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

Sat 15th Aug, 15:30 BST, Willem Ii Stadion, Tilburg

Willem II and NEC Nijmegen go head to head at the Willem Ii Stadion on Saturday afternoon, with both John Stegeman and Dick Schreuder aiming for victory in the Eredivisie. The predictions shown are based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across seventeen of the biggest betting markets. The data and the odds change with each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included across them all.


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Best Tip: NEC to win

Nobody in the Eredivisie wants to be beaten in front of their own supporters, but the stats below suggest that will be Willem II's fate as they go head-to-head with NEC at Willem Ii Stadion on Saturday afternoon. The UK's top bookmakers agree, each suggesting an away win is the most likely outcome at odds of 1.57, and so does our predictive algorithm. We've calculated the away win in the win / draw / win market has a 61% probability, making it a clear bet of the day here.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 61% chance of NEC coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Willem II
19%
4/1-
Draw
19%
10/3-
NEC
61%
4/7-
NEC 2-1
10%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
8%
8/1-
NEC 2-0
8%
9/1-
NEC 3-1
7%
10/1-
NEC 1-0
7%
10/1-
NEC 3-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Willem II 2-1
5%
16/1-
NEC 3-2
4%
18/1-
NEC 4-1
4%
18/1-
Willem II 1-0
4%
20/1-
NEC 4-0
3%
20/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
20/1-
NEC 4-2
3%
28/1-
Willem II 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
68%
4/9-
Under 2.5 Goals
32%
17/10-
Home 1st Goal
43%
6/4-
Away 1st Goal
55%
1/2-
No 1st Goal
1%
20/1-
BTTS - Yes
63%
8/15-
BTTS - No
37%
11/8-
BTTS - Home Win
12%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
35%
7/4-
Home/draw
39%
13/10-
Away/draw
81%
1/6-
Home/away
81%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/8-
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
5/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
47%
11/10-
Under 3.5 Goals
53%
4/6-
Over 4.5 Goals
28%
5/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
72%
2/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
14%
11/2-
Under 5.5 Goals
86%
1/9-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/66-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
20/1-
Home DNB
33%
11/4-
Away DNB
75%
1/4-
Willem II win to nil
7%
10/1-
NEC win to nil
27%
12/5-
Willem II / Willem II
10%
7/1-
Willem II / NEC
5%
16/1-
Willem II / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Willem II
8%
10/1-
Draw / NEC
17%
15/4-
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2-
NEC / Willem II
3%
28/1-
NEC / NEC
35%
11/8-
NEC / Draw
6%
14/1-
Win / draw / win Eredivisie table
Won
Draw
Lost
Willem II
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Excelsior110043 
Sep 5
Apr 24
Aug 22
Mar 13
2
GA Eagles110033 
May 23
l
 
4-1F
Sep 20
Apr 3
3
Ajax110023 
Jan 9
Sep 15
Mar 20
Oct 10
4
AZ Alkmaar110023 
Apr 10
Sep 11
Feb 27
Dec 12
5
Groningen110013 
Feb 27
Nov 28
Oct 25
Jan 30
6
Telstar110013 
May 8
Dec 19
l
 
1-2A
Jan 16
7
Heerenveen110013 
Aug 30
Feb 20
Apr 10
Oct 31
8
Feyenoord110013 
Dec 5
May 1
Sep 5
Feb 13
9
Fortuna101001 
Sep 19
May 16
Oct 17
Mar 6
10
PSV101001 
Jan 30
Oct 31
Nov 21
May 16
11
NEC1001-10 
Aug 15
Jan 23
-
-
12
Utrecht1001-10 
Apr 3
Oct 11
May 23
Nov 8
13
Twente1001-10 
Mar 13
Nov 21
Nov 28
Apr 24
14
S.Rotterdam1001-10 
Feb 13
Oct 17
Feb 20
Dec 5
15
Den Haag1001-20 
Dec 12
Mar 20
Dec 19
May 8
16
PEC Zwolle1001-20 
Nov 6
Mar 6
May 1
Aug 29
17
Willem II1001-30 
-
-
Jan 23
Aug 15
18
Cambuur1001-40 
Oct 24
Jan 16
Jan 10
Sep 13
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
7
Willem II have lost 7 consecutive home league games
8
Willem II have not won in 8 consecutive home league games
Willem II 17TH
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
NEC 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
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
WIL
1
NEC
3
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
Willem II
Goals: Scored
2
1
Games: Scored
2 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
2 / 4
D
3
NEC
1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Willem II of late. It has been 9 Eredivisie matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against NEC Nijmegen.

A PG of 2.3 is fairly strong for NEC Nijmegen in their meeting with Willem II, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 46 consecutive Eredivisie games.

Willem II 17th NEC 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
2.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Willem II will score no more than 1 goal
0
10%
1
23%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
20%
There is a 67% probability that NEC will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Willem II’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+34
NEC have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
2.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2026/2027 season
Willem II
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
1.2
2.3
Attack rating
21%
better
WIL
NEC
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
0
Goals scored1
1
Avg. goals scored1
1
Avg. shots per game9
16
Avg. shots per goal9
16
Conversion rate for11
6
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
5%
better
WIL
NEC
view stats
Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
1
Goals conceded4
2
Avg. goals conceded4
2
Avg. shots/game conceded17
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
3
Conversion rate against24%
33%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+5%

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

Willem II Eredivisie squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1110
T DidillonD. HaenN Tjoe-A-On
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
van der Steen GLK1
-
T Didillon GLK1
-
M Lemmens DEF1
-
F. Stam DEF1
-
J Hoogma DEF1
-
P. van Loon DEF1
-
N Tjoe-A-On DEF11
-
A Ciranni DEF1
-
A. Et-Taibi DEF1
-
K. Boogaard MID1
-
U. van Aalst MID1
-
E. Gürbüz FWD1
-
J. Slory FWD1
-
D. Haen FWD11
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1111
G CrettazK SierhuisD TadićB Pereira
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Crettaz GLK1
-
P Sandler DEF1
-
B Pereira DEF1
1
-
D. Fonville DEF1
-
J Monteiro MID1
-
D Nejasmic MID1
-
T Chery MID1
-
S. Ouaissa MID1
-
N Lebreton MID1
-
I Hansen-Aaroen MID1
1
-
C. Bischoff FWD1
-
D Tadić FWD11
-
E Mor FWD1
-
K Sierhuis FWD11
-
B Linssen FWD1
-