There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these two squads so far, holding positions near the center of the Eredivisie table. Here's the NEC - Go Ahead Eagles latest:
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Eredivisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
NEC and Go Ahead Eagles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
NEC form and stats
NEC's struggle is real here at Goffertstadion with only 11 points collected from 15 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-8. NEC are slowly digging their own grave here at Goffertstadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the FC Groningen match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 283 minutes without scoring a league goal. Vet was the last player to find the net.
No payout for NEC in their previous match, an away game at FC Utrecht that ended in defeat 0-1. NEC's goalkeeper Branderhorst was extremely busy against FC Utrecht, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Ajax that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how NEC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for NEC as they are travelling to their away game against PSV in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
NEC aren't scoring a lot here at Goffertstadion in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, NEC have conceded 21 goals.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
There's been little loot from Go Ahead Eagles's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Eredivisie. Go Ahead Eagles only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Go Ahead Eagles in their previous game as they lost hosting Vitesse, 1-2. Defender Kuipers was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Kuipers served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Fortuna Sittard before that.Eagles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Go Ahead Eagles are hosting Feyenoord in the Eredivisie only three days away.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Eagles have conceded 23 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
NEC and Go Ahead Eagles have duelled previously this season: Go Ahead Eagles - NEC 0-2. Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for NEC, four draws and three wins for Go Ahead Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Córdoba Kerejeta 9 goals |  L. Brouwers 8 goals |   J. Okita 6 goals |
NEC missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| NEC | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 35 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 36 |
| 48 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 46 |
| 90% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 87% | 94% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 71% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 16% |
| 52% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 29% | 47% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 47% | 35% |
| 4 | 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11.4 | 13.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8.7 | 10.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 17% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 32% |
| 15.6 | 14.1 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.3 | 18.9 | 16.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 5.3 |
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- NEC have the fewest points (11) at home in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (29) 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 | Ajax | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 74 | 78 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 42 | 67 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 62 |
| 5 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 59 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -9 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -9 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | NEC | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 35 |
| 12 | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 34 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 34 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -15 | 31 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 64 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -32 | 29 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Willem II | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -30 | 26 |
