Jong Utrecht vs NEC Prediction & Betting Tips

📏 Form Guide

Jong Utrecht

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Jong Utrecht will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 2-3 Eerste Divisie success versus Go Ahead Eagles.

For Jong Utrecht, the scorers were Mohamed Mallahi (38') and Jeredy Hilterman (76', 91'). Sam Hendriks (78', 88') scored for Go Ahead Eagles.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Jong Utrecht haven’t conceded. The reality is that Jong Utrecht have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 13 goals on the way. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Going into this one, Jong Utrecht have not won at home in their last 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

NEC

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NEC go into this game following a 6-0 Eerste Divisie win over FC Eindhoven in their last outing.

For NEC, goals were scored by Souffian El Karouani (34'), Rangelo Janga (39'), Jonathan Okita (52'), Joep van der Sluijs (54'), Dirk Proper (73') and Jordy Bruijn (96').

The stats don’t lie, and NEC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. Defensively, NEC just haven’t been too solid at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results going back to 27/10/2017 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Jong Utrecht. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all while NEC have been dominant against them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those games played.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Jong Utrecht and 13 created by NEC. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

📰 Team News: Jong Utrecht

Jong Utrecht boss René Hake has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: NEC

Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there is only a single fitness issue for the NEC boss Rogier Meijer to contend with. Mathias De Wolf (Back Injury) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Jong Utrecht are certainly able to breach the defence of this NEC side, but a single goal isn’t likely to be enough to avoid defeat.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for NEC when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 19:30 13/10/2020