ZWOLLE. NEC and PEC Zwolle draw 1-1. J. Bruijn scored the first goal (26′) for NEC. D. Redan made it even (27′). NEC was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the MAC³PARK Stadion stadium in Zwolle on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Jannick van der Laan with the assistance of Bas van Dongen and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NEC had a superior ball possession 57% while PEC Zwolle was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PEC Zwolle was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough PEC Zwolle to win the match​.

PEC Zwolle shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, NEC shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

PEC Zwolle received 2 yellow cards (Y. Nakayama and S. V. Wermeskerken). Talking about the opposition, NEC received 2 yellow cards (J. Vet and C. Verdonk).

(PEC Zwolle) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (69′).

Standings

After this encounter, PEC Zwolle will have 13 points to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, NEC will have 27 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, PEC Zwolle will play away with SC Cambuur on the 12th of February with a 15-8 head to head stats in favor of PEC Zwolle (6 draws).

NEC will play away agasint SC Heerenveen on the 13th of February with a 9-8 head to head in favor of SC Heerenveen (8 draws).

PEC Zwolle – Formation

PEC Zwolle started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Dick Schreuder decided to play with the following team: Kostas Lamprou (7.0), Eliano Reijnders (6.6), Bram Van Polen (7.6), Yuta Nakayama (7.1), Siemen Voet (5.9), Djavan Anderson (6.7), Mustafa Saymak (7.2), Thomas Van den Belt (6.6), Pelle Clement (7.1), Daishawn Redan (7.2) and Oussama Darfalou (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Joey Kesting, Ryan Koolwijk, Sai Van Wermeskerken (6.3), Mike Hauptmeijer, Slobodan Tedić, Dean Huiberts (6.7), Max de Waal (6.2), Rav van den Berg, Gervane Kastaneer, Luka Adžić, Rico Strieder and Maikel Van der Werff (7.0).

PEC Zwolle could not rely on the presence of S. V. Wermeskerken (injured).

Substitutions

PEC Zwolle made 6 changes: D. Redan for M. van der Werff (76′), D. Anderson for S. V. Wermeskerken (77′), M. Saymak for M. De Waal (81′), P. Clement for D. Huiberts (81′), E. Reijnders for R. van den Berg (89′) and O. Darfalou for R. Strieder (89′).

Best player: Bram Van Polen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PEC Zwolle was Bram Van Polen.

His rating is (7.6) with 36 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

NEC – Formation

NEC started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Rogier Meijer played with: Mattijs Branderhorst (7.1), Cas Odenthal (6.9), Rodrigo Guth (6.8), Calvin Verdonk (6.3), Bart van Rooij (7.7), Jordy Bruijn (7.3), Lasse Schöne (6.9), Souffian El Karouani (7.3), Javier Vet (7.0), Elayis Tavsan (7.2) and Magnus Mattsson (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Édgar Barreto (6.5), Jonathan Okita (6.6), Nils Rossen, Ilias Bronkhorst, Robin Roefs, Ali Akman (6.6), Danny Vukovic and Mikkel Duelund.

NEC could not rely on the presence of J. Okita (injured).

Substitutions

NEC made 3 changes: J. Bruijn for J. Okita (64′), M. Mattsson for A. Akman (72′) and C. Verdonk for E. Barreto (72′).

Best player: Bart van Rooij​

The player that probably impressed the most for NEC was Bart van Rooij.

His rating is (7.7) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• FC Utrecht – SC Cambuur – 3-2
• Fortuna Sittard – SC Heerenveen – 2-0
• PEC Zwolle – NEC – 1-1
• PSV – AZ – 1-2
• FC Twente – Vitesse – 3-0