Season ticket holders at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Jong Utrecht languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting NEC will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Jong Utrecht form and stats
Three Eerste Divisie home games done for Jong Utrecht, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. With Utrecht having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager R. Hake.
It's back home for Jong Utrecht, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Go Ahead Eagles away with the result 3-2. Mohamed Mallahi and Jeredy Hilterman (2) found the net in that victory. Prior to that, an away loss at SC Cambuur.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Jeredy Hilterman scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Jong Utrecht are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at Jong Ajax awaits in three days.
Utrecht aren't scoring a lot here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Utrecht with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
NEC form and stats
NEC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eerste Divisie, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Impressive finishing from Rangelo Janga, Joep van der Sluijs, Souffian El Karouani, Dirk Proper, Jonathan Okita and Jordy Bruijn secured the home win 6-0 against FC Eindhoven in their previous game. A 0-2 defeat away at Graafschap before that.
As you can tell from the results above, NEC was very dominant against FC Eindhoven, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Rangelo Janga, Joep van der Sluijs, Souffian El Karouani, Dirk Proper, Jonathan Okita and Jordy Bruijn providing the goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the NEC manager R. Meijer as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Jong PSV.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far NEC have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. As for defending, NEC rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Utrecht-NEC H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Jong Utrecht zero wins, NEC five wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 3 goals |  R. Janga 3 goals |  M. Mallahi 2 goals |
Jong Utrecht missing players
NEC missing players
| Jong Utrecht | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 31 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 36 | 77 |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 34 |
| 31% | 22% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 23% | 32% |
- All of Jong Utrecht's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of NEC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Jong Utrecht have lost all their home matches so far.
- Jong Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eerste Divisie
- 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 | NAC Breda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Almere City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Telstar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Graafschap | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | NEC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Jong PSV | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | MVV Maastricht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Jong Ajax | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | FC Oss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 1 |