PEC Zwolle host Feyenoord at the MAC3PARK Stadion in the Eredivisie season finale on Sunday afternoon, and goalkeeper Jasper Schendelaar could be named on the bench after recovering from a thigh problem.
The fixture is weighted by a run that has become part of the club histories: PEC Zwolle have lost each of their previous 13 meetings with Feyenoord across all competitions, a streak that began after Feyenoord’s 3-1 win at the MAC3PARK in January 2019. Feyenoord arrive having already secured Champions League qualification and sitting second in the table on 62 points from 33 matches, with 18 wins and eight draws; they are unbeaten in their last eight league games and collected three wins and five draws since the 2-0 defeat at Twente on March 1.
For Zwolle the numbers tell a mixed story. They are safe — five points clear of the relegation playoff spot and 13th in the table on 37 points from 33 games — and they have built a formidable record at home, unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 league matches at MAC3PARK with seven wins and four draws since late October. Away form, by contrast, is a problem: Zwolle have lost three away matches in a row, failed to win in 16 straight league games away from home and were beaten 3-2 by Fortuna Sittard last Sunday.
The immediate formlines complicate the script. Feyenoord drew 1-1 with AZ Alkmaar last weekend but remain a top scorer in the division, with OneFootball recording 68 league goals and a leading marksman in Ayase Ueda on 25. Zwolle have leaked heavily this season — OneFootball records show they have shipped 69 goals — yet they rely on home momentum and Koen Kostons, their top scorer on 11 league goals, to provide threat.
Injuries deepen the texture. Samir Lagsir is unavailable as he continues to recover from a severe muscle injury sustained in October, and Shola Shoretire remains sidelined after a knee problem suffered in March; OneFootball also lists Younes Namli, Kaj de Rooij and Anselmo Garcia MacNulty as absent. Feyenoord carry their own injury doubts, with OneFootball naming Bart Nieuwkoop, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Hwang In-beom and Jakub Moder on the club’s casualty list.
There are sharper contrasts inside these facts. Zwolle’s home run — seven wins and four draws at MAC3PARK since late October — suggests this match will not play like the past 13 meetings. Yet the fixture’s history and Feyenoord’s season-long quality make a Zwolle victory an upset on paper: Feyenoord sit four points clear of third-placed Twente and have been difficult to beat all spring, while Zwolle’s last away victory in league play came back in August 2025.
The tension coming into Sunday is simple and stark: can Zwolle turn a very strong home record into the one result that would break a dominant sequence, or will Feyenoord treat the finale as routine reward for a season that delivered Champions League football? The two clubs meet with very different priorities — Zwolle protecting what safety they have and Feyenoord closing a campaign in which they have been consistently productive — and that friction will shape team selection and tempo from the first whistle.
Whatever the scoreline, the clearest single story on the field will be whether Schendelaar’s return to the matchday squad helps deliver a rare victory for Zwolle against a side that has owned this fixture for more than seven years. If PEC Zwolle can win at MAC3PARK it will not simply be three points; it will end a run that stretches back to January 2019 and rewrite the immediate history between the clubs.
