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

Sat 3rd May, 15:30 BST, Sportpark De Weeren, Amsterdam

NEC Nijmegen are in Eredivisie action on Saturday afternoon, as Rogier Meijer aims to beat Peter Maes and his Willem II side at the Sportpark De Weeren. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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Best Tip: NEC to win

Studying the bookmakers' odds and collated statistics regarding the two sides ahead of this Eredivisie game, a bet on win / draw / win for NEC to win and delight their home supporters is our recommendation. We predict they'll overpower Willem II, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. It could be a tighter than we expect, but NEC winning is the bet come Saturday afternoon.

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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 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NEC
61%
11/20
9%
-
Draw
20%
10/3
15%
-
Willem II
19%
17/4
21%
-
NEC 2-1
10%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
9%
7/1
7%
-
NEC 2-0
8%
7/1
6%
-
NEC 1-0
8%
7/1-
NEC 3-1
7%
11/1
8%
-
NEC 3-0
6%
10/1
15%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
16/1
13%
-
Willem II 2-1
5%
16/1
13%
-
NEC 3-2
4%
22/1-
NEC 4-1
4%
20/1
19%
-
Willem II 1-0
4%
14/1
15%
-
NEC 4-0
3%
20/1
19%
-
Draw 0-0
3%
12/1-
NEC 4-2
2%
40/1-
Willem II 2-0
2%
28/1
26%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
4/6
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
23/20
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
56%
4/11
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
21/10
13%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
61%
3/4-
BTTS - No
39%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
33%
11/5
9%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/2
10%
-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
17/2
19%
-
Home/draw
81%
1/7
5%
-
Away/draw
39%
5/4
7%
-
Home/away
80%
1/5
4%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/5
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
10/3
8%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
13/8
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
4/9
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
4/1
9%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
1/6
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
9/1
9%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1/16
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/33
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
14/1
15%
-
Home DNB
75%
2/9
6%
-
Away DNB
33%
3/1
18%
-
NEC win to nil
28%
7/4
8%
-
Willem II win to nil
7%
9/1
25%
-
NEC / NEC
35%
11/8
13%
-
NEC / Willem II
2%
33/1-
NEC / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / NEC
19%
7/2
5%
-
Draw / Willem II
8%
10/1
16%
-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2
8%
-
Willem II / NEC
4%
20/1-
Willem II / Willem II
9%
17/2
27%
-
Willem II / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 13th 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 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. NEC have outscored their opponents by 42 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

NEC have played 15 games at home winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 23 goals at home.

Willem II are in 16th position in the Eredivisie on 24 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Willem II have conceded 46 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
Willem II
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax3123533674 
l
 
1-2F
May 11
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
2
PSV3021455567 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
3
Feyenoord3018843662 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
4
Utrecht3118851962 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-2A
5
Twente3013981248 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
6-2A
6
AZ Alkmaar3013891447 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
7
GA Eagles301389647 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
8
Heerenveen3111713-1440 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
9
Fortuna3010614-1536 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
10
S.Rotterdam3081111-335 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
11
Groningen309813-1335 
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-0A
12
Heracles3081111-1535 
l
 
1-2A
May 18
May 9
d
 
1-1A
13
NEC Home309615-233 
-
-
w
 
4-1F
May 3
14
NAC308814-1832 
May 14
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 18
15
PEC Zwolle3071013-1331 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
May 14
w
 
0-1F
16
Willem II Away306618-2024 
May 3
l
 
4-1A
-
-
17
Almere City314819-3820 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
18
Waalwijk304719-2719 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
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
8
Willem II have lost 8 consecutive league games
13
Willem II have not won in 13 consecutive league games
NEC 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
NEC1 - 2Heracles
NEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
NEC1 - 2Twente
NEC1 - 2GA Eagles
NEC2 - 3Feyenoord
NEC0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
NEC3 - 1PSV
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANEC0 - 1Heerenveen
HNEC2 - 1Waalwijk
ANEC0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HNEC3 - 3AZ Alkmaar
ANEC1 - 0Utrecht
HNEC2 - 3GA Eagles
ANEC0 - 0Feyenoord
ANEC0 - 2Twente
HNEC2 - 2Almere City
ANEC1 - 2Groningen
HNEC3 - 3PSV
HNEC4 - 1Fortuna
ANEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
ANEC1 - 4Willem II
HNEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC0 - 5GA Eagles
HNEC1 - 2Ajax
HNEC1 - 2Utrecht
ANEC3 - 0Waalwijk
HNEC6 - 0Groningen
Willem II 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
8
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fortuna1 - 0Willem II
Heerenveen3 - 1Willem II
GA Eagles1 - 0Willem II
S.Rotterdam4 - 0Willem II
PSV1 - 1Willem II
Waalwijk2 - 0Willem II
Twente6 - 2Willem II
PEC Zwolle0 - 1Willem II
Groningen2 - 0Willem II
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2Willem II
Ajax1 - 0Willem II
Almere City0 - 1Willem II
Utrecht3 - 2Willem II
Heracles1 - 1Willem II
Feyenoord1 - 1Willem II
Cambuur1 - 1Willem II
PSV4 - 2Willem II
GA Eagles4 - 0Willem II
Feyenoord2 - 0Willem II
Fortuna1 - 0Willem II
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWillem II0 - 1Fortuna
HWillem II1 - 2Ajax
AWillem II1 - 3Heerenveen
HWillem II0 - 2Almere City
AWillem II0 - 1GA Eagles
HWillem II2 - 3Utrecht
AWillem II0 - 4S.Rotterdam
HWillem II1 - 3Groningen
AWillem II1 - 1PSV
HWillem II0 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AWillem II0 - 2Waalwijk
HWillem II1 - 1Feyenoord
AWillem II2 - 6Twente
HWillem II4 - 1NEC
AWillem II1 - 0PEC Zwolle
HWillem II1 - 2Heerenveen
AWillem II0 - 2Groningen
HWillem II2 - 2NAC
AWillem II2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HWillem II0 - 1Twente
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
NEC have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Willem II
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
NEC
1
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
NEC1 - 0
League games at Willem II since 2015
Willem II
NEC
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
1 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
3 / 4
NEC
3
WIL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Willem II
Willem II4 - 1
0 - 1NEC
0 - 1NEC
0 - 1NEC
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Willem II of late. It has been 5 Eredivisie matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against NEC Nijmegen.

NEC 13th Willem II 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
18%
There is a 65% probability that NEC will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Willem II will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
NEC have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
-30
Willem II have scored 30% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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NEC
PG (predicted goals)
Willem II
2.2
1.1
Attack rating
16%
better
NEC
WIL
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Games scored21
19
Failed to score9
11
Scored first12
8
Goals scored42
30
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.4
0.8
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
14%
better
NEC
WIL
view stats
Games conceded22
25
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first17
21
Goals conceded44
50
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.9
KickOff rating
+14%

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

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28958
R RoefsV CrooijV CrooijC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF2911
8
-
S. Ouaissa MID296
1
-
B. Onal FWD293
3
-
R Roefs GLK28
-
B Pereira DEF2712
2
-
S Hansen FWD2743
3
-
B Nuytinck DEF261
4
-
T Ouwejan DEF2524
1
-
M Hoedemakers MID251
1
-
D Proper MID251
3
-
I Márquez DEF242
3
-
K Ogawa FWD2371
1
-
V Crooij FWD2295
5
1
K Sano MID212
2
1
K. Shiogai FWD2131
-
P Sandler DEF16
1
-
L Schöne MID15
1
1
E Lyratzis DEF121
-
B Linssen FWD112
3
-
L Larsen FWD6
-
A. Darelas MID5
-
S Gassel GLK2
-
Willem II Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30537
T DidillonJ BoschN Doodeman J Bokila
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Didillon GLK30
2
-
T Jago DEF29
3
-
R Behounek DEF2911
5
-
R Meerveld MID2942
2
-
J Bosch MID295
6
-
J Bokila FWD2721
6
1
R Sigurgeirsson DEF2611
5
-
C Sandra MID2642
1
-
M Tirpan DEF2311
4
-
N Doodeman  FWD233
-
K Vaesen FWD2342
2
1
B Lambert MID222
5
-
A. Lachkar MID20
3
-
A Fatah FWD201
3
-
E Kehrer FWD1912
1
-
R Nizet DEF17
1
-
P Joosten FWD1711
-
E Schouten DEF14
2
-
Y Sylla FWD10
1
-
D Kaygin MID61
-
M. Pivas DEF4
-
J. Mathijsen DEF4
2
-