NEC have managed 2 home victories so far, FC Volendam have won 1 away. Who boosts their standings after this meeting?
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
- FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both participants have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
NEC form and stats
NEC have collected 14 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 2-8-1. In general it's been a long time since NEC tasted defeat here at Goffertstadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen not having conceded a league goal in 235 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for NEC, who won 3-0 against Excelsior (placed 15th). Finally, a league win after four fixtures without. Defender Verdonk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.92/10. Verdonk signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus SC Cambuur.Trench warfare? In this team's last 20 league matches, 15 have produced zero, one or two goals.
A decent goal production from NEC in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. NEC have conceded 12 in these home matches.
FC Volendam form and stats
FC Volendam have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-4-6 (11 played).
FC Volendam go into this game after a win, the home game against Vitesse that ended 2-0. van Mieghem got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Mieghem scored two goals and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Twente wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Volendam as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The FC Volendam manager Jonk has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; FC Volendam - NEC 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): NEC nine wins, zero draws and FC Volendam one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Dimata 5 goals |   R. Mühren 5 goals |  P. Rosendo Marques 4 goals |
NEC missing players
FC Volendam missing players
| NEC | FC Volendam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 27 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 49 |
| 82% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 59% |
| 18% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 50% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 59% |
| 27% | 9% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 41% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 27% |
| 6 | 7.5 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 17.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.4 | 11.3 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 25% | 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 14.6 | 12 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 18 | 15.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
- All of FC Volendam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Volendam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Eredivisie
- 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 | Feyenoord | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 29 | 49 |
| 2 | Ajax | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | AZ | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | PSV | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 43 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | NEC | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -24 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -25 | 13 |
