Willem II hope to sell some tickets for this game despite that the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 13th place in the Eredivisie table. Opponents NEC own 10th place with 22 pts.
- Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Willem and NEC.
Willem II form and stats
The overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Willem II are 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
Willem faced defeat in their previous match, away at AZ (1-4). Midfielder Meerveld was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Meerveld served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was the home game against SC Cambuur that was lost 1-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Willem II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost five.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Willem here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
NEC form and stats
Playing away, NEC have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
NEC play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th). The attacker Bruijn got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Bruijn scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at SC Cambuur.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by NEC in our archives, and the results are: five wins for NEC, zero draws and two defeats.
NEC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. NEC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended NEC - Willem II 0-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Willem wins - draws - NEC wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nunnely 4 goals |  K. Wriedt 4 goals |   J. Okita 4 goals |
Willem II missing players
NEC missing players
| Willem II | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 82% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 82% |
| 71% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 24% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 10.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 47% | 30% |
| 14.1 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 17.4 | 16.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Willem II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Ajax | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 47 | 39 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | AZ | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | NEC | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -22 | 6 |