Week 20 features a match on Sun Feb 5th, where NEC will travel to Deventer to battle Go Ahead Eagles in a clash of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Go Ahead Eagles recorded a 1-3 loss against RKC Waalwijk. Mats Seuntjens struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 23rd minute on a feed from Yassin Oukili, then José Fontán got the equalizer for Go Ahead Eagles in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Oliver Valaker Edvardsen. Go Ahead Eagles is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while nEC is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. Arno Verschueren scored the first goal for Sparta Rotterdam in the 58th minute, but Marques got the equalizer for NEC in the 80th minute earning NEC at least a draw. NEC is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion De Goffert, NEC and Go Ahead Eagles battled to a 3-3 draw. Oussama Tannane scored the first goal for NEC in the 3rd minute, but Isac Lidberg got the equalizer for Go Ahead Eagles in the 9th minute .
For NEC, their top scorers are Landry Dimata and Marques, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Isac Lidberg and Sylla Sow are the top scorers for Go Ahead Eagles in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Kuipers is unavailable to play for Go Ahead Eagles, while Rogier Meijer’s squad will be without De Wolf and Robin Roefs.