Excelsior - NEC predictions

Beating NEC will not be easy, but we believe Excelsior are more than capable of doing so. The matchup is somewhat balanced, after all, so all three possible outcomes are still on the table.

NEC should be able to win this one, but such an outcome won’t come easily. The 2.25 betting odds on them winning indicate that it will be a close match - Excelsior are no pushovers.

Excelsior are coming off from a 2:2 draw in an away game at Ajax . Betting predictions for that game were heavily in their opponents’ favour, though, so the fact that they pulled off a draw both at half time and as the final result is a success, relatively speaking.

Previously in the Eredivisie, NEC recorded an HT/FT home defeat with a considerable 0:3 goal difference. Most bookies saw them as the clear underdogs before kick-off, though, so the fact that they were trounced is hardly surprising.

Excelsior’s recent Eredivisie away games were marked by a lot of concessions – 7 over the last 3 matches, to be exact. Therefore, betting on goals might be a fairly reasonable option here.

With 6 goals in NEC’s net over their three most recent home games, online bookmakers are not giving them great chances of ending this game one with a clean sheet.

With an away win priced at 2.25, plenty of Eredivisie betting predictions are expecting NEC to win the day. However, they played against Excelsior as the home team earlier in the season and lost despite their status as favourites.

Both teams will have to play with an above-average number of injures. Serano Seymor, Lennard Hartjes, Kik Pierie are unavailable for the hosts. Conversely, Bart van Rooij, Philippe Sandler, Bas Dost will not be able to play on the visiting side. The odds still favour NEC, though.

Priced at 3.04 with Pncl, a Draw/Away wager in the Half Time/Full Time market is the best offer in terms of betting value. It’s still quite risky, mind you, so we don’t recommend putting up a huge stake.