On Saturday Jan 15th, NEC and Heracles will play a match in Amsterdam in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, NEC recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Willem II. Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson scored the first goal for NEC in the 38th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Willem II couldn’t manage to score, and NEC took the shutout win. NEC is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Heracles recorded a 1-1 draw against SC Cambuur. Breij scored the first goal for SC Cambuur in the 59th minute, then Orestis Kiomourtzoglou tied it up for Heracles in the 77th minute earning Heracles a comeback draw. Heracles looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
NEC and Heracles last played eachother at the Polman Stadion on Aug 29th. NEC won by a score of 1 to 0. Ali Akman scored the first goal for NEC in the 50th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Heracles couldn’t manage to score, and NEC took the shutout win.
For Heracles, their top scorers are Nikolai Laursen and Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Both Jordy Bruijn and Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson have been the hottest scorers for NEC in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Rogier Meijer’s squad will be without Jonathan Okita, Rens van Eijden, Souffian Elkarouani, , Mathias De Wolf and Pedro Ruiz, while Frank Wormuth’s Heracles squad will be without Kasper Lunding and Delano Burgzorg.