The league table in Eerste Divisie tells a story about these teams so far, with NEC leading TOP Oss by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium uses grass, unlike TOP Oss's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.
NEC form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for NEC so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for NEC after consecutive victories at their own ground.
NEC manager and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus SC Cambuur (placed 1st) in the Eerste Divisie. Prior to that, an away loss at Excelsior in the KNVB Beker.
Goals decide football matches and NEC are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
TOP Oss form and stats
There's been little loot from TOP Oss's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Eerste Divisie. TOP Oss only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FC Dordrecht (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The Eerste Divisie match ended in a draw 1-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus OSS '20 at their stadium, the result 2-1.
TOP Oss have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. TOP Oss have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 3 NEC victories, 1 draw and 2 TOP Oss wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Okita 4 goals |  Z. Flemming 4 goals |   P. Rommens 4 goals |
NEC missing players
TOP Oss missing players
| NEC | TOP Oss | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 10 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- All of TOP Oss's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NEC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- NEC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TOP Oss have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 23 |
| 5 | Excelsior | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | NEC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Telstar | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Jong Utrecht | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Almere City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | FC Eindhoven | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 16 | TOP Oss | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Jong PSV | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 7 |