NEC will battle it out with FC Groningen in this Eredivisie game. All you should know about the game is found here!
This looks to be an engrossing match with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
NEC form and stats
NEC's first Eredivisie home game here at Goffertstadion ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.
Happy days for NEC in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Volendam (placed 15th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Duelund (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.9/10. Duelund scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times.
Ahead of that match, NEC lost 0-1 at home to FC Twente.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 NEC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 3.
NEC has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
FC Groningen form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season FC Groningen had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 5, drew 3 and lost 9.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Go Ahead Eagles in their previous game. That win felt sweet as this club had gone five league fixtures without winning. te Wierik was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Wierik won 5 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Ajax's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Groningen playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 FC Groningen wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
It's early days yet, but FC Groningen has scored 1 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
NEC-FC Groningen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: NEC three wins, FC Groningen three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngonge 2 goals |   J. Bruijn 1 goals |  E. Tavsan 1 goals |
NEC missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| NEC | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 10.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 15 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 25 | 15.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 13 | 6.7 |
| NEC | Last season | FC Groningen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Conceded | C | 34 | 55 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 68% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 50% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 12% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 26% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 26% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 15 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FC Emmen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitesse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
