Dec 3rd features a match where FC Groningen will host PEC Zwolle in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 13th placed FC Groningen, recorded a 4-1 win against Fortuna Sittard. Mats Seuntjens struck first for Fortuna Sittard in the 24th minute on a feed from Zian Flemming, but Cyril Ngonge got the equalizer for FC Groningen in the 29th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 42nd minute on a goal by George Cox. FC Groningen is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while pEC Zwolle is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against RKC Waalwijk. Neither PEC Zwolle nor RKC Waalwijk could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. PEC Zwolle looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both De Wit and Dean Huiberts have been the hottest scorers for PEC Zwolle in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Jörgen Strand Larsen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for FC Groningen
Danny Buijs’s FC Groningen squad will be without Damil Dankerlui and Luciano da Silva, while Dick Schreuder’s squad will be without Pelle Clement, Sai Van Wermeskerken and Bram Van Polen.