There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Eerste Divisie table so far. Here's the Telstar - NEC latest:
It's no vacation for neither Telstar nor NEC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Telstar form and stats
6-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Telstar so far this season.
The Telstar crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-7 to NEC here at Rabobank IJmond Stadion in a Eerste Divisie match. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Almere City.
Telstar were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Telstar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost two.
Telstar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Telstar have conceded 13 goals.
NEC form and stats
As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, NEC have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far.
Two travels in a row for NEC, whose manager F. Gesthuizen could celebrate last time after the Eerste Divisie win against Telstar. A 0-2 loss hosting SC Cambuur before that.
As mentioned above, NEC was the only team on the pitch versus Telstar in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by NEC in our archives, and the results are: one win for NEC, one draw and three defeats.
NEC have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. NEC have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Telstar - NEC 1-7. 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
  R. Kharchouch 16 goals |   Z. Flemming 9 goals | E. Tavsan 7 goals |
Telstar missing players
NEC missing players
| Telstar | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 41 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| 44 | 20 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 84% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 76% |
| 60% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 44% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 36% |
| 32% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 28% |
| 64% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 32% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 255 | 127 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 146 | 319 |
| 97 | 46 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 61 | 127 |
| 42% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | 35% |
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Telstar has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Telstar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 34 | 50 |
| 3 | FC Volendam | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 47 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Telstar | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Almere City | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -13 | 24 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 31 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -28 | 16 |