Perhaps a welcome break from league football as NEC & Go Ahead Eagles face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eredivisie. That game, against FC Groningen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Go Ahead Eagles.
NEC form and stats
NEC participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.NEC's results here at Goffertstadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
An away draw last time out for NEC, facing PEC Zwolle in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player van Rooij got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Rooij hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Feyenoord with the scoreline 1-4.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NEC handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.
There will be little rest for NEC after this match as they are travelling to SC Heerenveen for a Eredivisie game in only three days.
On the other hand, NEC have conceded 14 goals.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Go Ahead Eagles have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
Go Ahead Eagles lost away at FC Groningen (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Lucassen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Lucassen hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Eagles travelled to Heracles and returned home with a draw after the Eredivisie game finished 1-1.Go Ahead 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, four draws and two defeats. From a total of nine matches.
After this away game Go Ahead Eagles return home for a Eredivisie game against AZ. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for NEC, four draws and three wins for Go Ahead Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Córdoba Kerejeta 6 goals |   J. Bruijn 5 goals |  A. Akman 5 goals |
NEC missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| NEC | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 10 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 15.5 | 15.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 15.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 59 | 51 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | AZ | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Willem II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 15 | Heracles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 16 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
