ZWOLLE. PSV defeats PEC Zwolle 7-1 after playing a incredible match. PSV capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the MAC³PARK Stadion stadium in Zwolle on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 14,000 spectators.​ The referee was Alex Bos with the collaboration of Stefan de Groot and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Erwin Blank. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.91 degrees Celsius or 42.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

PSV was in firm control of the ball 59% while PEC Zwolle was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PSV was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PSV won the match.​

PEC Zwolle shot 8 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, PSV shot 25 times, 12 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

PEC Zwolle received 2 yellow cards (Bram van Polen and Davy van den Berg). Talking about the opposition, PSV didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, PEC Zwolle stays with 27 points like Almere City and Fortuna Sittard to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, PSV will has 65 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, PEC Zwolle will play away against SC Heerenveen on the 3rd of March with a 12-9 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (5 draws).

PSV will host Feyenoord on the 3rd of March with a 16-16 head to head record.

PEC Zwolle – Formation

PEC Zwolle adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Johnny Jansen decided to play with the following team: Nick Fichtinger, Jasper Schendelaar (6.6), Bram van Polen (6.0), Sam Kersten (5.8), Thomas Lam (5.8), Anselmo García MacNulty (6.6), Anouar El Azzouzi  (6.3), Davy van den Berg (6.0), Younes Namli (5.4), Odysseus Velanas (6.3), Eliano Reijnders (7.0) and Lennart Thy (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Silvester van der Water (6.4), Tolis Vellios, Anthony Fontana, Lennart Czyborra, Kenneth Vermeer , Damian van der Haar (6.0), Mohamed Oukhattou, Teun Gijselhart, Mike Hauptmeijer and Filip Krastev (6.1).

PEC Zwolle could not rely on the presence of Filip Krastev (injured).

Substitutions

PEC Zwolle made 3 changes: Odysseus Velanas for Filip Krastev (69′), Eliano Reijnders for Silvester van der Water (68′) and Anselmo García MacNulty for Damian van der Haar (69′).

Player of the match: Eliano Reijnders​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for PEC Zwolle was Eliano Reijnders.

His rating is 7.0 with 1 goal, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

PSV – Formation

Also PSV adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Peter Bosz played with: Ismael Saibari, Walter Benítez (6.0), Jordan Teze (7.3), André Ramalho (7.3), Olivier Boscagli (7.9), Sergiño Dest (7.9), Jerdy Schouten (7.3), Joey Veerman (8.1), Johan Bakayoko (8.7), Isaac Babadi (7.8), Hirving Lozano (8.8) and Luuk de Jong (10.1).

These were the players on the bench: Shurandy Sambo, Armando Obispo  (6.4), Armel Bella-Kotchap, Malik Tillman (8.1), Ricardo Pepi (7.1), Joël Drommel, Mauro Júnior  (6.7), Boy Waterman, Patrick van Aanholt  and Tygo Land (6.8).

PSV could not rely on the presence of Malik Tillman (injured).

Substitutions

PSV made 5 changes: Joey Veerman for Tygo Land (83′), Olivier Boscagli for Armando Obispo  (83′), André Ramalho for Malik Tillman (69′), Johan Bakayoko for Mauro Júnior  (69′) and Luuk de Jong for Ricardo Pepi (72′).

Player of the match: Hirving Lozano​

The player that probably impressed the most for PSV was Hirving Lozano even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.8 with 28 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• PEC Zwolle – PSV – 1-7
• NEC – Sparta Rotterdam – 2-0
• RKC Waalwijk – Fortuna Sittard – 0-1