Go Ahead Eagles vs NEC match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

The Go Ahead Eagles & NEC managers J. de Gier and F. Gesthuizen are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eerste Divisie league table.

Go Ahead Eagles and NEC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for Go Ahead Eagles are 6-7-0 (wins-draw-losses). The Go Ahead Eagles fans aren't used to losing here at De Adelaarshorst and will expect new points from this game. Go Ahead Eagles has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

No payout for Go Ahead Eagles in their previous match, an away game at MVV Maastricht that ended in defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match, Go Ahead Eagles lost 1-4 at home to FC Utrecht.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Go Ahead Eagles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost one.

Go Ahead Eagles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Adelaarshorst with 24 goals in 13 league matches. Go Ahead Eagles have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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NEC form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Impressive finishing from J. van Landschoot and Z. Flemming secured the home win 2-0 against Helmond Sport in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Telstar at their stadium, the result 7-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with NEC playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one NEC win, one draw and three defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy NEC's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, NEC have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the NEC - Go Ahead Eagles 3-3 played earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Go Ahead Eagles victories, six draws and one NEC win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NECZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
10 goals
NECA. Musaba
A. Musaba
7 goals
NEC
O. ter Haar Romeny
7 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Go Ahead Eagles NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
11 6 2 Won W 0 5 11
11 7 3 Drew D 2 4 8
4 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
44 24 10 Scored S 4 24 47
36 11 5 Conceded C 7 17 33
96% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 88%
92% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 77%
58% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 54%
35% 38% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
19% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 27%
69% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 54%
23% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 35%
12% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 23%
 
6.1 8 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 6.5 6.6
5 4 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.2 4.4
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
311 176 80 Total Shots T S 40 146 332
135 74 36 Shots on Target S O 15 61 135
33% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 35%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

Table
  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 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.