📏 Form Guide

NEC

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NEC will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against FC Groningen.

In that game, NEC had 50% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for NEC was Darko Nejašmić (76'). For their opponents, FC Groningen had 11 shots at goal with 7 on target. Marco Rente (45') and Tygo Land (51') scored for FC Groningen.

NEC have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although they have also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, NEC have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches.

Analysis of their past results shows that NEC:

• have not registered a win against Go Ahead Eagles in their last 7 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Go Ahead Eagles

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Since a losing effort in their last game against PSV Eindhoven in Eredivisie action, Go Ahead Eagles and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles managed 41% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Go Ahead Eagles was Mathis Suray (26'). For their opponents, PSV had 24 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Ivan Perišić (19', 70'), Ricardo Pepi (45') and Paul Wanner (82') scored for PSV Eindhoven.

During their six previous matches, Melvin Boel's Go Ahead Eagles have found the back of the net 8 times - earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Go Ahead Eagles:

• remain unbeaten by NEC when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/01/2024 tells us that NEC have won 1 of these and Go Ahead Eagles 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league encounter between the two was Eredivisie match day 8 on 05/10/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 NEC.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles managed 54% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Jari De Busser (32' Own goal) and Gerrit Nauber (94').

NEC got 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Martijn Vos.

ℹ️ Team News: NEC

It seems likely that NEC should line up in a 3-4-1-2 system for this game, utilising Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Bram Nuytinck, Deveron Fonville, Sami Ouaissa, Darko Nejasmic, Philippe Sandler, Noé Lebreton, Kodai Sano, Brian Linssen and Tjaronn Chery.

🗞️ Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

From our viewpoint, Trots aan de IJssel seem most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Jari De Busser, Alfons Sampsted, Julius Dirksen, Joris Kramer, Aske Adelgaard, Melle Meulensteen, J. Breum Martinsen, Sören Tengstedt, Victor Edvardsen, Mathis Suray and S. Ingi Sigurdarson.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, NEC will, in all likelihood, be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Go Ahead Eagles may well find it hard to break down their defence although we do think that they will probably end up hitting back at some stage here.

Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 winning score for NEC at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 23:22 15/05/2026