Telstar will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind NEC.
- Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Telstar form and stats
3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Telstar so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Telstar, their manager A. Jonker and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Telstar against Jong Ajax the last match, as Rashaan Fernandes and Niels van Wetten were on target. Ahead of that match, Telstar lost 2-3 at home to Almere City.
Telstar goalkeeper Jasper Schendelaar did an outstanding job against Jong Ajax with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Jonker when Niels van Wetten scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
Telstar can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. On the other hand, Telstar have conceded 13 goals.
NEC form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Home advantage was not enough for NEC in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting FC Oss, 0-1. Prior to that result NEC won their away game at FC Dordrecht. The scoreline was 2-1.
NEC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. NEC have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Telstar-NEC H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Telstar one win, NEC six wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Bronkhorst 7 goals |  G. Plet 7 goals |  S. Soto 6 goals |
Telstar missing players
NEC missing players
| Telstar | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 31 |
| 24 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 89% | 82% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 59% |
| 24% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 76% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 59% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 39% | 43% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Telstar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Telstar have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | Almere City | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | NEC | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 30 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Telstar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -21 | 13 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 11 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | -29 | 11 |