📏 Form Guide

Willem II

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Willem II will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-2 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of Heracles Almelo.

In that match, Willem II managed 53% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Willem II was Jeremy Bokila (51'). At the other end, Heracles Almelo had 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. Ivan Mesík (16') and Jizz Hornkamp (66') scored for Heracles Almelo.

Willem II haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 against opponents over their previous 6 outings. In those meetings, Willem II have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 11. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.

Ahead of this meeting, Willem II have not won at home in their last 7 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

FC Zwolle

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In their previous game, FC Zwolle drew 1-1 in the Eredivisie match with Go Ahead Eagles.

In that match, FC Zwolle had 51% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for FC Zwolle was Younes Namli (64'). Go Ahead Eagles got 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Evert Linthorst (49') was the scorer for Go Ahead Eagles.

Looking at their form, and FC Zwolle have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in all. At the back, FC Zwolle certainly have room for improvement.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/01/2021 tells us that Willem II have won 2 of them & FC Zwolle 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

In all, 17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them from Tricolores and 10 created by Blauwvingers. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league encounter between these sides was Eredivisie match day 16 on 13/12/2024 when it finished FC Zwolle 0-1 Willem II.

In that game, FC Zwolle had 72% possession and 19 shots at goal with 2 on target.

At the other end, Willem II got 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Ringo Meerveld (11') was the scorer.

The referee was Joey Kooij.

📰 Team News: Willem II

Mickaël Tirpan (inflammation), Amine Lachkar (Groin surgery), Dani Mathieu (Knee injury) and Khaled Razak (unknown injury) won’t be available for Willem II gaffer Kristof Aelbrecht.

In our view, Tricolores will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, beginning the first half with Thomas Didillon, Tommy St. Jago, Raffael Behounek, Erik Schouten, Rob Nizet, Patrick Joosten, Jesse Bosch, Emilio Kehrer, Kyan Vaesen, Ringo Meerveld and Jeremy Bokila.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Zwolle

We are inclined to think that Blauwvingers might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Jasper Schendelaar, Eliano Reijnders, Simon Graves, A. Garcia McNulty, Sherel Floranus, Ryan Thomas, Davy van den Berg, Dylan Mbayo, Younes Namli, Filip Krastev and Odysseus Velanas.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that FC Zwolle and Willem II could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

We therefore see a very close game with a 0-0 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 04:04 14/05/2025