This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, loss and gain giving mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Go Ahead Eagles - NEC!
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Eagles and NEC.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Go Ahead Eagles have to build on here at De Adelaarshorst in the Eredivisie. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Eagles, their manager van Wonderen and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A nice win for Go Ahead Eagles last time playing, versus Roda JC Kerkrade. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Lidberg (2) scoring for the victors.
0-0 away at FC Utrecht before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Go Ahead Eagles perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Go Ahead Eagles as a small favourite), we find five games. Eagles has won three of these, drawn one and lost one.
The manager van Wonderen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PSV in only four days.
A decent goal production from Go Ahead Eagles in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
NEC form and stats
3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for NEC in their Eredivisie matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for NEC as they have been defeated three times in a row since the AZ match.
NEC play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting SC Cambuur (placed 7th). Mattsson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Mattsson served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
A loss against PSV was the result prior to that, in a Eredivisie home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with NEC playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four NEC wins, zero draws and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the NEC manager Meijer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Willem II.
NEC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. NEC have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Eagles, five draws and two wins for NEC. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Córdoba Kerejeta 6 goals |  L. Brouwers 5 goals |   A. Akman 5 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
NEC missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 26 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 15 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.2 | 11 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 30% |
| 17.6 | 15.2 | 18.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 17.9 | 16.2 |
| 5.9 | 5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | PSV | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Ajax | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 36 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |