PSV hosts PEC Zwolle at home as the last match before the winter break. Earlier this season the teams already played each other, then in Zwolle. Then it was 0-4 in favor of PSV.
10 in a row
PSV has the historical advantage against PEC Zwolle. in 39 mutual league games, PSV won 27 times. 6 times it drew and the other 6 times PEC Zwolle won. In the last meeting, PSV won for the 10th time in a row against the team from Overijssel. In those 10 matches, PSV scored 32 times and PEC Zwolle only 6 times.
Luuk de Jong
The top scorer in mutual duels between PSV and PEC Zwolle is Luuk de Jong. The striker has scored 13 times in 9 duels against the Zwolle players. The most number of goals he has scored against an individual club. The best of these 9 games for De Jong was the home game in the 2017-2018 season. Then he scored 3. It was the 5th hat-trick of his career at that time.
Ryan Thomas
For Ryan Thomas, it could have been a special match. He transferred from PEC Zwolle to PSV in the summer of 2018, but was unable to play against his old club last season due to injury. For him, the reunion with some former teammates will be postponed again, as Thomas is not match-fit. Thomas' Eredivisie debut, by the way, was also at Philips Stadium. Back then at PSV - PEC Zwolle in 2013, on the opponent's side.
Form
The home stadium Philips remains a talisman for PSV. In the last 3 years they lost only once at home. 6 draws and 49 wins at home. PSV is currently in 4th place in the league with 31 points. PEC Zwolle is in 15th place with 16 points. Last year it was the other way around, when the Overijssel club was in 16th place with 15 points halfway through the season.
Goal-scoring debut
Two PSV players scored their first league goal against PEC Zwolle. Steven Bergwijn did so while serving PSV in a 0-4 win in 2016, he scored the last goal of the match. Ritsu Doan also scored his first goal in the Eredivisie against the Zwolle side. In 2017, he did so in the service of FC Groningen. Also his first PSV goal was again in an away game against PEC Zwolle. Earlier this season, he scored 0-3 in a match that also turned into a 0-4 victory.
PSV - PEC Zwolle is at 7:45 p.m. at Philips Stadion. The match can be followed live on FOX Sports 2 and is under the direction of referee Jeroen Manschot.