Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: Utrecht 1-2 Venezia
Thursday, August 1 at 6pm in Club Friendlies 3
Thursday, August 1 at 6pm in Club Friendlies 3
Last Game: PEC Zwolle 1-2 Venezia
Sunday, August 4 at 1.30pm in Club Friendlies 3
Sunday, August 4 at 1.30pm in Club Friendlies 3
We said: FC Utrecht 3-1 PEC Zwolle
Utrecht have won eight of their previous nine competitive home games against Zwolle, and we think that they will draw inspiration from that record to kick off the new Eredivisie campaign with a victory. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a FC Utrecht win with a probability of 70.72%. A draw had a probability of 16.7% and a win for PEC Zwolle had a probability of 12.61%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Utrecht win was 2-0 with a probability of 9.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.43%) and 3-0 (8.11%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.55%), while for a PEC Zwolle win it was 1-2 (3.66%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that FC Utrecht would win this match.
| Result | ||
| FC Utrecht | Draw | PEC Zwolle |
70.72% ( -0.42) | 16.67% ( 0.21) | 12.61% ( 0.21) |
| Both teams to score 56.94% ( -0.17) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
