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NEC Nijmegen, Recent FormNEC Nijmegen will have been quite satisfied taking a point from their last match against Ajax, which ran out a 2-2 draw. They came away from that fixture with 47% of the possession and clocked up 16 attempts on goal with 9 on target. By comparison, Ajax managed 8 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 9 and seen valuable points lost. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games; however, they've scored in 20 of their 22 games this season.
Having managed to remain undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home matches at Goffertstadion, they have put together a strong home record of late, winning 3 of these games too.
With 5 league goals in 6 games at home in Goffertstadion, Koki Ogawa will be feeling confident about hitting the net again in this home encounter.
Sparta Rotterdam, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 4-2 home win over Excelsior in their last league game, Sparta Rotterdam will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 9 on target, compared to Excelsior who had 10 attempts and 4 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Jeroen Rijsdijk will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 7 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 9 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Having lost 3 of their last 6 matches and recorded only 2 victories, this has to be seen as a poor run of results.
On an individual basis, Koki Saito will be looking to cause NEC Nijmegen some problems having scored 4 goals in Sparta Rotterdam's last 6 away games in the league.
In the last match between these two, goals were scored on both sides, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
NEC have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 3 league meetings with De Kasteelheren.
When playing away from home in the league, Sparta have failed to win any of their last 3 meetings with NEC, with the last 3 of those games ending in a draw.
NEC manager Rogier Meijer has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Kas de Wit (Unknown), Bas Dost (Heart problems), Nils Rossen (Unknown) and Lasse Schöne (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Sparta manager Jeroen Rijsdijk has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
NEC Nijmegen Playing at home | Sparta Rotterdam Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 46' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 38' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.3 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 2.9 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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