The visiting NEC side should be favourites in this visit to Jong AZ, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Jong nor NEC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
NEC play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for NEC when playing on artifical turf are 11 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats from 27 matches. They have scored 48 goals and conceded 44 times in these games.
Jong AZ form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Jong AZ, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Eerste Divisie, at their home stadium (AFAS Trainingscomplex) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
No payout for Jong in their previous match, an away game at Excelsior that ended in defeat 1-4. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Almere City.
Goals are plentiful at AFAS Trainingscomplex in the league this season as Jong has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Jong's defense is seriously deficient as 17 goals have been conceded in these matches.
NEC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
NEC's last game was the home draw against Roda JC Kerkrade (1-1). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Helmond Sport.
As mentioned above, NEC drew the match against Roda JC Kerkrade. Manager R. Meijer brought on Thomas Beekman to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The travelling fans enjoy NEC's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. NEC have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Jong AZ-NEC H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Jong AZ one win, NEC four wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Taabouni 7 goals |  T. Oosting 4 goals |  R. Janga 4 goals |
Jong AZ missing players
NEC missing players
| Jong AZ | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 38 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | 63 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 76 | 160 |
| 67 | 27 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 29 | 67 |
| 30% | 52% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 33% |
- All of Jong AZ's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Jong AZ has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals (38) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong AZ have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 28 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Almere City | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | FC Volendam | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 22 |
| 6 | NEC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Telstar | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 10 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Jong AZ | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 8 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 27 | -29 | 5 |