Eredivisie

Highlighted: Who will become the hero of the IJssel Derby?

After a year of absence, the IJssel Derby is back in the Eredivisie. For the 25th time, PEC Zwolle and Go Ahead Eagles will face each other at the highest level to determine who can claim to be the best club along the IJssel – at least for the coming months. Who will take the lead role this time in the duel?

Eagles Win in the Last Minute.

Two seasons ago, it seemed for a long time that the two teams would share points in the Eredivisie for the first time since May 1987. However, a goal by Philippe Rommens in the 93rd minute allowed Go Ahead Eagles to walk away with all three points.

Rommens has the opportunity to make history.

Where Rommens would finish that season with just two goals and also scored only three goals in the league for his team last season, the Belgian has already reached that number after just three games this time around. He scored in each of his first three matches of the new season, a feat last achieved by Cees van Kooten (who later played for Zwolle) in 1977/78. If Rommens scores again, he will become the first Go Ahead player to score a goal in each of his first four Eredivisie matches of the season. The last player to score in four consecutive Eredivisie matches for the team from Deventer was Harry Decheiver in 1995 (7). The Belgian has been involved in four of Go Ahead's eight goals this season and hopes to be the hero again on Sunday afternoon.


Philippe Rommens in the match Go Ahead Eagles - Heerenveen (02-09-2023)

Go Ahead players who scored in 4 consecutive Eredivisie matches.

Player When? Number of Matches

Harry Decheiver

oktober 1995

7

Cees van Kooten

augustus 1977

7

Peter Brouwer

september 1984

5

Jaan de Graaf

april 1981

4

Cees van Kooten

september 1979

4

Ruud Geels

februari 1971

4

Experienced PEC-players in the IJssel Derby.

In the last matchday, Apostolos Vellios was the celebrated man for PEC Zwolle, as the Greek striker headed in the winning goal in the 97th minute. Perhaps he can once again decide the game in spectacular fashion on Sunday. However, someone who knows what it's like to play against Go Ahead and score in the Eredivisie is Zwolle veteran Bram van Polen. In 2017, the defender sealed the match with a successful penalty kick, marking the last goal for PEC against Go Ahead until that point. Van Polen could play his eighth IJssel Derby at the highest level, but five PEC players have done so more frequently. In any case, several players at Zwolle are familiar with playing in this derby: Ryan Thomas (6), Thomas Lam (2), Eliano Reijnders (2), Sam Kersten (1), and Dean Huiberts (1) have all previously played against Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.

Captain Bram van Polen in action in the match between PEC Zwolle and Sparta (12-08-2023)

Most Eredivisie matches for PEC against Go Ahead Eagles

Player Matches

Klaas Drost

11

Jan Hendriksen, Peter van der Hengst en René IJzerman

10

Alex Booy

8

Bram van Polen (net als Chris Riemens, Gerard van Moorst en Alex Kamstra)

7

Eredivisie table

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Ajax
Almere City FC
AZ
FC Groningen
FC Twente
FC Utrecht
Feyenoord
Fortuna Sittard
Go Ahead Eagles
Heracles Almelo
N.E.C. Nijmegen
NAC Breda
PEC Zwolle
PSV
RKC Waalwijk
sc Heerenveen
Sparta Rotterdam
Willem II
# Club GS W | V | G DV-DT DS P
1 PSV 15 14 | 1 | 0 56-12 +44 42
2 FC Utrecht 15 11 | 2 | 2 29-20 +9 35
3 Ajax 15 10 | 2 | 3 32-16 +16 33
4 Feyenoord 15 9 | 1 | 5 35-16 +19 32
5 FC Twente 15 8 | 3 | 4 30-20 +10 28
6 AZ 15 8 | 5 | 2 28-16 +12 26
7 NAC Breda 15 7 | 7 | 1 17-23 -6 22
8 Go Ahead Eagles 15 6 | 6 | 3 25-23 +2 21
9 Fortuna Sittard 15 5 | 6 | 4 17-21 -4 19
# Club GS W | V | G DV-DT DS P
10 sc Heerenveen 15 5 | 7 | 3 16-28 -12 18
11 N.E.C. Nijmegen 15 5 | 9 | 1 21-19 +2 16
12 Willem II 15 4 | 7 | 4 16-18 -2 16
13 PEC Zwolle 15 4 | 7 | 4 15-24 -9 16
14 FC Groningen 15 4 | 7 | 4 14-24 -10 16
15 Heracles Almelo 15 3 | 7 | 5 16-28 -12 14
16 Sparta Rotterdam 15 2 | 8 | 5 13-23 -10 11
17 RKC Waalwijk 15 1 | 11 | 3 15-37 -22 6
18 Almere City FC 15 1 | 11 | 3 7-34 -27 6

Legend

UEFA Champions League (league phase)
UEFA Champions League (qualifying round)
UEFA Europa League (league phase)
UEFA Europa League (qualifying round)
UEFA Europa Conference League (qualifying round)
Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs
Keuken Kampioen Divisie (relegated)

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