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NEC Nijmegen v Heracles Almelo : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sportpark De Weeren, Amsterdam

Heracles Almelo pay Eredivisie rivals NEC Nijmegen a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Bas Sibum guides his team into an away clash with Dick Schreuder & co. at the Sportpark De Weeren. Below you'll find unique statistics for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from leading bookmakers.

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NEC Nijmegen's next match is v Utrecht at 20:00 on Wednesday 11th February
Heracles Almelo's next match is v NAC at 15:30 on Saturday 14th February
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between NEC and Heracles was on Saturday 7th February 2026
Dutch Eredivisie
February 7th 2026
NEC 4
1 Heracles
 
B. Linssen 17'23' L. Zeefuik
T. Chery 42'
B. Onal 57'
N. Lebreton 90'
 
NEC
HER
Shots On
6
2
Shots Off
6
7
Corners
3
6
Possession
69%
31%
Fouls
10
18
Yellow/red cards
2/0
 
NECHeracles
 
G. Crettaz
B. Pereira (Y. El Kachati 80')
P. Sandler (B. Nuytinck 90')
A. Kaplan (D. Fonville 65')
E. Dasa
D. Nejašmić
T. Cheryfootball icon (I. Hansen-Aaröen 90')
B. Onalfootball icon
N. Lebretonfootball icon
K. Sano
B. Linssenfootball icon (W. Willumsson 80')
R. Pasveer
D. Mirani
D. van der Kust
S. Cestic
(L. Kulenović 79') N. Ünüvar
(T. van Gilst 79') M. Benita
M. te Wierik
I. Mesík
football iconL. Zeefuik
A. Hrustic
W. Ould-Chikh

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Best Tip: NEC to win

A Eredivisie victory in front of their own fans for Dick Schreuder's NEC side win in the win / draw / win market is our prediction. Statistics suggest that their form is good coming into the match, and they should be too strong for their visitors. The odds from the bookmakers suggest the same, and when that happens you've got a pretty compelling case. A NEC win is the bet we'd suggest, but it could be a close one.

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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 69% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NEC
69%
4/111/50
3%
Draw
16%
4/11/50
4%
Heracles
15%
13/21/50
7%
NEC 2-1
9%
8/110/3
6%
NEC 3-1
8%
9/12/5
11%
NEC 2-0
8%
17/25/1
18%
NEC 3-0
7%
10/111/2
10%
Draw 1-1
7%
10/15/1
11%
NEC 1-0
6%
11/110/1
21%
NEC 4-1
5%
14/119/5
15%
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/2
NEC 3-2
5%
18/113/2
13%
NEC 4-0
5%
14/115/2
Heracles 2-1
4%
22/115/2
12%
NEC 4-2
3%
25/122/1
24%
NEC 5-1
3%
25/122/1
37%
Heracles 1-0
3%
28/112/1
21%
NEC 5-0
2%
25/112/1
11%
Over 2.5 Goals
73%
4/111/10
13%
Under 2.5 Goals
27%
21/1011/2
18%
Home 1st Goal
57%
4/114/11
1%
Away 1st Goal
42%
2/112/5
No 1st Goal
1%
22/110/1
12%
BTTS - Yes
64%
4/73/4
11%
BTTS - No
36%
5/419/20
13%
BTTS - Home Win
40%
7/51/1000
20%
BTTS - Draw
14%
9/240/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
10/1100/1
6%
Home/draw
85%
1/101/1000
1%
Away/draw
31%
2/140/1
5%
Home/away
84%
1/61/300
Over 1.5 Goals
89%
1/101/33
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
11%
6/110/1
20%
Over 3.5 Goals
53%
5/62/11
20%
Under 3.5 Goals
47%
5/617/5
15%
Over 4.5 Goals
33%
2/19/5
34%
Under 4.5 Goals
66%
4/112/5
10%
Over 5.5 Goals
19%
9/211/1
50%
Under 5.5 Goals
81%
1/71/40
7%
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/801/33
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
22/110/1
12%
Home DNB
80%
1/81/1000
2%
Away DNB
26%
5/1100/1
9%
NEC win to nil
29%
7/4-
Heracles win to nil
5%
16/1-
NEC / NEC
41%
10/1111/2
3%
NEC / Heracles
2%
40/140/1
15%
NEC / Draw
5%
16/120/1
15%
Draw / NEC
18%
10/313/10
2%
Draw / Heracles
6%
16/19/2
8%
Draw / Draw
10%
8/15/2
7%
Heracles / NEC
5%
14/125/1
13%
Heracles / Heracles
8%
11/114/1
5%
Heracles / Draw
5%
18/122/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. NEC have outscored their opponents by 52 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

NEC have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 25 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Heracles are in 16th position in the Eredivisie on 17 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 1 and won 5. Heracles have conceded 50 goals, scored 28, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
Heracles
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2219214059 
l
 
3-5A
Mar 14
Feb 28
l
 
4-3A
2
Feyenoord2213362042 
Apr 12
w
 
2-4F
l
 
0-7A
l
 
4-2A
3
NEC2112542141 
-
-
l
 
1-4F
l
 
4-1A
4
Ajax2210931339 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 21
Apr 11
l
 
2-0A
5
S.Rotterdam221138-736 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 15
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
6
Twente2281041234 
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
7
AZ Alkmaar22967133 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
8
Groningen22949131 
w
 
2-0F
May 10
May 17
l
 
4-0A
9
Fortuna227510-526 
Feb 28
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
10
Excelsior227510-1326 
w
 
5-0F
Apr 4
Mar 20
w
 
1-2A
11
PEC Zwolle227510-1426 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
8-2A
May 3
12
Heerenveen21678-425 
Mar 22
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-3A
Apr 5
13
Utrecht21669224 
Feb 11
l
 
1-0A
Mar 6
l
 
4-0A
14
GA Eagles214116-323 
May 17
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-2F
Feb 22
15
FC Volendam225611-1321 
Mar 8
w
 
2-3A
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
16
Telstar223811-1217 
May 2
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
May 10
17
Heracles225215-2617 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-4A
-
-
18
NAC223712-1316 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
3-4F
Feb 14
l
 
2-1F
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
3
NEC have won 3 consecutive league games
9
NEC have not lost in 9 consecutive league games
NEC
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC2 - 1PEC Zwolle
NEC2 - 2Ajax
NEC3 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC2 - 0Groningen
NEC3 - 3Twente
NEC2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
NEC3 - 5PSV
NEC3 - 0NAC
NEC5 - 0Excelsior
NEC3 - 0NAC
NEC1 - 1Willem II
NEC2 - 1Waalwijk
NEC3 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 3GA Eagles
NEC2 - 2Almere City
NEC3 - 3PSV
NEC4 - 1Fortuna
NEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC1 - 2Ajax
NEC1 - 2Utrecht
Goals: Scored
52
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANEC3 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HNEC2 - 1PEC Zwolle
ANEC4 - 3NAC
HNEC2 - 2Ajax
ANEC2 - 2Telstar
ANEC3 - 2FC Volendam
HNEC3 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC4 - 2Feyenoord
HNEC2 - 0Groningen
ANEC0 - 1Utrecht
ANEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
HNEC3 - 3Twente
ANEC1 - 1GA Eagles
HNEC2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
ANEC2 - 3Heerenveen
HNEC3 - 5PSV
ANEC2 - 3Fortuna
HNEC3 - 0NAC
ANEC4 - 1Heracles
HNEC5 - 0Excelsior
Heracles
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Feyenoord4 - 2Heracles
S.Rotterdam2 - 0Heracles
PSV4 - 3Heracles
Fortuna1 - 1Heracles
Excelsior1 - 2Heracles
FC Volendam3 - 0Heracles
Twente2 - 1Heracles
NAC2 - 1Heracles
Groningen4 - 0Heracles
Ajax2 - 0Heracles
Utrecht4 - 0Heracles
PSV4 - 1Heracles
Willem II1 - 2Heracles
Groningen4 - 1Heracles
Waalwijk0 - 0Heracles
Heerenveen1 - 1Heracles
Fortuna1 - 0Heracles
Ajax4 - 0Heracles
NAC1 - 1Heracles
Almere City0 - 2Heracles
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
49
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles2 - 1Fortuna
AHeracles2 - 4Feyenoord
HHeracles0 - 2Twente
AHeracles0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 3Heerenveen
AHeracles3 - 4PSV
HHeracles1 - 1Telstar
AHeracles1 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles2 - 1Excelsior
HHeracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 3FC Volendam
HHeracles0 - 7Feyenoord
AHeracles1 - 2Twente
HHeracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
AHeracles1 - 2NAC
HHeracles1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AHeracles0 - 4Groningen
AHeracles0 - 2Ajax
HHeracles1 - 4NEC
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
Heracles
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
NEC
3
D
1
HER
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
1 - 2Heracles
NEC3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
NEC3 - 1
NEC1 - 0
League games at Heracles since 2015
Heracles
NEC
Goals: Scored
9
8
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
NEC
3
HER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
1 - 4NEC
1 - 2NEC
Heracles2 - 1
0 - 1NEC
Heracles2 - 0
Heracles3 - 0
Goal Statistics

NEC Nijmegen's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 9 consecutive Eredivisie outings. A PG of 2.6 suggests that run should continue on Saturday afternoon.

NEC Heracles
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
19%
2
25%
3
22%
4
15%
5+
20%
There is a 81% probability that NEC will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Heracles will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+25
NEC have scored 25% more goals at home than predicted
-15
Heracles have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
NEC
PG (predicted goals)
Heracles
2.6
1.2
Attack rating
42%
better
NEC
HER
view stats
Games scored19
13
Failed to score1
8
Scored first11
6
Goals scored52
30
Avg. goals scored2.6
1.4
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal4
6
Conversion rate for23
16
Avg. XG for1.9
1.5
KickOff rating
+42%
Defence rating
28%
better
NEC
HER
view stats
Games conceded17
20
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first9
15
Goals conceded34
53
Avg. goals conceded1.7
2.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against18%
21%
Avg. XG against1.4
2
KickOff rating
+28%

NEC v Heracles Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21776
G CrettazK OgawaB LinssenA Kaplan
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Crettaz GLK21
3
-
E Dasa DEF141
-
A Kaplan DEF161
6
-
P Sandler DEF1512
4
1
B Pereira MID161
1
-
D Nejasmic MID161
1
-
K Sano MID2134
2
-
B. Onal MID1856
4
-
T Chery FWD2065
2
1
N Lebreton FWD1023
1
-
B Linssen FWD1967
5
-
Subs
J Cillessen GLK
-
T Ouwejan DEF612
-
J Willems DEF4
-
B Nuytinck DEF1
-
D. Fonville DEF162
-
I Hansen-Aaroen MID1
-
W Willumsson MID1
-
S. Ouaissa MID2052
4
1
D Proper MID163
2
-
V Misidjan FWD1512
-
K Ogawa FWD1873
1
-
Y Kachati FWD1022
-
Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22567
D MiraniL. KulenovićA Hrustic I Mesík
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Pasveer GLK2
-
M Wierik DEF171
2
-
S Cestic DEF1
-
I Mesík DEF212
7
-
M Benita MID15
3
-
A Hrustic  MID2016
5
-
D Mirani MID223
4
-
D Kust MID132
1
-
W Ould-Chikh FWD1614
2
-
N Ünüvar FWD21
1
-
L Zeefuik FWD51
3
-
Subs
T Jansink GLK12
-
R Mantel GLK
-
J Wieckhoff DEF11
1
-
J. Tijink DEF1
-
J Žambůrek MID191
5
-
E Ahlstrand MID2
-
B Limbombe FWD1913
1
-
T Gilst FWD181
2
-
L. Kulenović FWD2153
-
Y Sanches FWD112
-