In a weekend match in week 17, on Sunday Dec 19th, Go Ahead Eagles hosts NEC at De Adelaarshorst in a clash of the Eredivisie. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Go Ahead Eagles sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Roda JC Kerkrade. Isac Lidberg struck first for Go Ahead Eagles in the 5th minute on a feed from Idzes, then Isac Lidberg added another in the 29th minute In the end, Roda JC Kerkrade was frustrated by Go Ahead Eagles’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Go Ahead Eagles ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Go Ahead Eagles should be reasonably happy with their performance, while nEC is fresh off their 1-2 loss against PSV. Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson scored the first goal for NEC in the 8th minute, but Vertessen got the equalizer for PSV in the 80th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 90th minute on a goal by Carlos Vinícius. NEC is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
For NEC, their top scorers are Ali Akman and Jordy Bruijn, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Go Ahead Eagles’s most prolific scorer has been Isac Lidberg. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Kees van Wonderen’s Go Ahead Eagles squad will be without Kuipers, Yacine Bourhane, Sam Crowther, Ioannis Foivos Botos and Turan Tuzlacik, while Jonathan Okita, Rens van Eijden, , De Wolf and Pedro Ruiz are unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team.