Football tips: NEC vs MVV Maastricht - predictions and betting guide

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong AZ.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting MVV Maastricht have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-4-12 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.

NEC form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for NEC at their home stadium (Goffertstadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

NEC are returning here after visiting Jong AZ in a Eerste Divisie game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Before that, NEC had a home game versus Jong PSV which ended with a victory 1-0.

There will be little rest for NEC after this match as they are travelling to Excelsior for a KNVB Beker game in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and NEC are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the NEC defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

MVV Maastricht form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Eerste Divisie, are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as MVV Maastricht have lost on their last two travels.

MVV Maastricht's last game was the home draw against Excelsior (0-0). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting SC Cambuur.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the MVV Maastricht manager F. Usta as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against FC Dordrecht.

MVV Maastricht find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. The MVV Maastricht manager F. Usta has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 3 - 1 - 2 (NEC wins - draws - MVV Maastricht wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Z. Flemming 4 goals / 1 assists

A. Musaba 3 goals / 1 assists

O. ter Haar Romeny 3 goals

NEC missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players