After the win over FC Groningen, PSV travels to Overijssel next match round for the away game against PEC Zwolle. The previous encounter with the Zwolle team ended in a 4-0 win for PSV with two goals from Luuk de Jong and goals from Donyell Malen and Steven Bergwijn.
10 in a row
PSV has 38 previous encounters with PEC Zwolle, which 26 times ended in wins for PSV. 6 times it was a draw and 6 times the points went to Zwolle. PSV currently has a strong series against the Zwolle players. With a win, the c;ub has recorded 10 wins in a row against PEC Zwolle. That would be the longest win streak ever against the Overijssel club and the first time PEC Zwolle has lost 10 in a row to a specific opponent.
Form
PSV is currently still unbeaten in the Eredivisie and is in 2nd place. They drew against Ajax and FC Twente and won the rest of their matches. PEC Zwolle is currently in 13th place with 7 points from 7 matches. PSV and PEC Zwolle had their dress rehearsal against the same opponent: FC Groningen. PSV won this week's catch-up match with FC Groningen 3-1 while PEC Zwolle lost 2-0 to the team from the far north last weekend.
Big result
PSV's biggest ever wins are 6-0 at home in the 2002-2003 season and a 0-6 away win in the golden year of 1987-1988. At the 2003 match, coach Mark van Bommel captained PSV and was also a goal-scorer. The score sheet also featured goals by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Arjen Robben and a hat trick by Mateja Kežman. In 1988, the goals were by Wim Kieft (2 goals), Eric Viscaal, Gerald Vanenburg and Erik Gerets. On behalf of PEC Zwolle, Wilco van Buuren scored an own goal. Watch the summary here:
Goal guarantee
Matches against the Zwolle natives also guarantee goals. In all 38 league matches against PEC Zwolle, PSV scored 92 times, which is 2.4 goals per match. In the last 22 league games with the Zwolle players, PSV managed to score every time.
Points in Zwolle
In Zwolle, PSV also performed well. In the 19 away games against PEC Zwolle, 45 points came back to Eindhoven (14 wins, 3 draws), as opposed to 39 points in 19 home games (12 wins, 3 draws) against the Zwolle outfit. This makes it the only team in the Eredivisie at the moment against which PSV performs better in away matches than at home.
Championship match
One of the most famous away games against PEC Zwolle was the championship match in the 2015-2016 season. Thanks to two goals by Luuk de Jong, one by Jürgen Locadia and a counter-goal by Ouasim Bouy, PSV won 1-3 in Zwolle. Meanwhile, rival Ajax wasted points against De Graafschap in Doetinchem in a 1-1 draw, making PSV champions on the last matchday of the season.
PEC Zwolle - PSV is at 2:30 p.m. at MAC³PARK Stadium in Zwolle and is under the direction of Dennis Higler. The match can be seen live on Fox Sports 2.