NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Eredivisie

2025/2026

NEC Nijmegen

Linssen17'

Chery42'

Önal57'(P)

Lebreton90'

-FT

Feb 07, 2026

Sportpark De Weeren|Amsterdam

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Noé Lebreton

NEC Nijmegen

Goals

Assists

8.3

90'+3Yellow Card

Ivan Mesik

Heracles Almelo

90'+2Yellow Card

Lequincio Zeefuik

Heracles Almelo

90'+1Substitution

Isak Hansen-Aarøen· In

Tjaronn Chery· Out

NEC Nijmegen

90'+1Substitution

Bram Nuytinck· In

Philippe Sandler· Out

NEC Nijmegen

Goal!

4-1

Noé Lebreton

90'·NEC Nijmegen

⚽

80'Substitution

Youssef El Kachati· In

Brayann Pereira· Out

NEC Nijmegen

80'Substitution

Willum Thór Willumsson· In

Bryan Linssen· Out

NEC Nijmegen

79'Substitution

Tristan van Gilst· In

Mimeirhel Benita· Out

Heracles Almelo

79'Substitution

Luka Kulenovic· In

Naci Ünüvar· Out

Heracles Almelo

65'Substitution

Deveron Fonville· In

Ahmetcan Kaplan· Out

NEC Nijmegen

Goal!

3-1

Başar Önal

57'·NEC Nijmegen

⚽

Goal!

2-1

Tjaronn Chery

42'·NEC Nijmegen

⚽

Goal!

1-1

Lequincio Zeefuik

23'·Heracles Almelo

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Bryan Linssen

17'·NEC Nijmegen

⚽

Statistics of the Game

NEC Nijmegen

Heracles Almelo

68%Ball Possession32%

15Shots Total10

6Shots On Target2

3Corners6

10Fouls18

0Yellow Cards2

1Offsides2

1Saves2

496Passes229

6Shots Off Target7

125Attacks43

52Dangerous Attacks18

10Shots Inside Box9

5Shots Outside Box1

4Goals1

17Free Kicks10

3Shots Blocked1

5Substitutions2

0Hit Woodwork2

17Tackles21

3Assists1

431Accurate Passes159

21Total Crosses11

4Accurate Crosses4

6Interceptions8

4Big Chances Created4

1Big Chances Missed3

NEC Nijmegen

Manager: Dick Schreuder

Starting XI

6.3

6.3

6.7

6.9

7.0

7.3

6.5

7.1

7.5

8.3

7.6

Substitutes

Willum Thór Willumsson

6.4

6.6

6.9

Manager: Ernest Faber

Starting XI

5.7

6.3

6.4

5.8

6.3

7.4

6.4

Djevencio van der Kust

6.0

Walid Ould-Chikh

7.1

Naci Ünüvar

7.5

Lequincio Zeefuik

6.9

Substitutes

6.4

6.5

Yvandro Borges Sanches

Jop Tijink

Robin Mantel

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Noé Lebreton FW	8.3	90'	1	1	1/3	39(88%)	2	5/9
Bryan Linssen FW	7.6	80'	1	0	1/2	11(64%)	1	4/7
Tjaronn Chery FW	7.5	90'	1	0	2/2	33(92%)	-	1/2
Darko Nejasmic MF	7.3	90'	0	0	1/2	67(92%)	1	7/14
Başar Önal MF	7.1	90'	1	0	1/3	46(89%)	-	3/12
Brayann Pereira MF	7.0	80'	0	0	-	26(81%)	6	8/15
Youssef El Kachati FW	6.9	10'	0	1	-	4(100%)	-	-
Ahmetcan Kaplan DF	6.9	65'	0	0	-	57(91%)	1	4/5
Philippe Sandler DF	6.7	90'	0	1	-	59(95%)	2	4/7
Deveron Fonville DF	6.6	25'	0	0	-	14(93%)	-	2/2
Kodai Sano MF	6.5	90'	0	0	0/2	52(78%)	3	7/15
Willum Thór Willumsson MF	6.4	10'	0	0	-	5(100%)	-	0/2
Gonzalo Crettaz GK	6.3	90'	0	0	-	44(61%)	-	0/1
Eli Dasa DF	6.3	90'	0	0	0/1	35(94%)	1	2/7
Isak Hansen-Aarøen MF	-	1'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Bram Nuytinck DF	-	1'	0	0	-	4(75%)	-	-

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
NEC Nijmegen	15	W5	12	0	12	0	15/15	12-6
Heracles Almelo	15	W1	1	0	2	15	4/15	6-11

NEC Nijmegen — last 5 games

W4-3 @ NAC Breda2026-01-17
W2-1 @ De Treffers2026-01-20
W2-1 vs PEC Zwolle2026-01-24
W3-1 @ AZ2026-01-31
W1-0 vs FC Volendam2026-02-04

Heracles Almelo — last 5 games

L0-2 @ Sparta Rotterdam2026-01-11
D2-2 @ Go Ahead Eagles2026-01-14
L0-2 vs FC Twente2026-01-18
L2-4 @ Feyenoord2026-01-25
W2-1 vs Fortuna Sittard2026-02-01

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
NEC Nijmegen	15	3.8	87%	80%	67%	80%	13%	7%
Heracles Almelo	15	4.2	100%	73%	47%	73%	0%	27%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
NEC Nijmegen	Home	5	4	1	0	10-4	2.6	60%	40%
Heracles Almelo	Away	8	2	2	4	14-18	1	75%	0%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
NEC Nijmegen	15	16-12	20-9	56%	87%	5-7-3
Heracles Almelo	15	13-14	20-16	61%	87%	4-3-8

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 23
Period covered: 2009-09-27 – 2025-08-16
NEC Nijmegen wins: 10
Draws: 4
Heracles Almelo wins: 9
Avg goals per meeting: 2.52
Over 2.5 goals: 52%
Both teams scored: 57%
Home side won: 48%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 1D 1L (NEC Nijmegen view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3 vs 2.52

Most recent meetings (5 of 23)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-08-16	Heracles Almelo	1-4	NEC Nijmegen
2025-05-18	Heracles Almelo	1-2	NEC Nijmegen
2024-12-18	Heracles Almelo	0-0	NEC Nijmegen
2024-09-21	NEC Nijmegen	1-2	Heracles Almelo
2024-02-03	NEC	3-1	Heracles Almelo

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 188 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
NEC Nijmegen	3	20	38	18	DDWWW	3	0
Heracles Almelo	16	21	17	-23	LLLLW	16	0

Table context

Points gap: 21 ptsNEC Nijmegen 38 · Heracles Almelo 17
Positions: #3 vs #16
Goals per game: 2.6/1.7 vs 1.43/2.52scored/conceded per game · league average 1.62

How we calculate this

Eredivisie Standings

Eredivisie · 2025/2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	PSV	34	27	3	4	+56	84	WWDWW
2	Feyenoord	34	19	8	7	+26	65	DWWDW
3	NEC NijmegenH	34	16	11	7	+24	59	DDDLW
4	FC Twente	34	15	13	6	+19	58	WDDWL
5	Ajax	34	14	14	6	+21	56	WWDLD
···
16	FC Volendam	34	8	8	18	-20	32	LWLDL
17	NAC Breda	34	6	11	17	-23	29	DLLWD
18	Heracles AlmeloA	34	5	4	25	-50	19	LLLLL

8 / 18Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Eredivisie

NEC Nijmegen34 matches

Heracles Almelo

34 matches

#3Position#18

59Points19

16Wins5

11Draws4

7Losses25

77Goals35

2.26Goals per game1.03

53Goals conceded85

1.56Goals per game conceded2.50

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (34 vs 34 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityNEC Nijmegen 64% · X · Draw 18% · Heracles Almelo 18%

1 · Home Win

64%

X · Draw

18%

2 · Away Win

18%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

2.38 vs 1.17

Projected Total: 3.55

Over 1.5 Goals

87%

Over 2.5 Goals

68%

Over 3.5 Goals

47%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

62%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

31% / 9%

NEC Nijmegen / Heracles Almelo

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

2 - 1(9.6%)2 - 0(8.2%)1 - 1(8.1%)

Recent matches

Feb 4

1-0

vs FC Volendam

Home

Jan 31

3-1

@ AZ

Away

Jan 24

2-1

vs PEC Zwolle

Home

Jan 20

2-1

@ De Treffers

Away

All NEC Nijmegen fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 23 matches

Won 43%

(10/23)

Draw 17%

(4/23)

Won 39%

(9/23)

Goals

29-29

Total matches

Recent matches (5/23)

Eredivisie•Aug 16, 2025

Heracles Almelo

1-4

NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie•May 18, 2025

Heracles Almelo

1-2

NEC Nijmegen

KNVB Beker•Dec 18, 2024

Heracles Almelo

0-0

NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie•Sep 21, 2024

NEC Nijmegen

1-2

Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie•Feb 3, 2024

NEC

3-1

Heracles Almelo

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo — Head to Head

Last 23 matches

NEC Nijmegen wins

Draws

Heracles Almelo wins

Goals Scored

29 - 29

Aug 16, 2025 • Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo

1-4

NEC Nijmegen

May 18, 2025 • Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo

1-2

NEC Nijmegen

Dec 18, 2024 • KNVB Beker

Heracles Almelo

0-0

NEC Nijmegen

Matchday 22 — Eredivisie

Match summary

NEC Nijmegen beat Heracles Almelo 4-1 in the Eredivisie, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, NEC Nijmegen (3rd, 38 pts) were 21 points ahead of Heracles Almelo (16th, 17 pts). NEC Nijmegen had won 5 matches in a row before this one. Across 23 previous meetings on record, NEC Nijmegen won 10 and Heracles Almelo won 9, with 4 draws (2.52 goals per game).

Goals came from Bryan Linssen (17'), Tjaronn Chery (42'), Başar Önal (57') and Noé Lebreton (90') for NEC Nijmegen and Lequincio Zeefuik (23') for Heracles Almelo.

More details:

NEC Nijmegen — live results and schedule Heracles Almelo — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo H2H, Form & Key Stats

Eredivisie Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/23)

NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo — Head to Head

Last 23 matches

Matchday 22 — Eredivisie

Match summary