After three games we know a little more about the qualities of De Graafschap and NEC in this fresh Eerste Divisie season. Read our match preview!
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.
De Graafschap form and stats
Perfect Eerste Divisie season at home so far for De Graafschap 2 wins from 2 appearances.
In their previous game, the manager M. Snoei led his Graafschap to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at Jong AZ. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion De Vijverberg. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Roda JC Kerkrade.
De Graafschap were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Graafschap handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from De Graafschap's 2 home games: 8 goals, 2 conceded.
NEC form and stats
NEC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eerste Divisie, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
NEC failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Almere City (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Volendam at their stadium, the result 3-1.
We have checked recent matches where NEC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, NEC has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
De Graafschap-NEC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Graafschap one win, NEC six wins, three draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Lieftink 4 goals |  D. van Mieghem 3 goals |  R. Seuntjens 2 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
NEC missing players
| De Graafschap | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 24 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 21 | 46 |
| 16 | 13 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 69% | 62% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 26% |
- NEC has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eerste Divisie
| De Graafschap | Last season | NEC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 63 | 36 | Scored | S | 27 | 51 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 90% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 90% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | ||
| 66% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 66% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 59% | ||
| 34% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | ||
| 10% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 413 | 215 | Total Shots | T S | 165 | 359 | ||
| 185 | 103 | Shots on Target | S O | 71 | 149 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | NAC Breda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Almere City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | SC Cambuur | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Telstar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | De Graafschap | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | FC Den Bosch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | NEC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Jong AZ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | Jong Ajax | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 35 | 62 |
| 3 | FC Volendam | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 55 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 54 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 50 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 47 |
| 8 | NEC | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 45 |
| 9 | Almere City | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Telstar | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 44 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 38 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 38 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 36 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 36 | -16 | 27 |
| 16 | FC Oss | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 34 | -25 | 25 |
| 17 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Jong PSV | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 37 | -22 | 22 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -32 | 20 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 37 | -37 | 17 |