In this match between the league leaders and the bottom of the table, there is pretty much nothing that suggests the away side could get a result here. FC Utrecht are in a bit of a crisis as the first team aren’t performing well and the club owner is in trouble for getting into a fight with a player after storming into the changing room. The academy team don’t fare any better, as they are rock bottom in the second division, after only one victory from the last 11 games.

Manager Darije Kalezic is a light weight in football, but several of his players don’t really seem to have the quality either to make it to a decent standard of professional football. That doesn’t bode well against a side cruising to the title.

PEC Zwolle are far too good for this league and only need a few points to secure direct promotion back to the top flight. They have a lot of quality in the side and one of those players is Thomas van der Belt, the 21-year-old playmaker who just signed a deal to join Feyenoord next season. PEC Zwolle have no personnel issues ahead of this game and go into this game on the back of four victories, including a shock 13-0 over FC Den Bosch. With that in mind, I think the home side will have an easy evening here and get a victory.

FC Thun looked like they were destined for another season of mid-table mediocrity in mid-November as they trailed third place (the promotion play-off spot) by eleven points after failing to win in five matches in a row. For a club that had ambitions to be back in the Super League long before now, it wasn’t good enough for them or for the fans. Their incredible form since then has propelled them up to fifth and just six points shy of the play-off spot. With just seven points separating them from second and automatic promotion, it isn’t inconceivable that Thun could end up in one of those spots on current form. They’ve lost just one of their last eleven and are the form team in the league. FCT headed into the international break with a statement of intent, beating Yverdon, drawing with Wil and impressively turning over Lausanne away from home. Mario Lustrinelli’s team have scored more and conceded less than anyone else in the last ten matches and they look a dangerous prospect again.

That looks like bad news for Bellinzona. The Ticino club are not bottom of the table, early-season form still has them comfortably ahead of Neuchatel Xamax, but they are the team with the worst form in the division and also for the last twenty matches. ACB have not tasted victory in twelve matches and it is very easy to understand just why a trip to the Stockhorn at this time of the season will prove to be as tough a mountain to climb as the actual Stockhorn mountain that overshadows Thun’s stadium. Bellinzona did steal a late draw via the penalty spot at this venue back in July but a lot has changed since then for both these teams.

I can’t see anything but a Thun victory here. The home side are the better team anyway, but the recent form of both really points this one in the direction of the Bernese outfit. The visitors concede almost two goals per game on average and with FCT finding their scoring touch over the last couple of months, I think this could be a long night for ACB. For those reasons I would take FC Thun to score Over 1.5 Goals in this match.