NEC Nijmegen vs GO Ahead Eagles — Eredivisie 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 16+ matches
NEC Nijmegen59%
GO Ahead Eagles21%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
NEC Nijmegen creates 78% more chances
Season form · 19 home / 16 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over68
- Under32
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes64
- No36
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
NEC Nijmegen ↓
Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 92% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
NEC Nijmegen at home — creates 2.00, concedes 1.48 · 19 matches
GO Ahead Eagles away — creates 1.05, concedes 2.52 · 16 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
NEC Nijmegen attack 2.00 + GO Ahead Eagles defence 2.52 → ÷2 → 2.26
GO Ahead Eagles attack 1.05 + NEC Nijmegen defence 1.48 → ÷2 → 1.27
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 59%?"
NEC Nijmegen at 59% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 59% does not mean "NEC Nijmegen will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
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Statistics
NEC Nijmegen host GO Ahead Eagles on Sunday, 17 May 2026 at 12:30. The match is part of the Eredivisie 2025/2026 season.
Match Recap: NEC Nijmegen vs GO Ahead Eagles
NEC Nijmegen beat GO Ahead Eagles 2-1 in Eredivisie on May 17, 2026.
Goals: N. Lebreton (12', 27'), S. Tengstedt (55').
NEC Nijmegen controlled possession (58%) and registered 37 shots to 3.
The match was played at Goffertstadion in Nijmegen.