-1
2%
28/1
17%
-
PEC Zwolle 4-0
2%
33/1-
Groningen 3-1
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
7/10
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
11/10
8%
-
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
42%
6/4-
No 1st Goal
4%
12/1
15%
-
BTTS - Yes
53%
8/13
3%
-
BTTS - No
47%
6/5
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
13/5
8%
-
BTTS - Draw
17%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
11/2
5%
-
Home/draw
78%
1/4-
Away/draw
46%
4/5-
Home/away
76%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/5
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
10/3
13%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
13/8
9%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
4/9
7%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4/1
18%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/6
4%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1
9%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1
15%
-
Home DNB
71%
4/9
4%
-
Away DNB
39%
13/8
5%
-
PEC Zwolle win to nil
29%
11/4
4%
-
Groningen win to nil
11%
6/1-
PEC Zwolle / PEC Zwolle
26%
21/10-
PEC Zwolle / Groningen
3%
28/1-
PEC Zwolle / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / PEC Zwolle
15%
4/1-
Draw / Groningen
10%
7/1-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Groningen / PEC Zwolle
4%
20/1-
Groningen / Groningen
15%
5/1-
Groningen / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

PEC Zwolle have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 9 and won 4. PEC Zwolle have conceded 39 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

PEC Zwolle have played 16 games at home, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Groningen lay in 12th place on 39 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 33 matches. Groningen are unbeaten in 11 games against teams below them in the league and kept 3 clean sheets out of 11 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 0 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Groningen have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Groningen have played 16 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 11 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
PEC Zwolle
Groningen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV3425456479 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
6-0A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
5-0A
2
Ajax3424643578 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-1A
3
Feyenoord3420863868 
l
 
1-5A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-1A
4
Utrecht34181061764 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
5
AZ Alkmaar3416992157 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
6
Twente34159101354 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
7
GA Eagles3414911251 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
8
NEC3412715543 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
6-0A
9
Heerenveen3412715-1543 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
10
PEC Zwolle Home34101113-841 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
11
Fortuna3411815-1741 
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-4F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
12
S.Rotterdam3491213-439 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
13
Groningen Away3410915-1339 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
14
Heracles3491114-2138 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
4-2A
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1A
15
NAC348917-2433 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
16
Willem II346820-2226 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3F
17
Waalwijk346721-3025 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
6-1F
w
 
1-2F
18
Almere City3441020-4122 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Groningen have lost 3 consecutive away league games
PEC Zwolle 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
PEC Zwolle1 - 1GA Eagles
PEC Zwolle1 - 1Twente
PEC Zwolle2 - 0Waalwijk
PEC Zwolle0 - 1Ajax
PEC Zwolle1 - 1Heerenveen
PEC Zwolle3 - 3Utrecht
PEC Zwolle3 - 1PSV
PEC Zwolle0 - 1NEC
PEC Zwolle0 - 1Willem II
PEC Zwolle1 - 0S.Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle3 - 1Fortuna
PEC Zwolle1 - 2NAC
PEC Zwolle1 - 0Almere City
PEC Zwolle1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
PEC Zwolle3 - 0Heracles
PEC Zwolle1 - 5Feyenoord
PEC Zwolle1 - 2Twente
PEC Zwolle3 - 1Heracles
PEC Zwolle2 - 1Excelsior
PEC Zwolle1 - 3Ajax
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APEC Zwolle2 - 1Willem II
HPEC Zwolle1 - 1GA Eagles
APEC Zwolle3 - 1NAC
APEC Zwolle0 - 4Feyenoord
HPEC Zwolle1 - 1Twente
APEC Zwolle2 - 2Almere City
HPEC Zwolle2 - 0Waalwijk
APEC Zwolle1 - 1S.Rotterdam
HPEC Zwolle0 - 1Ajax
APEC Zwolle2 - 4Heracles
HPEC Zwolle1 - 1Heerenveen
APEC Zwolle0 - 2AZ Alkmaar
HPEC Zwolle3 - 3Utrecht
APEC Zwolle4 - 1Fortuna
HPEC Zwolle3 - 1PSV
HPEC Zwolle0 - 1NEC
APEC Zwolle1 - 1Waalwijk
HPEC Zwolle0 - 1Willem II
APEC Zwolle0 - 0Groningen
HPEC Zwolle1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Groningen 12TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
49
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar3 - 0Groningen
Utrecht3 - 1Groningen
Feyenoord4 - 1Groningen
NAC1 - 1Groningen
Willem II1 - 3Groningen
S.Rotterdam1 - 0Groningen
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
GA Eagles2 - 1Groningen
Twente2 - 0Groningen
PSV5 - 0Groningen
NEC6 - 0Groningen
Fortuna1 - 0Groningen
Ajax3 - 1Groningen
Heerenveen2 - 1Groningen
Almere City1 - 1Groningen
Waalwijk1 - 2Groningen
Vitesse6 - 0Groningen
GA Eagles1 - 1Groningen
Waalwijk2 - 1Groningen
Fortuna3 - 1Groningen
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGroningen2 - 2Ajax
AGroningen0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
HGroningen6 - 1Waalwijk
HGroningen4 - 1Heracles
AGroningen1 - 3Utrecht
HGroningen1 - 3PSV
AGroningen1 - 4Feyenoord
AGroningen1 - 1NAC
HGroningen1 - 0Fortuna
HGroningen1 - 1Twente
AGroningen3 - 1Willem II
HGroningen2 - 1NEC
AGroningen0 - 1S.Rotterdam
AGroningen1 - 1Heracles
HGroningen1 - 0Heerenveen
AGroningen1 - 2GA Eagles
HGroningen0 - 0Almere City
AGroningen0 - 2Twente
HGroningen0 - 0PEC Zwolle
HGroningen2 - 0Willem II
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
PEC Zwolle have drawn with Groningen in 3 consecutive league meetings
5
PEC Zwolle have not lost to Groningen in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at PEC Zwolle since 2016
PEC Zwolle
Groningen
Goals: Scored
10
12
Games: Scored
6 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
1 / 7
PEC
4
D
1
GRO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT PEC Zwolle
Draw1 - 1Draw
PEC Zwolle1 - 0
PEC Zwolle1 - 0
PEC Zwolle3 - 2
PEC Zwolle3 - 2
0 - 4Groningen
1 - 3Groningen
League games at Groningen since 2015
Groningen
PEC Zwolle
Goals: Scored
13
3
Games: Scored
6 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
2 / 8
PEC
1
D
2
GRO
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Groningen1 - 0
Groningen2 - 0
0 - 1PEC Zwolle
Groningen2 - 0
Groningen5 - 1
Groningen2 - 0
Goal Statistics

PEC Zwolle's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Groningen have conceded in each of their last 8 Eredivisie outings. A PG of 1.7 for J. Jansen's side suggests that run should continue.

PEC Zwolle 13th Groningen 12th
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1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that PEC Zwolle will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Groningen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
PEC Zwolle’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-26
Groningen have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
2.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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PEC Zwolle
PG (predicted goals)
Groningen
1.7
1
Attack rating
5%
better
PEC
GRO
view stats
Games scored23
22
Failed to score10
11
Scored first16
13
Goals scored41
40
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
PEC
GRO
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded28
26
Clean sheets5
7
Conceded first16
17
Goals conceded51
51
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
17%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.4
KickOff rating
+2%

PEC Zwolle v Groningen Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

PEC Zwolle Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
33677
A MacNultyF KrastevD MbayoF Krastev
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Schendelaar GLK291
-
E Reijnders DEF201
1
-
S Graves DEF26
1
-
A MacNulty DEF331
2
-
S Floranus DEF211
2
-
Y Namli  MID1732
1
1
A Azzouzi MID321
6
-
R Thomas MID162
3
-
D Mbayo FWD3337
2
-
O Velanas FWD2812
1
-
F Krastev FWD3063
7
-
Subs
K Vermeer GLK
-
M Hauptmeijer GLK4
-
T Lutonda DEF11
2
1
D Haar DEF2822
1
-
G. Reiziger MID
-
N. Fichtinger MID22
4
-
J Monteiro MID2722
5
-
T. Gijselhart MID2
-
D Berg MID3143
5
1
S Lagsir FWD1
-
K Rooij FWD2021
3
-
T Buitink FWD13
-
Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29538
M RenteS ResinkL BacunaL Bacuna
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Jurjus GLK1
-
M Rente DEF2921
3
1
H Ekdal DEF13
2
-
T Blokzijl DEF271
1
1
W. Prins DEF2511
2
-
L Bacuna MID3043
8
-
S Resink MID2552
6
-
D. Kwakman MID142
-
R Postema MID282
2
-
J Schreuders MID3151
2
-
T Bergen FWD3351
4
-
Subs
D Baron GLK
-
J Meijster GLK
-
F. Stam DEF201
3
-
M Peersman DEF252
7
1
S. Bouland DEF2
-
T. de Jonge MID2011
2
1
M Seuntjens MID1322
-
T Oosting MID221
-
D. van der Werff MID2
-
B Willumsson FWD2841
2
1
N. Emeran FWD41
-
R Mendes FWD1411
3
-
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