FC Zwolle (home)
- With 33 points from 29 Eredivisie games this season, FC Zwolle currently sit 13th in the table and look set for a safe mid-table finish in 2025-2026.
- With a compact midfield system designed to dominate the centre of the park and create overloads, FC Zwolle’s creative midfielders have been tasked with providing attacking talisman Koen Kostons, who leads the Blue Fingers’ scoring charts this season with 11 goals from 29 Eredivisie appearances.
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A 1-1 home draw with FC Groningen, a 2-1 home win over NAC Breda and a 5-0 away defeat to Go Ahead Eagles have made up FC Zwolle’s recent form of W1, D3 and L1 in their last 5 league games.
- 1-1 v FC Groningen
- 2-1 v NAC Breda
- 5-0 v Go Ahead Eagles
Excelsior Rotterdam (away)
- With 27 points from 29 Eredivisie matches, Excelsior Rotterdam sit 16th and are embroiled in a relegation scrap heading into the weekend.
- Den Uil’s system has seen the Rotterdam club come off second best in their recent run of 4 defeats and 1 draw from their last 5 Eredivisie matches, but in Noah Naujoks he has a genuine spark in attack who has scored 8 goals in 26 Eredivisie appearances.
- Excelsior’s hopes of survival are likely to rest on the ability of the club’s players to play with pace on the break, as well as their ability to press and force their opponents into mistakes when away from home.
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A 2-1 away loss to Feyenoord, a 1-1 draw with Heracles and a 2-0 defeat to NEC Nijmegen have made up Excelsior’s recent results.
- 2-1 v Feyenoord
- 1-1 v Heracles
- 2-0 v NEC Nijmegen
Head-to-Head
- Excelsior beat FC Zwolle 2-1 three months ago.
- FC Zwolle are unbeaten in their last 3 Eredivisie home games (W1, D2).
- Excelsior have failed to win their last 2 away games (D1, L1).
Key Players
- Koen Kostons - attacking talisman who leads the Blue Fingers’ scoring charts this season with 11 goals from 29 Eredivisie appearances.
- Noah Naujoks - a genuine spark in attack who has scored 8 goals in 26 Eredivisie appearances.
Betting Insights
- With 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their 14 Eredivisie home matches this campaign, FC Zwolle have been strong in front of their own fans and should have enough to earn all 3 points on Sunday.
- Excelsior have struggled on the road all season, with just 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their 14 Eredivisie away games.
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Over 2.5 goals is a very short price at 1.57, but with both teams in desperate need of the 3 points, a goal fest could be on the cards and both teams to score looks a good option at 1.48.
- Over 2.5 goals - 1.57
- Both teams to score - 1.48
Prediction
The recent results of both clubs lead us to favour a FC Zwolle home victory in this game and the 2.1 price looks decent value considering the home advantage.
