Bulgarian midfielder Filip Krastev is clearly managing to maintain his strong form, because today he scored one goal and made a penalty for his team FC Zwolle, which defeated Fortuna (Sittard) 4:1 as a guest in the 20th round of the Eredivisie.
The match started with pressure from the hosts from Sittard, who are currently in 8th place and are fighting for a place in the playoff group, which distributes places in the Conference League. They attacked more often, constantly entering the Zwolle penalty area. The guests, in turn, led 2:0 by the 33rd minute with their only two shots on Fortuna's goal. Dylan Fente opened the scoring in the 12th minute, and Dave van den Berg doubled the lead in the 33rd.
Fortuna started the second half with a lot of attacking pressure and three new players. One of the three substitutes was Josip Mitrovic, and he brought the pressure back after ten minutes. His volley found a gap between the defenders and the goalkeeper and entered the Zwolle goal.
However, hopes of a turnaround were quickly dashed after a foul on Filip Krastev in the penalty area. Fente got behind the ball and beat Luuk Koopmans from eleven meters. With that, the real fire in Fortuna's game literally went out.
In the last 30 minutes, the guests began to have more possession of the ball, although Fortuna's Christopher Peterson sent a shot against the side post. Shortly after, Mitchell Dykes received his second yellow card and a red card. The left-back committed two serious fouls on Dylan Mbayo in six minutes, which meant he was sent off.
Against ten men, Krastev was on target again after his stellar performance against PSV last week. The Bulgarian scored after a pass from Ryan Thomas.
PEK Zwolle now have 23 points and are currently nine points ahead of 16th-placed and relegation-threatened Sparta Rotterdam.