TOP Oss will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 25 points behind NEC.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting NEC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 11-7-11 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
TOP Oss form and stats
TOP Oss have played 14 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). The TOP manager K. Wels might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A good away victory last time out for TOP, who won 3-1 against FC Dordrecht (placed 19th). Before that game, the home loss against Go Ahead Eagles with the scoreline 0-4.
The TOP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the TOP defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
NEC form and stats
8-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for NEC in their Eerste Divisie matches away. NEC have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. It could be a hat trick of victories away for NEC, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The NEC goalkeeper Mattijs Branderhorst is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 277 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed NEC's previous game versus FC Volendam (placed 7th), a Eerste Divisie 1-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Jong PSV.
The NEC manager R. Meijer has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 14 league matches. NEC have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
TOP Oss and NEC have met before this season: NEC - TOP 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): TOP won three games, one match ended with a draw and NEC has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / twoTop Goalscorers
  J. Bruijn 10 goals |  E. Tavsan 10 goals |   M. Remans 8 goals |
TOP Oss missing players
NEC missing players
| TOP Oss | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | 58 |
| 48 | 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 96% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 75% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 57% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 29% | 50% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 43% | 34% |
| 14% | 29% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 36% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 55% |
| 29% | 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 39% | 29% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 12.8 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 23% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 35% |
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEC 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 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 55 | 67 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 59 |
| 4 | Almere City | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 31 | 25 | 59 |
| 5 | NEC | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 56 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 54 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 47 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 45 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 36 |
| 10 | Telstar | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 32 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | TOP Oss | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 31 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Eindhoven | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 39 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -21 | 28 |
| 17 | Jong PSV | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 35 | -15 | 27 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 42 | -43 | 21 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 43 | -33 | 19 |