The season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, both rise and fall giving mid-table spots so far. Get ready for NEC - Excelsior!
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior is in the worst form (1-0-5)
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!
NEC form and stats
NEC have played 4 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as NEC has six draws from their last six matches.
NEC drew their last game, also a home match. Feyenoord (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. NEC's goalie Cillessen played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Feyenoord with a stunning seven saves. Defender Márquez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Márquez scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Utrecht that finished 0-0.Sports bettors who like betting for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 6 league fixtures in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
NEC aren't scoring a lot here at Goffertstadion in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games.
Excelsior form and stats
Playing away, Excelsior have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Excelsior's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Excelsior have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Excelsior failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FC Utrecht (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Excelsior goalkeeper van Gassel was glad for a grand day's work against FC Utrecht, but even with achieving six saves the beating could not be avoided.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fortuna Sittard wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Excelsior have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (NEC wins - draws - Excelsior wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Márquez Álvarez 2 goals |   J. Baas 2 goals |  R. Kharchouch 2 goals |
NEC missing players
Excelsior missing players
| NEC | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.1 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 6.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 24% | 15% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 16.8 | 14.2 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 18.8 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Excelsior is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- NEC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- NEC have yet to win a game at home.
- NEC 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 | AZ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 5 |
