Go Ahead Eagles (home)
- Go Ahead Eagles have won two of their last three home games, including a 6-0 thrashing of NAC Breda.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won five, drawn six and lost three of their 14 home games in Eredivisie 2025/2026.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won three of their last five Eredivisie games and lost the other two in what has been a pretty good run for the Deventer club.
- Melvin Boel is starting to implement a combination of structured possession and more aggressive pressing as the new head coach.
PEC Zwolle (away)
- PEC Zwolle are unbeaten in their last five games, drawing four and winning one.
- Zwolle are a possession team, preferring to play in a 4-3-3 formation and to play the ball out from the back, pressing in an offensive-minded system when out of possession.
- Henry van der Vegt’s team are well drilled in positional play, Cruijffian in some of their passing and movement, and are capable of being very dangerous with the ball.
- However, they have conceded an average of 2.57 goals on their away games, winning 1, drawing 6 and losing 7 on the road.
- Zwolle have not lost in their last 2 away games, drawing both.
Head-to-Head
Go Ahead Eagles will be pleased to be playing Zwolle on home soil as they have failed to beat their neighbours in the last 2 attempts, although the IJsselderby is traditionally a tricky fixture for both.
Key Players
- Jakob Breum has been on a tear for GA Eagles recently, scoring five of their last 12 goals in five games.
- Thijs Oosting has chipped in with 2 of Zwolle’s last 5 goals and Koen Kostons is always a clinical finisher for the Blue Fingers, who have scored 1.43 goals on their travels in Eredivisie 2025/2026.
Betting Insights
The odds of 1.57 on Over 2.5 goals and 1.5 on Both Teams to Score should ensure an exciting, goal-filled game in the weekend soccer schedule.
Prediction
Go Ahead Eagles are odds-on for the win at 1.9 , and they should be backed to take the points in the derby, although Zwolle have not lost in their last 2 away games, drawing both.
