Betting guide: NEC favourite to beat Telstar at Goffertstadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12500 seats)

It's advantage NEC so far with their 6th position in the Eerste Divisie table, welcoming Telstar who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • 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.

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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.

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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

TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
16 goals
NECE. Tavsan
E. Tavsan
11 goals
NECJ. Bruijn
J. Bruijn
10 goals

NEC missing players

Telstar missing players

NEC Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top 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%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • 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

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.