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Willem II v NEC Nijmegen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 22nd Dec, 15:45 BST, Willem Ii Stadion, Tilburg

the Willem Ii Stadion plays host on Sunday afternoon, as Peter Maes's Willem II are visited by Rogier Meijer's NEC Nijmegen in the Eredivisie. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with additional weight given to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats for this fixture are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Willem II and NEC combined during 90 minutes. Recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.33.

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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Willem II are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.45.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Willem II
41%
29/20
2%
-
Draw
27%
13/5-
NEC
31%
13/8
3%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
6/1-
Willem II 1-0
12%
15/2-
NEC 1-0
10%
8/1-
Draw 0-0
9%
10/1-
Willem II 2-1
8%
17/2-
Willem II 2-0
8%
11/1-
NEC 2-1
7%
9/1-
NEC 2-0
5%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Willem II 3-1
4%
18/1-
Willem II 3-0
3%
22/1-
NEC 3-1
3%
20/1-
Willem II 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
-
NEC 3-0
2%
25/1
10%
-
NEC 3-2
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
9/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
9/10-
Home 1st Goal
49%
5/6
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
11/10-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
49%
3/4-
BTTS - No
51%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
15/4-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
13%
4/1
9%
-
Home/draw
69%
4/9-
Away/draw
59%
8/15-
Home/away
73%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
2/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
5/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
9/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
1/3-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/20-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/1-
Home DNB
60%
4/5
4%
-
Away DNB
51%
10/11
5%
-
Willem II win to nil
24%
10/3-
NEC win to nil
18%
7/2
10%
-
Willem II / Willem II
21%
3/1-
Willem II / NEC
3%
28/1-
Willem II / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Willem II
14%
5/1-
Draw / NEC
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
NEC / Willem II
3%
25/1-
NEC / NEC
19%
7/2-
NEC / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Willem II have played 15 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Willem II have conceded 13 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Willem II have played 8 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

NEC lay in 11th place on 16 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 11 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. NEC have conceded 3 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

NEC have played 7 away games, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Willem II
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1514014442 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 9
Feb 1
l
 
2-0A
2
Utrecht151122935 
Mar 9
l
 
3-2A
l
 
1-2A
Mar 16
3
Ajax1510321633 
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
May 11
4
Feyenoord159511932 
Jan 18
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 2
5
Twente158431028 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 12
l
 
1-2A
Jan 26
6
AZ Alkmaar158251226 
Feb 2
w
 
1-2F
Mar 30
l
 
1-0A
7
NAC15717-622 
d
 
2-2A
May 18
May 14
l
 
1-0A
8
GA Eagles15636221 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 16
Mar 9
l
 
5-0A
9
Fortuna15546-419 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 27
Jan 19
w
 
0-3F
10
Heerenveen15537-1218 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 6
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
11
NEC Away15519216 
Dec 22
May 4
-
-
12
Willem II Home15447-216 
-
-
May 4
Dec 22
13
PEC Zwolle15447-916 
May 14
Dec 13
w
 
1-0F
Jan 11
14
Groningen15447-1016 
Feb 16
l
 
2-0A
w
 
6-0F
Feb 9
15
Heracles15357-1214 
May 11
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
May 18
16
S.Rotterdam15258-1011 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 2
Dec 15
Apr 6
17
Waalwijk151311-226 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 26
Apr 13
w
 
0-3F
18
Almere City151311-276 
Mar 30
w
 
0-1F
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
UEFA Champions League
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UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Willem II have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Willem II 12TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Willem II1 - 2Heerenveen
Willem II2 - 2NAC
Willem II0 - 1Twente
Willem II0 - 0Fortuna
Willem II0 - 2PSV
Willem II3 - 0Waalwijk
Willem II1 - 2S.Rotterdam
Willem II2 - 0GA Eagles
Willem II3 - 0Utrecht
Willem II2 - 0Heracles
Willem II1 - 0Vitesse
Willem II2 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Willem II0 - 0Heerenveen
Willem II0 - 1Ajax
Willem II3 - 1Waalwijk
Willem II0 - 1Twente
Willem II0 - 1NEC
Willem II1 - 3Cambuur
Willem II0 - 1GA Eagles
Willem II0 - 3S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWillem II1 - 2Heerenveen
AWillem II0 - 2Groningen
HWillem II2 - 2NAC
AWillem II2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HWillem II0 - 1Twente
AWillem II0 - 1Ajax
HWillem II0 - 0Fortuna
AWillem II1 - 0Almere City
HWillem II0 - 2PSV
AWillem II2 - 3Utrecht
HWillem II3 - 0Waalwijk
HWillem II1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AWillem II1 - 1Heracles
HWillem II2 - 0GA Eagles
AWillem II1 - 1Feyenoord
HWillem II3 - 0Utrecht
AWillem II1 - 1Cambuur
HWillem II2 - 0Heracles
AWillem II2 - 4PSV
HWillem II1 - 0Vitesse
NEC 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
GA Eagles5 - 0NEC
Waalwijk0 - 3NEC
Almere City1 - 0NEC
NAC1 - 0NEC
PSV2 - 0NEC
Fortuna0 - 3NEC
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0NEC
Almere City1 - 4NEC
Excelsior0 - 3NEC
Vitesse0 - 3NEC
Fortuna1 - 1NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NEC
FC Volendam2 - 5NEC
Ajax2 - 2NEC
Waalwijk2 - 0NEC
GA Eagles2 - 2NEC
Feyenoord2 - 2NEC
PEC Zwolle1 - 3NEC
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2NEC
Twente3 - 3NEC
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
1
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HNEC1 - 2GA Eagles
ANEC4 - 1Almere City
HNEC2 - 3Feyenoord
ANEC3 - 0Excelsior
HNEC0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
NEC have beaten Willem II in 3 consecutive away league meetings
6
NEC have not lost to Willem II in 6 consecutive league meetings
6
NEC have kept a clean sheet in 6 consecutive league meetings with Willem II
League games at Willem II since 2015
Willem II
NEC
Goals: Scored
0
3
Games: Scored
0 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
3 / 3
NEC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Willem II
0 - 1NEC
0 - 1NEC
0 - 1NEC
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
Willem II
Goals: Scored
1
0
Games: Scored
1 / 3
0 / 3
Clean sheets
3 / 3
2 / 3
D
2
NEC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
NEC1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Willem II 12th NEC 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Willem II will score no more than 1 goal
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that NEC will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-22
Willem II have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted
+31
NEC have scored 31% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Willem II
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
1.3
1.1
Attack rating
WIL
NEC
11%
better
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Games scored10
10
Failed to score5
5
Scored first4
7
Goals scored16
21
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.4
Avg. shots per game6
10
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for0.8
1.4
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
WIL
NEC
1%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
10
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first10
8
Goals conceded18
19
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
8
Conversion rate against10%
13%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.2
KickOff rating
+1%

Willem II v NEC Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Willem II Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15424
T DidillonC SandraK VaesenJ Bosch
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Didillon GLK15
2
-
M Tirpan DEF15
2
-
T Jago DEF15
-
R Behounek DEF151
3
-
C Sandra MID1541
1
-
R Meerveld MID152
1
-
J Bosch MID152
4
-
R Sigurgeirsson DEF141
4
-
A. Lachkar MID14
3
-
K Vaesen FWD1442
2
-
J Bokila FWD141
2
-
B Lambert MID12
3
-
R Nizet DEF11
1
-
N Doodeman  FWD11
-
E Kehrer FWD91
1
-
A Fatah FWD81
2
-
P Joosten FWD6
-
V. Vermeulen DEF3
1
-
J. Mathijsen DEF2
1
-
K. Razak FWD1
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13523
C VerdonkK OgawaB PereiraC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF15
3
-
I Márquez DEF151
2
-
S Hansen FWD1541
1
-
B. Onal FWD151
1
-
B Pereira DEF142
2
-
B Nuytinck DEF141
1
-
M Hoedemakers MID141
1
-
S. Ouaissa MID143
-
K Ogawa FWD1451
-
R González FWD1422
-
R Roefs GLK13
-
K Sano FWD131
1
1
T Ouwejan DEF1212
-
D Proper MID10
2
-
L Schöne MID8
-
K. Shiogai FWD8
-
P Sandler DEF5
-
A. Darelas MID3
-
S Gassel GLK2
-