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Eredivisie10/24/2026, 02:30 PM

FC Utrecht – PEC Zwolle1 : 1

Why the model thinks so

FC Utrecht
1.95
Total xG
3.00
PEC Zwolle
1.05
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorFC UtrechtPEC Zwolle
High-scoring league (3.9 goals/match)+1.36+1.36
Attack weakness (0.51x league average)−0.80
Small sample (4 matches), regression to mean+0.42
Defensive strength (1.6 conceded vs 1.8 league avg)−0.24
4 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2 goals/match)+0.10
Rising form (2 vs 1.6 season average)+0.10
Small sample (4 matches), regression to mean−0.06
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.03
Artem Stepanov on the bench (5 goals, 0 assists)
Davy van den Berg on the bench (0 goals, 2 assists)
21% of goal output missing (only 88% available)
Koen Kostons on the bench (4 goals, 0 assists)
Ibrahim Cissoko on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
41% of goal output missing (only 80% available)

Key factors

  • Form: FC Utrecht with 3 wins from their last 5 matches, PEC Zwolle with 1
  • Table: FC Utrecht in 11th place with 11 points from 9 matches, PEC Zwolle in 15th with 7 points
  • Head-to-head: FC Utrecht with 2 wins from 4 matches against PEC Zwolle alongside 2 draws

Risks

  • Defense: FC Utrecht conceded 14 goals in 4 home matches in the league this season (3.5 per match)

All probabilities

Result
FC Utrecht57%
Draw24%
PEC Zwolle19%
Double chance
FC Utrecht or draw81%
PEC Zwolle or draw43%
No draw76%
Goals
Over 1.581%
Under 1.519%
Over 2.558%
Under 2.542%
Over 3.535%
Under 3.565%
Both teams score
Yes57%
No43%

xG score

2:1
From xG 1.95 : 1.05, rounded up only from .910% probability

Other likely scores

1:1
12%
2:0
9%
3:1
6%
3:0
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. FC Utrecht: 9 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. FC Utrecht: 79% of all goals in the second half (15 of 19, last 11 games)
  3. PEC Zwolle: opponent scores first in 8 of 12 games (67%)
  4. FC Utrecht: 32% of all goals between minutes 46-60 (6 of 19)

Lineups

FC Utrecht 4-2-3-1 · PEC Zwolle 4-2-3-1

FC Utrecht
  • 22 S. Padt
  • 2 S. Horemans
  • 3 M. Didden
  • 5 N. Panayiotou
  • 92 A. Zagre
  • 8 J. van Overeem
  • 38 O. Agougil
  • 23 N. Vesterlund
  • 10 Y. Cathline
  • 11 Ángel Galiot
  • 20 D. de Wit
PEC Zwolle
  • 1 J. Schendelaar
  • 3 O. Aertssen
  • 28 S. Graves Jensen
  • 24 N. Viergever
  • 33 D. van der Haar
  • 30 R. Thomas
  • 8 T. Sommer
  • 37 G. Wal
  • 25 T. Oosting
  • 11 D. Mbayo
  • 17 S. van Hooijdonk
Substitutes
  • 18 J. Medić
  • 33 K. Gadellaa
  • 15 A. Blake
  • 34 D. van den Berg
  • 17 S. van Duijn
  • 31 M. Eppink
  • 6 G. Offerhaus
  • 21 N. Ogidi Nwankwo
  • 9 A. Stepanov
  • 32 P. Kloosterboer
  • 39 N. Amrabat
  • 22 I. Cissoko
  • 7 Y. Namli
  • 6 J. Bürger
  • 4 T. Velthuis
  • 2 S. Floranus
  • 10 K. Kostons
  • 16 T. de Graaff
  • 20 G. Reiziger
  • 26 J. Pereira da Gama
  • 41 D. Verduin
  • 42 D. Ruward
  • 34 N. Fichtinger
  • 9 E. Sørensen

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