NEC perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Go Ahead Eagles can look both up and down from their 9th position.
The hosts NEC saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong PSV, so at least NEC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
NEC form and stats
NEC must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eerste Divisie games here at Goffertstadion.
NEC shared the glory with Jong PSV in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that match, a win away at Jong Utrecht.
Thomas Beekman was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Jong PSV after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NEC handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.
NEC are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Goffertstadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. NEC are not conceding a lot of goals here at Goffertstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Eerste Divisie, on their Eerste Divisie travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Go Ahead Eagles have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jay Gorter. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Eerste Divisie.
Go Ahead Eagles are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Eerste Divisie against FC Eindhoven (placed 13th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs De Graafschap.
Eagles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting NAC Breda in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Go Ahead Eagles have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Go Ahead Eagles's manager K. van Wonderen has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 0 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): NEC one win, six draws and Go Ahead Eagles three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Janga 3 goals | S. Elkarouani 2 goals |  J. Bruijn 2 goals |
NEC missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| NEC | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 88% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 33% | 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 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 41 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 43 | 80 |
| 46 | 21 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| 35% | 38% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 21% | 31% |
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (4) away in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- Go Ahead Eagles have not yet lost a game away.
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 19 |
| 2 | NAC Breda | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Almere City | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | NEC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Telstar | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 5 |