NEC have taken 6 of their 8 in total here in the safety of their own home. Will they claim the win versus Almere City?
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
NEC form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for NEC so far this season.
The home team returns to Goffertstadion after drawing with SC Heerenveen (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The NEC goalkeeper Roefs was crucial in the match against SC Heerenveen last time out, making six saves. Defender Sandler got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Sandler hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Vitesse that was lost 1-3.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 4 games), NEC's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the NEC defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Almere City form and stats
Playing away, Almere City have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Almere City goalkeeper Nordin Bakker is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Almere are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against RKC Waalwijk (placed 15th). Floranus was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Floranus served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Utrecht at their stadium, the result 2-0.{4 goals} so far away for Almere City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (NEC wins - draws - Almere City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mattsson 4 goals |   T. Robinet 3 goals |  D. Proper 2 goals |
NEC missing players
Almere City missing players
| NEC | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 9.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 24% |
| 15.1 | 11 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 19.2 | 17.9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7.2 | 7 |
- All of NEC's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Almere City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NEC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Almere City have scored away.
- NEC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 24 |
| 2 | AZ | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 20 |
| 5 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Heracles | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | Almere City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 7 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 3 |
