NEC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Jong Ajax.
The visiting Jong Ajax played their last game only four days ago, a Eerste Divisie match.
NEC form and stats
NEC have collected 18 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 5-3-2.
NEC are confident in defense, having played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home team returns to Goffertstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with MVV Maastricht (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Eerste Divisie game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Den Bosch in a game that was won 1-0.
The NEC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. NEC have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Jong Ajax form and stats
6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jong Ajax, who have the most scored goals (56) in Eerste Divisie, in their Eerste Divisie matches away.
453 minutes! That's how long the Jong Ajax goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Jong Ajax are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Eerste Divisie against FC Dordrecht (placed 20th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Jong PSV.
The Jong Ajax manager M. van der Gaag has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Jong Ajax in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jong Ajax - NEC 3-3 entered in the official records. NEC-Jong Ajax H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: NEC 2 wins, Jong Ajax 3 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 14 goals |  J. Ekkelenkamp 11 goals |   J. Okita 6 goals |
NEC missing players
Jong Ajax missing players
| NEC | Jong Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 25 | 56 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 64% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 55% | 55% |
| 23% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 45% | 41% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 64% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 36% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 7.3 | 7.7 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 285 | 148 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 119 | 267 |
| 111 | 59 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 60 | 131 |
| 32% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 42% | 43% |
- Jong Ajax has the most scored goals (25) away
- Jong Ajax has the most scored goals (56)
- Jong Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jong Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- NEC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 30 | 45 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 43 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 43 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | NEC | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Almere City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -14 | 25 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 21 |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 18 | Jong PSV | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 17 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | -27 | 15 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 12 |