REUSEL, Netherlands (Interstat) — PEC Zwolle W scored once in each half and defeated home side AZ Alkmaar W 2-0 in a women’s football match on Sunday at Sportpark AFC ’34. PEC Zwolle W took the lead in the first half and added a second goal after the break, while AZ Alkmaar W was unable to score. The result gave PEC Zwolle W its second win of the competition season and left AZ Alkmaar W still seeking its first win.

Ilvy Zijp finished with 84 minutes and one goal for PEC Zwolle W, while Jill Diekman had 88 minutes and one goal. Diekman opened the scoring in the 15th minute, and Zijp doubled the lead in the 69th minute. PEC Zwolle W led 1-0 at halftime and held that advantage until Zijp’s goal. AZ Alkmaar W’s M. de Vette received a yellow card in the 55th minute. Neither side added another goal after the 69th minute, and PEC Zwolle W completed the shutout.

Substitutions were recorded for AZ Alkmaar W at 65 minutes with S. Dessing and J. Van Uden, at 78 minutes with Z. Van Eynde and at 84 minutes with N. Harting. PEC Zwolle W recorded substitutions at 66 minutes with S. van Vugt and C. Ishida, at 84 minutes with I. Zijp and Z. Zuidberg and at 88 minutes with J. Diekman. The substitutions followed the yellow card and the second goal as the match moved through its final stretch. AZ Alkmaar W could not cut into the deficit after the changes.

PEC Zwolle W’s season record in this competition is now two wins, no losses and two draws. AZ Alkmaar W’s season record in this competition is now no wins and four losses. PEC Zwolle W’s season record across all competitions is now two wins, no losses and two draws, while AZ Alkmaar W’s season record across all competitions is now no wins and four losses. PEC Zwolle W entered the match after a 1-1 draw with Twente W, a 2-2 draw with Heerenveen W and a 3-2 win at Feyenoord W. AZ Alkmaar W entered after a 1-0 loss at Heerenveen W, a 3-0 loss at De Graafschap W and a 5-0 loss at home to Twente W.

The match took place at Sportpark AFC ’34 in Reusel, Netherlands, with AZ Alkmaar W as the home team and PEC Zwolle W as the visiting team. PEC Zwolle W scored two goals total, and AZ Alkmaar W scored no goals. The game remained scoreless after the opening exchanges until Diekman’s 15th-minute goal. Zijp’s 69th-minute goal gave PEC Zwolle W a two-goal cushion. AZ Alkmaar W’s yellow card to de Vette came in the 55th minute, before the second goal.

The scoring was limited to Diekman’s 15th-minute goal and Zijp’s 69th-minute goal. PEC Zwolle W’s 2-0 victory came as the visiting team, while AZ Alkmaar W was the home team at Sportpark AFC ’34. The yellow card and substitutions were the other recorded match events. PEC Zwolle W’s record in the competition and across all competitions remained identical after the match, as did AZ Alkmaar W’s record. The score remained PEC Zwolle W 2, AZ Alkmaar W 0 at the final whistle.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of PEC Zwolle W 2, AZ Alkmaar W 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected PEC Zwolle W with a 74.4 percent probability to win. PEC Zwolle W had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 2 went over the over-under line of 2.5.