Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen

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🕒 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:30 Europe/London 📍 Stadion Galgenwaard 🧑‍⚖️ Martin Van den Kerkhof 🔁 Regular Season - 26 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 26

Regular Season Table

Utrecht 4 · NEC Nijmegen 8

Referee Stats

Martin Van den Kerkhof

14 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	36%
Draws	21%
Away wins	43%

How the match was won

Utrecht outshot their opponent (19-13).
Possession was balanced (54%-46%).
Utrecht had the sharper finishing (5-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

Utrecht (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-3-5

Goals For / Against

28 / 24

Avg: 1.65 / 1.41

Points

Avg: 1.76

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

NEC Nijmegen (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 6-2-10

Goals For / Against

17 / 24

Avg: 0.94 / 1.33

Points

Avg: 1.11

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Eredivisie fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.76

PPG

1.11

1.65

0.94

1.41

1.33

47%

O2.5

41%

47%

BTTS

18%

Score 1st

League-position context

Utrecht rank4th

NEC Nijmegen rank8th

Utrecht points64

NEC Nijmegen points43

Utrecht: #4 · 64 pts · GD +17

14 pts off the top 2. 21 pts above the play-off edge. 31 pts clear of the relegation zone.

NEC Nijmegen: #8 · 43 pts · GD +5

35 pts off the top 2. 0 pts above the play-off edge. 10 pts clear of the relegation zone.

21-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Utrecht last 5 home

D W W W L

Points10/15

Weighted index71

Goals10-3

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

NEC Nijmegen last 5 away

W W L L W

Points9/15

Weighted index67

Goals6-4

Record3-0-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Utrecht trend breakdown

Over 2.547%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.541%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 65% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 41%

NEC Nijmegen trend breakdown

Over 2.541%

BTTS18%

BTTS + O2.518%

1H Over 0.553%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 59% · Over 3.5 12% · 1H BTTS 6%

Scoring reliability

Utrecht score at home76%

Utrecht clean sheet at home35%

NEC Nijmegen score away47%

NEC Nijmegen clean sheet away35%

First-goal patterns

Utrecht score first0%

Utrecht win after scoring first0%

NEC Nijmegen score first0%

NEC Nijmegen win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Utrecht 0% · NEC Nijmegen 0%

Vs league average

Utrecht score at home1.65 vs 1.70

Utrecht concede at home1.41 vs 1.29

NEC Nijmegen score away0.94 vs 1.29

NEC Nijmegen concede away1.33 vs 1.70

Utrecht score 3% below league average, while NEC Nijmegen score 27% below league average.

Defensive side: Utrecht are 9% above league average at home, and NEC Nijmegen are 21% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.00

BTTS40%

Over 2.540%

At this venue setup: 0.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Utrecht goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

NEC Nijmegen goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

449

381

Passes Accurate

356

301

Passes %

79%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	14
Home Wins	8
Draws	3
Away Wins	3
Over 2.5 Goals	7 (50.0%)
BTTS	5 (35.7%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	7
Home Wins	4
Draws	2
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	1 (14.3%)
BTTS	2 (28.6%)

Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

11 Feb 2026 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 1 - 3 02 Nov 2025 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 0

2024-2025 Season

15 Mar 2025 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 0 - 1 24 Nov 2024 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 1 - 2

2023-2024 Season

17 Mar 2024 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 0 23 Sep 2023 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 3 - 0

2022-2023 Season

12 Mar 2023 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 2 - 2 16 Sep 2022 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 0 - 0

2021-2022 Season

29 Apr 2022 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 0 22 Sep 2021 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 0 - 3

2016-2017 Season

18 Mar 2017 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 0 - 3 30 Oct 2016 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 1

2015-2016 Season

10 Apr 2016 Utrecht vs NEC Nijmegen 3 - 1 22 Nov 2015 NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht 1 - 0