PEC Zwolle 1-0 Heracles result, stats and report

PEC Zwolle silenced the home crowd at FC Groningen with a thoroughly professional 3-0 victory, goals from Thom van Bergen, Jorg Schreuders and Tygo Land doing the damage in a display that was far more controlled than their recent results suggested.

Feyenoord put seven past a shellshocked PEC Zwolle side at home, with Nacho Ferri and Anis Hadj Moussa among the scorers in a one-sided Eredivisie demolition that exposed every weakness Zwolle have been hiding.

Sparta Rotterdam twice came from behind and twice threw away leads in a chaotic 2-2 draw at home to PEC Zwolle, with Isaac Babadi's 69th-minute goal proving the decisive blow after Koen Kostons briefly put Sparta ahead.

PEC Zwolle won 2-0 in Heerenveen despite touching the ball for just 36 per cent of the game, converting their cleaner chances in a second half that exposed real structural problems in the home side's defensive shape.

PEC Zwolle have shipped 28 goals in their last ten Eredivisie matches and now face a GO Ahead Eagles side that has scored in every single one of their last five. Something has to give, and the smart money says it is Zwolle's backline.

Sunday's Eredivisie clash at PEC Zwolle pits two sides desperate for points against each other, with Cambuur yet to win in five attempts and Zwolle leaking goals at an alarming rate. Something has to give.

FC Groningen host PEC Zwolle in an Eredivisie Friday night fixture that pits a structured home side against visitors who have conceded 17 goals in their last five away matches. The patterns here are clear, and they point in one direction.

PEC Zwolle host a Feyenoord side that has not lost on the road this season, and the structural gap between these two clubs right now is as clear as any number on a team sheet. Sunday's Eredivisie fixture at the MAC³PARK Stadion has the look of a mismatch, but the tactical detail tells a more layered story.