Match Report
Before the match
ten goals for and 11 against accompanied Utrecht's three wins, one draw and one defeat across five outings. A 2-1 win away to Twente (18 October) was their most recent result.
The 18 October fixture (Eredivisie) paired Utrecht with Twente. Utrecht won 2-1 away from home, netting two goals while conceding one. Playing at home against Willem II (Eredivisie), Utrecht finished 3-1 on 11 October. Their score comprised three goals, against one from the opposition. 20 September: Utrecht lost 0-5 against Feyenoord away from home in Eredivisie, scoring zero goals and allowing five. Against Excelsior in Eredivisie, Utrecht scored two and conceded one on 13 September; the away from home result was 2-1. Utrecht's at home game on 8 September (Eredivisie) ended 3-3 against Go Ahead, with three goals for and three against.
Utrecht: 11th, 11 points, nine matches in the calculated Eredivisie standings at kickoff.
Zwolle's previous five results comprised one win, one draw and three defeats. Their goal totals were 6 scored and 14 conceded, failing to score in three of those games. Go Ahead were their latest opponents, at home on 18 October: a 4-1 win.
Playing at home against Go Ahead (Eredivisie), Zwolle finished 4-1 on 18 October. Their score comprised four goals, against one from the opposition. 11 October: Zwolle lost 0-1 against Cambuur at home in Eredivisie, scoring zero goals and allowing one. Against Groningen in Eredivisie, Zwolle scored zero and conceded three on 18 September; the away from home result was 0-3. Zwolle's at home game on 13 September (Eredivisie) ended 0-7 against Feyenoord, with zero goals for and seven against. On 4 September, Sparta faced Zwolle in Eredivisie: Zwolle drew 2-2 away from home, having scored two and conceded two.
Before kickoff, Eredivisie's results-based standings placed Zwolle 15th after nine matches and seven points.
Previous meetings in our records: a 1-1 draw at Utrecht on 22 February and a 2-0 away win for Utrecht on 31 August 2025.
After the match
Utrecht and Zwolle drew 1-1 on 24 October 2026. Elias Sørensen opened the scoring 72 minutes into the game for Zwolle, set up by Thijs Oosting, to make it 1-0. Sem van Duijn levelled it in the 91st minute for Utrecht to make it 1-1. Oualid Agougil (26'), Gilles van der Wal (76'), Tobias Sommer (87') and Joris van Overeem (89') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Utrecht 125 points stronger than Zwolle. Utrecht picked up two yellow cards. Utrecht: five substitutions. Sem van Duijn, on in the 74th minute, scored in minute 91. Zwolle picked up two yellow cards. The substitution total for Zwolle was three. Elias Sørensen entered for Zwolle at 46 minutes and later scored in minute 72.