Apart from a goalless draw with Fortuna Sittard on the opening day of the Eredivisie, Feyenoord have netted at least twice in each of their league matches, and we fully expect that trend to continue in Zwolle on Sunday.
PEC are starting to slide down the league standings owing to a three-match winless streak, and the visit of the champions is not an obvious time for Jansen's men to get back to winning ways.
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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 Feyenoord win with a probability of 51.22%. A win for PEC Zwolle had a probability of 27.09% and a draw had a probability of 21.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Feyenoord win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (6.64%) and 0-2 (6.62%). The likeliest PEC Zwolle win was 2-1 (6.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.34%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Feyenoord in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Feyenoord.