Week 25 brings us a match on Mar 12th, where NEC and FC Utrecht will play a match in Nijmegen in a clash of the Eredivisie. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. NEC sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Ajax. Kudus Mohammed struck first for Ajax in the 52nd minute on a feed from Dušan Tadić, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed NEC couldn’t manage to score, and Ajax took the shutout win. NEC is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed FC Utrecht is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Fortuna Sittard. Anastasios Douvikas struck first for FC Utrecht in the 59th minute, but Kristijan Bistrović got the equalizer for Fortuna Sittard in the 69th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 87th minute on a goal by Tijanni Noslin to cap off a wild match. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Friday Sep 16th, FC Utrecht and NEC battled to a 0-0 draw. FC Utrecht had 18 on net, and NEC had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
For FC Utrecht, their top scorers are Othman Boussaid and Douvikas, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. For NEC, their top scorers are Jordy Bruijn and Marques, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
De Wolf and Robin Roefs are unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team, while Nick Viergever, Amin Younes, Bas Dost, Django Warmerdam and Can Bozdogan are unavailable to play for Michael Kappelgaard Silberbauer’s team.