With PEC Zwolle, PSV meets a club in form. The team of head coach John van 't Schip is in third place in the Eredivisie with as many points as number two Ajax. Ajax is the only team PEC lost to this season.
Most clean sheets
PEC's defense is solid this season. The team has scored five goals, the most of any team in the Eredivisie. If PEC manage to keep PSV from scoring, they will set a new record in Zwolle by not allowing a goal in five consecutive games. That would not be surprising, because PEC is the only club after PSV that did not lose any points at home.
PSV often wins in Zwolle
PSV can produce fine results in recent away duels with the Zwolle side. PSV won eight of the last nine premier league encounters in Zwolle. Only in 2014 did PSV suffer a defeat: 3-1. PEC receives no team less eagerly than PSV. Of all the clubs, PSV managed to win most often in Zwolle: twelve times in total. The last five matches between the two teams PSV decided in its favor.
Three former PSV players
Three players with a PSV past are under contract at PEC: Youness Mokhtar, Dirk Marcellis and Stef Nijland. Mokhtar, who received his youth training in Eindhoven, has been PEC's most dangerous player this season. The striker has scored five goals, making him the club's top scorer. Against PSV he returns to the selection after a hamstring injury. While Mokhtar did not make the first team, Marcellis and Nijland did come into action for PSV 1. Marcellis played 92 duels and Nijland 30.