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

Sun 16th Feb, 11:15 BST, Sportpark De Weeren, Amsterdam

Recep Ucar pays counterpart Rogier Meijer a visit on Sunday morning in the Eredivisie, as their Almere City FC and NEC Nijmegen sides go head to head at the Sportpark De Weeren. Stats for our tip of NEC to win are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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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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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think NEC are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NEC
64%
1/2
2%
8/15
2%
Draw
22%
3/1
7%
10/3
2%
Almere City
15%
6/1
35%
5/1
NEC 1-0
13%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
NEC 2-0
12%
6/1
7%
11/2
Draw 1-1
10%
13/213/2
NEC 2-1
10%
15/213/2
NEC 3-0
8%
9/1
9%
17/2
6%
Draw 0-0
7%
9/1
9%
9/1
NEC 3-1
6%
12/110/1
Almere City 1-0
5%
16/1
13%
11/1
8%
Almere City 2-1
4%
20/1
24%
14/1
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
NEC 4-0
4%
20/114/1
NEC 4-1
3%
22/118/1
12%
NEC 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Almere City 2-0
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
NEC 5-0
1%
40/128/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
17/20
3%
5/6
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
19/20
3%
10/11
2%
Home 1st Goal
58%
4/11-
Away 1st Goal
37%
13/5
11%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
46%
19/20
2%
19/20
BTTS - No
54%
4/5
6%
3/4
3%
BTTS - Home Win
25%
5/2
3%
12/5
3%
BTTS - Draw
15%
9/29/2
4%
BTTS - Away Win
7%
12/1
30%
9/1
9%
Home/draw
85%
1/10
4%
2/15
1%
Away/draw
36%
6/4
11%
29/20
2%
Home/away
78%
2/92/9
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1/42/7
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
11/45/2
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
9/4
8%
2/1
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/3
2%
7/20
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
5/19/2
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/81/8
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
12/110/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/251/33
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16
1%
1/25
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
9%
9/1
Home DNB
79%
1/6
3%
2/11
1%
Away DNB
30%
4/1
15%
10/3
6%
NEC win to nil
39%
11/8
9%
-
Almere City win to nil
8%
10/1
10%
-
NEC / NEC
36%
13/10
4%
13/10
5%
NEC / Almere City
2%
40/140/1
NEC / Draw
5%
14/114/1
Draw / NEC
20%
3/1
8%
16/5
Draw / Almere City
7%
12/1
18%
11/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/15/1
Almere City / NEC
4%
20/120/1
11%
Almere City / Almere City
8%
10/1
16%
8/1
5%
Almere City / Draw
5%
16/116/1
Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 21 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 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. NEC have outscored their opponents by 32 goals to 12 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 13 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Almere City have conceded 43 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
Almere City
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2216334551 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-7A
Apr 12
2
Ajax2116322751 
l
 
1-2F
May 11
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
3
Utrecht221264642 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-1F
4
AZ Alkmaar2212461740 
Mar 29
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 18
5
Feyenoord2111642039 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
l
 
1-4A
Feb 22
6
Twente2110651436 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 23
l
 
0-5A
Mar 9
7
GA Eagles221057635 
Mar 9
l
 
5-0A
Apr 27
l
 
3-0A
8
Fortuna227510-1126 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
May 14
l
 
3-0A
9
Heerenveen227510-1526 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
w
 
3-0F
May 5
10
NAC228212-1526 
May 14
l
 
1-0A
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
11
NEC Home217311224 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Feb 16
12
Willem II226610-624 
May 3
l
 
4-1A
l
 
0-1A
Mar 29
13
PEC Zwolle226610-824 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
14
Heracles22598-1124 
l
 
1-2A
May 18
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
15
Groningen226610-1224 
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
16
S.Rotterdam234811-1420 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
May 10
d
 
2-2F
17
Waalwijk224513-1417 
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-4F
l
 
2-0A
18
Almere City A213414-3113 
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
-
-
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
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
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
Almere City 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
Goal Statistics

NEC Nijmegen have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Eredivisie games. Their PG of 1.9 against Almere City FC on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

NEC 11th Almere City 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
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
-47
Almere City have scored 47% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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NEC
PG (predicted goals)
Almere City
1.9
0.8
Attack rating
%
better
NEC
ALM
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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
19743
C VerdonkK OgawaV CrooijC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF2111
3
-
I Márquez DEF212
3
-
B Pereira DEF202
2
-
S. Ouaissa MID205
-
K Ogawa FWD2071
1
-
B. Onal FWD201
1
-
R Roefs GLK19
-
M Hoedemakers MID181
1
-
S Hansen FWD1841
1
-
B Nuytinck DEF171
1
-
K Sano MID171
1
1
T Ouwejan DEF1622
-
D Proper MID161
2
-
V Crooij FWD1454
2
-
K. Shiogai FWD1311
-
L Schöne MID11
-
P Sandler DEF10
-
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
21225
N BakkerK HansenC BrymVisus
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bakker GLK21
-
V Zagaritis DEF211
1
-
H Akujobi DEF211
3
-
J Kamp MID201
3
-
K Hansen FWD202
-
T Robinet FWD1911
2
-
J Kadile FWD1821
4
-
T Haye MID17
4
-
J Jacobs DEF161
1
1
A Tahiri MID16
1
-
A Nalic  MID141
2
-
R Providence FWD141
2
-
J Lawrence DEF13
-
Visus DEF13
4
1
T Barbet DEF11
1
-
F Mattoir  FWD11
-
Álex Carbonell MID10
1
-
B Guillaume FWD91
1
Álex Balboa MID81
2
-
C Mamengi DEF6
1
-
D Dankerlui DEF4
-
C Brym FWD42
1
-
M Martins DEF2
-