NEC have journeyed here for an appealing duel versus the home team Sparta Rotterdam. Get smart on the game with this thorough Eredivisie preview!
- NEC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Eredivisie
This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
12 - 5 - 8 with 50-33. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for NEC when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. NEC play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Only two Eredivisie home games for Sparta Rotterdam so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The Sparta Rotterdam supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Fortuna Sittard in Eredivisie and win 3-1. Lennart Thy, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Thy scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Go Ahead Eagles.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 Sparta Rotterdam have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Sparta Rotterdam's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.
NEC form and stats
Things could have gone better for NEC in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. NEC goalkeeper Mattijs Branderhorst is eager to challenge this, with his 322 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
NEC played 0-0 against Willem II in their previous match. Lasse Schöne got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. Schöne hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 80 successful passes (of 86 total). NEC coach R. Meijer could be heard cursing the gods after the 0-0 draw against Willem II, as the team hit the posts three times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Heracles with the score of 1-0.We have checked recent matches where NEC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, zero draws and three defeats.
1 goal so far away for NEC, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sparta Rotterdam victories, two draws and three NEC wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Akman 2 goals |   B. Vriends 1 goals |  B. Smeets 1 goals |
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
NEC missing players
| Sparta Rotterdam | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6 | 10.5 |
| 2.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 21% |
- NEC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Eredivisie
| Sparta Rotterdam | Last season | NEC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 46% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 75% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Willem II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | NEC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | AZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Heracles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 79 | 88 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 39 | 72 |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 34 | 71 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 61 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 59 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 50 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Heracles | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 37 | -11 | 44 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -9 | 38 |
| 14 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -28 | 31 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 30 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 45 | -48 | 23 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -47 | 22 |