NEC Nijmegen vs Heracles Almelo · Eredivisie
NEC Nijmegen
12-5-4
4 – 1
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Heracles Almelo
5-2-15
Goffertstadion · Nijmegen · Netherlands
Heracles Almelo were beaten 4-1 by NEC Nijmegen at Goffertstadion (crowd 12,650); NEC have now won 6 straight. NEC went ahead through Bryan Linssen at the 17-minute mark and the equaliser came from Lequincio Zeefuik after 23 minutes; Tjaronn Chery got the deciding goal at the 42-minute mark and Basar Önal widened the gap after 57 minutes with a penalty. Noé Lebreton added to the lead late on, at 90 minutes. On 68% of the ball NEC shot 15 times to 10 for Heracles. 6 of the 15 shots by NEC were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Eredivisie Netherlands
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season
- Ground
- Goffertstadion · Nijmegen · Netherlands
- Crowd
- 12,650
- Referee
- Joey Kooij
- NEC form
- DDDWD
- Heracles form
- WDWWD
On TV
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- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEC | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Heracles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
10Fouls18
0Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides2
3Corner Kicks6
1Saves2
68.2%Possession31.8%
15Shots10
6On Goal2
40%On Target %20%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
431Accurate Passes159
496Passes229
90%Pass Completion %70%
4Accurate Crosses4
21Crosses11
20%Cross %40%
45Long Balls50
19Accurate Long Balls16
40%Long Balls %30%
3Blocked Shots1
8Effective Tackles14
17Tackles21
50%Tackle %70%
6Interceptions8
15Effective Clearances26
15Clearances26
Timeline
Full time · 4-1
90'+3'
🟨Ivan Mesik
90'+2'
🟨Lequincio Zeefuik
🔁Isak Hansen-Aarøenreplacing Tjaronn Chery
90'+1'
🔁Bram Nuytinckreplacing Philippe Sandler
90'+1'
⚽Noé LebretonAssist: Youssef El Kachati
90'4 - 1
🔁Willum Thór Willumssonreplacing Bryan Linssen
80'
🔁Youssef El Kachatireplacing Brayann Pereira
80'
79'
🔁Luka Kulenovicreplacing Naci Ünüvar
79'
🔁Tristan Van Gilstreplacing Mimeirhel Benita
🔁Deveron Fonvillereplacing Ahmetcan Kaplan
65'
⚽Basar ÖnalPenalty
57'3 - 1
Half-time · 2-1
⚽Tjaronn CheryAssist: Noé Lebreton
42'2 - 1
23'1 - 1
⚽Lequincio ZeefuikAssist: Naci Ünüvar
⚽Bryan LinssenAssist: Philippe Sandler
17'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
NEC Nijmegen3-4-2-1
30⚽↓Linssen
20⚽Lebreton
10⚽↓Chery
11⚽Önal
23Sano
2↓Pereira
6Nejasmic
4↓Kaplan
3↓Sandler
14Dasa
1Crettaz
Bench
- 25Sami Ouaissa
- 5Thomas Ouwejan
- 15Jetro Willems
- 8Isak Hansen-Aarøenon for Tjaronn Chery, 90'+1'
- 71Dirk Proper
- 18Koki Ogawa
- 34Youssef El Kachation for Brayann Pereira, 80'
- 22Jasper Cillessen
- 19Willum Thór Willumssonon for Bryan Linssen, 80'
- 24Deveron Fonvilleon for Ahmetcan Kaplan, 65'
- 7Virgil Misidjan
- 17Bram Nuytinckon for Philippe Sandler, 90'+1'
Heracles Almelo3-4-2-1
25⚽🟨Zeefuik
9↓Ünüvar
73Ould-Chikh
5van der Kust
4Mirani
2↓Benita
70Hrustic
24🟨Mesik
6Cestic
23te Wierik
22Pasveer
Bench
- 19Luka Kulenovicon for Naci Ünüvar, 79'
- 14Erik Ahlstrand
- 13Jan Zamburek
- 17Tristan Van Gilston for Mimeirhel Benita, 79'
- 27Jop Tijink
- 16Timo Jansink
- 3Jannes Wieckhoff
- 21Yvandro Borges Sanches
- 30Robin Mantel
- 7Bryan Limbombe
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | +21 | 24 |
| 2 |  Ajax Amsterdam | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +16 | 21 |
| 3 |  PSV Eindhoven | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +15 | 20 |
| 4 |  FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 6 |  Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 |  Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 15 |
| 8 |  FC Groningen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 |  SC Cambuur | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 |  FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 |  NEC Nijmegen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 |  Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 |  Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 |  PEC Zwolle | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 |  Telstar | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 |  ADO Den Haag | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 |  Willem II | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -22 | 2 |
Meetings
3NEC wins
0Level
2Heracles wins
Last times they met
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Heracles
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Heracles
1–2
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Heracles
1–0
NEC · 2024-25 Dutch KNVB Beker
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NEC
1–2
Heracles · 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
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NEC
3–1
Heracles · 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
Form
Last games: NEC
W4-3W2-1W2-1W3-1W1-0
Last games: Heracles
L2-0L2-2L2-0L4-2W2-1
