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NEC Nijmegen v Sparta Rotterdam : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 29th Nov, 20:00 BST, Sportpark De Weeren, Amsterdam

Sparta Rotterdam, led by manager Maurice Steijn, visit Dick Schreuder and his NEC Nijmegen side at the Sportpark De Weeren on Saturday night in the Eredivisie. You'll see statistics supporting our top of over 2.5 goals below, but don't forget to explore 16 other betting markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Eredivisie performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

While supporters of S.Rotterdam ready themselves for this clash, they certainly have reason to expect an exciting match. After analysing the relevant statistics and past head-to-head (H2H) performance, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a worthwhile bet, as both clubs know they way to goal and either could get the win. The prediction and odds are aligned: over 2.5 goals is the bet to go for.

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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 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NEC
58%
8/11-
Draw
20%
29/10-
S.Rotterdam
22%
31/10-
NEC 2-1
9%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
8%
7/1-
NEC 2-0
7%
10/1-
NEC 3-1
7%
11/1-
NEC 1-0
6%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
S.Rotterdam 2-1
6%
14/1-
NEC 3-0
5%
14/1-
NEC 3-2
5%
18/1-
NEC 4-1
4%
22/1-
S.Rotterdam 1-0
4%
18/1-
NEC 4-0
3%
28/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
18/1-
S.Rotterdam 3-2
3%
28/1-
NEC 4-2
3%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
69%
1/2-
Under 2.5 Goals
31%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
45%
13/10-
No 1st Goal
1%
18/1-
BTTS - Yes
66%
1/2-
BTTS - No
34%
6/4-
BTTS - Home Win
34%
2/1-
BTTS - Draw
17%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
11/2-
Home/draw
78%
2/9-
Away/draw
42%
21/20-
Home/away
80%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
9/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
48%
6/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
52%
8/13-
Over 4.5 Goals
29%
11/4-
Under 4.5 Goals
71%
1/4-
Over 5.5 Goals
15%
6/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
85%
1/10-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/50-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
18/1-
Home DNB
72%
1/3-
Away DNB
36%
9/4-
NEC win to nil
24%
11/4-
S.Rotterdam win to nil
8%
9/1-
NEC / NEC
31%
13/8-
NEC / S.Rotterdam
3%
28/1-
NEC / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / NEC
16%
4/1-
Draw / S.Rotterdam
9%
17/2-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
S.Rotterdam / NEC
4%
18/1-
S.Rotterdam / S.Rotterdam
13%
11/2-
S.Rotterdam / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 7th 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 3, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have scored in every game. NEC have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

NEC have played 6 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 18 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

S.Rotterdam are in 11th position in the Eredivisie on 16 points having played 12 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 3. S.Rotterdam have conceded 20 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
S.Rotterdam
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1210112331 
l
 
3-5A
Mar 14
Apr 11
l
 
6-1A
2
Feyenoord129121928 
Apr 11
Nov 23
l
 
0-4A
Jan 18
3
AZ Alkmaar12732724 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 31
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
4
Ajax12552520 
Dec 20
Feb 21
d
 
3-3A
Mar 14
5
Utrecht12615619 
Jan 9
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Jan 25
6
Groningen12615019 
w
 
2-0F
May 10
Jan 31
w
 
0-2F
7
NEC12534918 
-
-
Feb 14
Nov 29
8
Twente12444216 
d
 
3-3A
Apr 23
l
 
1-5A
May 10
9
GA Eagles12444116 
May 17
d
 
1-1F
May 2
w
 
0-3F
10
Fortuna12516-216 
Feb 28
l
 
3-2A
Nov 22
Feb 7
11
S.Rotterdam12516-1016 
Nov 29
Feb 14
-
-
12
Heerenveen12354-214 
Mar 21
l
 
3-2A
Dec 14
Feb 28
13
FC Volendam12345-413 
Mar 7
Dec 7
Mar 21
Dec 21
14
NAC12336-612 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
Dec 7
Apr 4
15
PEC Zwolle12336-1312 
Jan 24
d
 
2-2F
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
16
Excelsior12318-1210 
w
 
5-0F
Apr 4
May 17
w
 
0-1F
17
Telstar12237-79 
May 2
Dec 13
w
 
1-0F
Apr 23
18
Heracles12309-169 
Feb 7
w
 
1-4A
Jan 11
l
 
3-0A
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Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
NEC 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
NEC6 - 0Groningen
NEC3 - 0Heerenveen
NEC1 - 1Feyenoord
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ANEC2 - 2Twente
ANEC2 - 1Heracles
HNEC3 - 0NAC
ANEC3 - 0Ajax
HNEC1 - 1Willem II
ANEC0 - 1Heerenveen
HNEC2 - 1Waalwijk
ANEC0 - 2S.Rotterdam
S.Rotterdam 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PEC Zwolle1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Groningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
Heracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
Excelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles0 - 3S.Rotterdam
PSV6 - 1S.Rotterdam
Utrecht1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Almere City0 - 3S.Rotterdam
Ajax1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Fortuna0 - 3S.Rotterdam
NAC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Feyenoord3 - 0S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
Heracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Groningen1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Heerenveen2 - 0S.Rotterdam
PSV2 - 1S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AS.Rotterdam0 - 1PEC Zwolle
HS.Rotterdam0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0Telstar
AS.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
HS.Rotterdam3 - 3Ajax
AS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heracles
HS.Rotterdam1 - 5Twente
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0Excelsior
HS.Rotterdam0 - 4Feyenoord
AS.Rotterdam3 - 0GA Eagles
HS.Rotterdam2 - 1Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam1 - 6PSV
HS.Rotterdam1 - 3PSV
AS.Rotterdam1 - 1Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam3 - 0Almere City
HS.Rotterdam0 - 2Twente
AS.Rotterdam1 - 1Ajax
HS.Rotterdam3 - 1Heerenveen
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
AS.Rotterdam3 - 0Fortuna
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at NEC since 2017
NEC
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
NEC
1
D
3
SPA
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
Draw1 - 1Draw
NEC2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1S.Rotterdam
League games at S.Rotterdam since 2016
S.Rotterdam
NEC
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
5 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
0 / 5
D
2
SPA
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S.Rotterdam
S.Rotterdam2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
S.Rotterdam2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
S.Rotterdam2 - 0
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.2 is decent for NEC Nijmegen in their clash with Sparta Rotterdam, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 23 consecutive Eredivisie games.

NEC 7th S.Rotterdam 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 65% probability that NEC will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that S.Rotterdam will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+42
NEC have scored 42% more goals at home than predicted
-13
S.Rotterdam have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
NEC
PG (predicted goals)
S.Rotterdam
2.2
1.3
Attack rating
36%
better
NEC
SPA
view stats
Games scored11
8
Failed to score1
4
Scored first6
5
Goals scored29
14
Avg. goals scored2.4
1.2
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for21
14
Avg. XG for1.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+36%
Defence rating
NEC
SPA
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded9
8
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first6
7
Goals conceded20
24
Avg. goals conceded1.7
2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
6
Conversion rate against19%
15%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.8
KickOff rating
+2%

NEC v S.Rotterdam Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12454
G CrettazK OgawaB LinssenP Sandler
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Crettaz GLK12
1
-
S. Ouaissa MID1221
3
-
K Sano MID1211
1
-
T Chery MID1132
1
1
K Ogawa FWD1141
-
B Linssen FWD1135
3
-
V Misidjan FWD1112
-
D Proper MID102
1
-
B Pereira DEF9
1
-
B. Onal FWD923
2
-
A Kaplan DEF81
3
-
D Nejasmic MID8
1
-
Y Kachati FWD821
-
D. Fonville DEF71
-
P Sandler DEF711
3
1
K. Shiogai FWD73
-
T Ouwejan DEF612
-
V Crooij MID61
-
E Dasa DEF5
-
R González FWD3
-
Y. Sbai DEF2
-
S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12635
J DrommelT LauritsenP AanholtJ Toornstra
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Drommel GLK12
1
-
M. Young DEF12
-
T Lauritsen FWD1261
3
-
T Quintero DEF111
1
1
B Indi  DEF11
1
1
A. Oufkir FWD1112
2
-
S Sambo DEF102
3
-
J Toornstra MID10
5
-
J Kitolano MID1021
1
-
P Clement MID101
-
M Bergen FWD101
-
P Aanholt DEF813
1
-
L Duijvestijn MID8
1
-
S Ltaief FWD81
-
J Baas MID7
1
-
S Bakari DEF6
-
J Guzmán MID5
-
A. Santos MID4
-
S Mito FWD31
-
M Kleijn DEF2
-
T Velthuis DEF1
-