Eredivisie game lowdown: NEC against SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12500 seats)

NEC and SC Heerenveen have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. Both teams occupy mid-table positions in the Eredivisie.

Insights:
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eredivisie

Both participants have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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NEC form and stats

NEC have played 15 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-9-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for NEC, their manager Meijer and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A strong away win for NEC against FC Groningen the last match, as Bruijn were on target. At last, a league victory after three matches without one. Márquez was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.82 out of 10. The defender Márquez won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Vitesse with the scoreline 1-4.

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 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The NEC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

5-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Heerenveen in their Eredivisie matches away.

The manager van Wonderen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Abe Lenstra Stadion. SC Heerenveen suffered a 2-3 loss to FC Emmen (placed 15th). SC Heerenveen were so close to getting something from the game against FC Emmen, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Attacker van Hooijdonk got a player rating of 8.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Hooijdonk scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Heerenveen manager van Wonderen faced defeat when travelling to Sparta Rotterdam and losing 0-4.

We have checked recent matches where SC Heerenveen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Take note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

SC Heerenveen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 17 goals have been scored. SC Heerenveen have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

NEC have managed a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without losing (5-4-0) when playing SC Heerenveen.

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the result SC Heerenveen - NEC 0-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
15 goals
NECL. Dimata
L. Dimata
8 goals
NECO. Tannane
O. Tannane
6 goals

NEC missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NEC SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
8 3 1 Won W 0 5 10
14 9 3 Drew D 2 6 8
8 3 0 Lost L 2 4 12
39 26 12 Scored S 1 17 36
34 22 7 Conceded C 4 19 45
83% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 83%
67% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 73%
37% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 57%
27% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 17%
50% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 53%
30% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 27%
37% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 47% 37%
 
5.6 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4 4.6
5.6 5.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.9 5.4
1.5 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 16.5 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.9 13.2
4.9 5.7 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4.5
27% 31% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 29% 27%
 
14.8 12.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 13.3 12.7
5.4 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have the most matches under the total-line (19) 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 30 22 7 1 73 28 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 11 3 1 39 19 45 73
2 PSV 30 20 5 5 81 35 15 13 1 1 49 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 46 65
3 Ajax 30 18 8 4 79 32 15 9 4 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 62
4 AZ 30 18 6 6 59 32 15 8 5 2 30 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 27 60
5 Sparta Rotterdam 30 15 8 7 50 33 15 9 2 4 28 16 15 6 6 3 22 17 17 53
6 FC Twente 30 14 10 6 51 26 15 11 4 0 39 10 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 52
7 FC Utrecht 30 12 9 9 46 45 15 6 5 4 15 13 15 6 4 5 31 32 1 45
8 NEC 30 8 14 8 39 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 15 5 5 5 13 12 5 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 30 10 8 12 46 52 15 8 3 4 30 20 15 2 5 8 16 32 -6 38
10 SC Heerenveen 30 10 8 12 36 45 15 5 2 8 19 26 15 5 6 4 17 19 -9 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 30 9 9 12 42 50 15 6 5 4 24 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -8 36
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 9 5 16 35 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 5 2 8 17 29 -21 32
13 Vitesse 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 3 6 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 31
14 FC Volendam 30 8 6 16 36 61 15 7 1 7 24 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -25 30
15 FC Emmen 30 6 10 14 29 51 15 3 9 3 15 17 15 3 1 11 14 34 -22 28
16 Excelsior 30 8 4 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 15 1 2 12 8 42 -39 28
17 FC Groningen 30 4 5 21 28 60 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 2 12 10 34 -32 17
18 SC Cambuur 30 4 4 22 21 60 15 2 0 13 10 30 15 2 4 9 11 30 -39 16

Table
  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 30 22 7 1 73 28 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 11 3 1 39 19 45 73
2 PSV 30 20 5 5 81 35 15 13 1 1 49 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 46 65
3 Ajax 30 18 8 4 79 32 15 9 4 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 62
4 AZ 30 18 6 6 59 32 15 8 5 2 30 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 27 60
5 Sparta Rotterdam 30 15 8 7 50 33 15 9 2 4 28 16 15 6 6 3 22 17 17 53
6 FC Twente 30 14 10 6 51 26 15 11 4 0 39 10 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 52
7 FC Utrecht 30 12 9 9 46 45 15 6 5 4 15 13 15 6 4 5 31 32 1 45
8 NEC 30 8 14 8 39 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 15 5 5 5 13 12 5 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 30 10 8 12 46 52 15 8 3 4 30 20 15 2 5 8 16 32 -6 38
10 SC Heerenveen 30 10 8 12 36 45 15 5 2 8 19 26 15 5 6 4 17 19 -9 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 30 9 9 12 42 50 15 6 5 4 24 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -8 36
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 9 5 16 35 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 5 2 8 17 29 -21 32
13 Vitesse 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 3 6 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 31
14 FC Volendam 30 8 6 16 36 61 15 7 1 7 24 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -25 30
15 FC Emmen 30 6 10 14 29 51 15 3 9 3 15 17 15 3 1 11 14 34 -22 28
16 Excelsior 30 8 4 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 15 1 2 12 8 42 -39 28
17 FC Groningen 30 4 5 21 28 60 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 2 12 10 34 -32 17
18 SC Cambuur 30 4 4 22 21 60 15 2 0 13 10 30 15 2 4 9 11 30 -39 16

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.