In total; ten fixtures have been played and NEC are 4 points in front of FC Groningen. What happens?
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither NEC nor FC Groningen 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.
NEC form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for NEC so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for NEC, their manager R. Meijer and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for NEC against Capelle the last match, as O. Romeny and E. Tavşan (2) were on target.
In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus FC Twente with a 2-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with NEC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with NEC as a small favourite), we find three games. NEC has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.
NEC have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, NEC have conceded 4 goals.
FC Groningen form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Groningen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
Groningen go into this game after a win, the home game against Helmond Sport that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Groningen was the only team on the pitch versus Helmond Sport in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Daleho Irandust got a match rating of 9.01 in that game. Irandust scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against AZ in the Eredivisie.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Groningen playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four FC Groningen wins, two draws and five defeats.
FC Groningen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. For FC Groningen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
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 6 goals |   J. Okita 3 goals |  E. Tavsan 2 goals |
NEC missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| NEC | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 3.2 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9.7 | 12.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 12% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 24% |
- All of FC Groningen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Groningen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Groningen have scored at least twice as many goals away as NEC have scored home.
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Ajax | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | NEC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | AZ | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |