Zwolle vs Almere City prediction: NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie betting tips on match 2024-02-16 20:00.
PEC Zwolle lost their lead in the IJsselderby during the eighth minute of second half stoppage time last weekend when giving away a penalty to Go Ahead Eagles, but the 1-1 draw was enough to continue their unbeaten run. They’ve now gone six games without losing and are rarely conquered by the team who will be visiting them this Saturday evening.
The derby against Go Ahead Eagles was captain and club icon Bram van Polen’s 500th match in the PEC Zwolle shirt. The oldest player of this Eredivisie season has missed only two matches, but will not be able to add a 501st appearance this weekend because of a suspension. Zwolle top scorer Lennart Thy, another player with a tremendous wealth of experience in this competition, has been their most important cog in recent weeks with five goals in his last six games.
Visitors Almere City conceded at least two goals in seven of their last eight meetings with PEC, but may benefit this weekend from the fact that the hosts are one of the only teams to have scored more points on foreign soil (16) than in their own stadium (11). However, Alex Pastoor’s Almere has failed to score in three of their last four games and is one of the least productive in the league with just 21 goals.
But on the other hand, they returned clean sheets in three of their five Eredivisie games this calendar year, and subsequently goalkeeper Nordin Bakker has the second-most clean sheets this Eredivisie term (eight) after Walter BenĂtez of PSV. The winter transfer window has been shut for a while now, but they further reinforced their squad with Adi Nalic on a free transfer last weekend. The attacking midfielder made nine international appearances for Bosnia and last played in Sweden for Hammarby IF.
Players to watch: Davy van den Berg is the ultimate workhouse of the competition with a total of 264km run across the season. Almere is the only club he has managed to score multiple goals against in his professional career (two). Peer Koopmeiners committed 55 fouls this season, which is at least sixteen more than all other players in the Eredivisie.
Hot streak: PEC is undefeated in the last 14 H2Hs, having won seven of the last eight.