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NEC Nijmegen v Almere City FC : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 16th Feb, 11:15 BST, McDos Goffertstadion,

Home advantage makes a difference in the Eredivisie, and Rogier Meijer’s NEC Nijmegen will have the blessing of it on Sunday morning. Recep Ucar’s Almere City FC are their visitors to the McDos Goffertstadion. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Eredivisie clash.


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Best Tip: NEC to win

A Eredivisie win on home turf for Rogier Meijer's NEC side win in the win / draw / win market is our prediction. Stats suggest they have what it takes, and they should have too much for their visitors. The odds from the bookies suggest so too, and when that happens you've know you're not going against the market. A NEC win is our recommendation, but we wouldn't expect a whitewash.

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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think NEC are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NEC
66%
4/9
6%
-
Draw
21%
29/10
4%
-
Almere City
13%
5/1
15%
-
NEC 1-0
13%
6/1-
NEC 2-0
13%
6/1
7%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1
7%
-
NEC 2-1
10%
15/2-
NEC 3-0
8%
9/1
9%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1-
NEC 3-1
6%
11/1
8%
-
Almere City 1-0
5%
14/1-
NEC 4-0
4%
18/1
10%
-
Almere City 2-1
4%
18/1
12%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
12%
-
NEC 4-1
3%
22/1-
NEC 3-2
2%
25/1-
Almere City 2-0
2%
33/1
17%
-
NEC 5-0
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
60%
1/3
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
36%
13/5
11%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
46%
19/20
2%
-
BTTS - No
54%
4/5
6%
-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
12/5-
BTTS - Draw
14%
9/2-
BTTS - Away Win
6%
11/1
20%
-
Home/draw
87%
1/9
3%
-
Away/draw
34%
6/4
11%
-
Home/away
79%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
11/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
4/11-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
5/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/8-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1-
Home DNB
80%
1/6
3%
-
Away DNB
28%
4/1
15%
-
NEC win to nil
40%
11/8
9%
-
Almere City win to nil
7%
10/1
10%
-
NEC / NEC
36%
13/10
4%
-
NEC / Almere City
2%
40/1-
NEC / Draw
5%
14/1-
Draw / NEC
20%
3/1
8%
-
Draw / Almere City
7%
11/1
9%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Almere City / NEC
4%
20/1-
Almere City / Almere City
7%
10/1
16%
-
Almere City / Draw
5%
16/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. NEC have outscored their opponents by 31 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

NEC have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Almere City are in 18th position in the Eredivisie on 10 points having played 20 matches so far this season. Almere City are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 8 of those games.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 2 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Almere City have conceded 43 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
Almere City
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2116234550 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-7A
Apr 12
2
Ajax2015322548 
l
 
1-2F
May 11
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
3
Utrecht211263742 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
l
 
1-3A
Feb 9
4
AZ Alkmaar2111461537 
Mar 29
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 18
5
Feyenoord2010641736 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
l
 
1-4A
Feb 22
6
Twente2010551435 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 23
l
 
0-5A
Mar 9
7
GA Eagles20956732 
Mar 9
l
 
5-0A
Apr 27
l
 
3-0A
8
Fortuna21759-926 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
May 14
l
 
3-0A
9
NAC218211-1026 
May 14
l
 
1-0A
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
10
Heerenveen217410-1525 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
w
 
3-0F
-
11
NEC Home207310324 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Feb 16
12
PEC Zwolle21669-624 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
13
Willem II216510-623 
May 3
l
 
4-1A
l
 
0-1A
Mar 29
14
Heracles21498-1321 
l
 
1-2A
May 18
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
15
Groningen215610-1321 
w
 
6-0F
Feb 8
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
16
S.Rotterdam21489-1020 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
May 10
d
 
2-2F
17
Waalwijk213513-1914 
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-4F
l
 
2-0A
18
Almere City A202414-3210 
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
-
-
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
NEC 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC3 - 3PSV
NEC4 - 1Fortuna
NEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC1 - 2Ajax
NEC1 - 2Utrecht
NEC6 - 0Groningen
NEC3 - 0Heerenveen
NEC1 - 1Feyenoord
NEC1 - 2Heracles
NEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
NEC1 - 2Twente
NEC1 - 2GA Eagles
NEC2 - 3Feyenoord
NEC0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
NEC3 - 1PSV
NEC2 - 0Heerenveen
NEC2 - 0S.Rotterdam
NEC3 - 1Heracles
NEC1 - 0Twente
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNEC3 - 3PSV
HNEC4 - 1Fortuna
ANEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
ANEC1 - 4Willem II
HNEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC0 - 5GA Eagles
HNEC1 - 2Ajax
HNEC1 - 2Utrecht
ANEC3 - 0Waalwijk
HNEC6 - 0Groningen
ANEC0 - 1Almere City
HNEC3 - 0Heerenveen
ANEC0 - 1NAC
HNEC1 - 1Feyenoord
HNEC1 - 2Heracles
ANEC0 - 2PSV
ANEC3 - 0Fortuna
HNEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
ANEC0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HNEC1 - 2Twente
Almere City 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
10
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
2
Draw
7
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Groningen0 - 0Almere City
Ajax3 - 0Almere City
NAC1 - 0Almere City
GA Eagles3 - 0Almere City
Waalwijk2 - 0Almere City
S.Rotterdam2 - 2Almere City
PEC Zwolle1 - 0Almere City
Heracles0 - 0Almere City
Fortuna3 - 0Almere City
Ajax3 - 0Almere City
Twente3 - 1Almere City
GA Eagles1 - 1Almere City
Waalwijk0 - 0Almere City
Vitesse1 - 1Almere City
Heracles2 - 2Almere City
PEC Zwolle0 - 1Almere City
PSV2 - 0Almere City
FC Volendam0 - 1Almere City
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Almere City
Heerenveen3 - 0Almere City
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAlmere City1 - 4Waalwijk
HAlmere City0 - 2Heracles
AAlmere City0 - 0Groningen
HAlmere City3 - 0Heerenveen
AAlmere City0 - 3Ajax
HAlmere City1 - 3Utrecht
AAlmere City0 - 1NAC
AAlmere City0 - 3GA Eagles
HAlmere City1 - 4Feyenoord
AAlmere City0 - 2Waalwijk
HAlmere City1 - 0NEC
AAlmere City2 - 2S.Rotterdam
HAlmere City0 - 1Willem II
AAlmere City0 - 1PEC Zwolle
HAlmere City0 - 5Twente
AAlmere City0 - 0Heracles
HAlmere City1 - 1Groningen
HAlmere City1 - 7PSV
AAlmere City0 - 3Fortuna
HAlmere City0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for NEC Nijmegen in their meeting with Almere City FC, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 61 consecutive Eredivisie matches.

NEC 11th Almere City 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals
0
47%
1
35%
2
13%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Almere City scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+19
NEC have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted
-52
Almere City have scored 52% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.5
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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NEC
PG (predicted goals)
Almere City
2
0.8
Attack rating
%
better
NEC
ALM
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
NEC
ALM
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

NEC v Almere City Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18743
C VerdonkK OgawaV CrooijI Márquez
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Márquez DEF202
3
-
C Verdonk DEF201
3
-
B Pereira DEF192
2
-
S. Ouaissa MID195
-
K Ogawa FWD1971
1
-
B. Onal FWD191
1
-
R Roefs GLK18
-
B Nuytinck DEF171
1
-
M Hoedemakers MID171
1
-
K Sano MID171
1
1
S Hansen FWD1741
1
-
T Ouwejan DEF1622
-
D Proper MID151
2
-
V Crooij FWD1344
2
-
K. Shiogai FWD1211
-
L Schöne MID10
-
P Sandler DEF9
-
E Lyratzis DEF7
-
A. Darelas MID4
-
B Linssen FWD31
-
S Gassel GLK2
-
L Larsen FWD1
-
Almere City Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20214
N BakkerK HansenV ZagaritisJ Kadile
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bakker GLK20
-
V Zagaritis DEF201
1
-
H Akujobi DEF201
3
-
J Kamp MID191
3
-
K Hansen FWD192
-
T Robinet FWD1811
1
-
J Kadile FWD1711
4
-
J Jacobs DEF161
1
1
T Haye MID16
3
-
A Tahiri MID16
1
-
R Providence FWD141
2
-
A Nalic  MID131
2
-
J Lawrence DEF12
-
Visus DEF12
3
1
F Mattoir  FWD11
-
T Barbet DEF10
-
Álex Carbonell MID10
1
-
B Guillaume FWD91
1
Álex Balboa MID71
1
-
C Mamengi DEF6
1
-
D Dankerlui DEF4
-
C Brym FWD31
1
-
M Martins DEF1
-