5th position in the Eerste Divisie table for NEC so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 13th-placed Excelsior visits Goffertstadion.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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!
This pitch has grass, which is not Excelsior's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Excelsior have performed like this: Played 23 matches resulting in 5 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats with the goal stats 32-49 (scored/conceded).
NEC form and stats
4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for NEC so far this season.
NEC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-5 away versus Telstar. Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Oss (0-1).
A goal frenzy last time out for NEC, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Telstar. Fun stuff to watch!
NEC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Goffertstadion with 15 goals in 8 league matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Excelsior form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. With the Excelsior losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Excelsior's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Excelsior have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. E. Omarsson was the goal scorer.
Excelsior failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs NAC Breda (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-3. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus SC Cambuur.
Excelsior are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Excelsior have conceded 14 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): NEC five wins, one draw and Excelsior four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 17 goals |   J. Bruijn 6 goals |  R. Janga 5 goals |
NEC missing players
Excelsior missing players
| NEC | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 33 | 15 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 23 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 83% |
| 61% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 72% |
| 33% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 61% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 61% |
| 17% | 12% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 13.2 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.1 | 13.6 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 34% | 33% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 31% |
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 41 | 46 |
| 2 | Almere City | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 35 |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | NEC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 30 |
| 7 | Telstar | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 11 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -32 | 11 |