It's advantage NEC so far with their 6th position in the Eerste Divisie table, welcoming Telstar who are placed 12th.
- NEC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
NEC form and stats
NEC are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Goffertstadion. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Goffertstadion after three straight home wins.
NEC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Almere City (0-2). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting TOP Oss (1-2).
Mattijs Branderhorst had a busy but productive day in the Almere City match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
The manager R. Meijer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Excelsior in only four days.
The NEC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, NEC have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Telstar form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eerste Divisie, are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. A depressing four defeats in a row for Telstar in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Helmond Sport.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus Jong Utrecht with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 defeat away at FC Dordrecht before that.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eerste Divisie trip to Almere City.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Telstar have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Telstar have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Telstar - NEC 5-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six NEC victories, one draw and two Telstar wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Plet 16 goals | ![]() E. Tavsan 11 goals | ![]() J. Bruijn 10 goals |
NEC missing players
Telstar missing players
| NEC | Telstar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 59 | 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 50 |
| 35 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 48 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 73% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 58% | 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 61% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 32% |
| 19% | 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 55% | 53% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 60% | 74% |
| 29% | 33% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 40% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 13.7 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 29% | 39% |
- NEC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Telstar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Telstar have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eerste Divisie
- Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie
- Telstar 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 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 59 | 73 |
| 2 | Almere City | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 65 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 31 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 64 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 63 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 59 |
| 6 | NEC | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 24 | 56 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 50 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 49 |
| 9 | Helmond Sport | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 38 |
| 12 | Telstar | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 37 |
| 13 | Jong Ajax | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -11 | 35 |
| 14 | TOP Oss | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 35 | -12 | 31 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 43 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 34 | -21 | 31 |
| 17 | FC Eindhoven | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 31 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 47 | -43 | 27 |
| 19 | Jong AZ | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | -39 | 26 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 71 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 45 | -34 | 23 |