NEC confront FC Utrecht for fame and triumph.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie
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
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for NEC's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Goffertstadion.
No payout for NEC in their previous match, an away game at PSV that ended in defeat 0-4. NEC were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. NEC's goalkeeper Cillessen was extremely busy against PSV, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sparta Rotterdam that finished 1-1.At Goffertstadion, NEC has the goal stats of 6-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
It's the second away game in a row for FC Utrecht, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Heracles Almelo (placed 9th) last time out. That win felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without victory. The 3-1 victory against Heracles Almelo could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times. Jensen got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Jensen scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 21 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against Feyenoord.As opposed to that, Utrecht have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC Utrecht have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (4-3-0) against NEC.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mattsson 2 goals |  K. Ogawa 2 goals |  D. Proper 1 goals |
NEC missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| NEC | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 3.4 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 10.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.3 | 9 |
| 5.6 | 8 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 15 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.3 | 15.2 |
| 6.4 | 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
- All of NEC's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Utrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Utrecht have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| NEC | Last season | FC Utrecht | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Scored | S | 36 | 57 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Conceded | C | 35 | 52 | ||
| 85% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 71% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 75% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 61% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 50% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 56% | ||
| 26% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 36% | ||
| 38% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 17% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 31% | ||
| 15.2 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 3 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 0 |
