Dutch Eredivisie: NEC, NAC, Groningen, SBV – Sunday Preview
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NEC-c40018 Nijmegen vs. SBV Excelsior
NEC Nijmegen will take on the relegation contenders SBV Excelsior on Sunday at McDos Goffertstadion.
NEC is one team yet to taste defeat in the league after the winter break. However, it has also not grabbed a victory this year as all their games ended in stalemates. The Red-Black-Green Brigade is currently placed 11th in the league table. With
16 games left to play in this season, NEC will certainly look to achieve a better position in the league table.
Team manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wiljan-Vloet-c36841, is not optimistic about their coming fixture. The tactician looks disappointed with the players’ effort on the pitch in their last game and in team’s training sessions. Vloet said, “The players did not show the right spirit.
I hope this was just an incident, because this is not the way to win matches. Tactics is just a tool spirit is the basic ingredient”.
SBV Excelsior is struggling to claim results, as they are currently battling against relegation this season. However, the Kralingers are full of self-confidence to climb out of the relegation zone, as they emerged victorious against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar last week.
SBV manager, Alex Pastoor, is in no doubt that, his side can produce good results in the coming days and improve their standings in the league table.
Head-to-Head statistics
The Kralingers have won all of their last three fixtures against NEC. Excelsior will be looking to thrash the home side and continue their winning streak. However, the task in hand will not be straightforward and SBV will have to put their best on the pitch
if they want to emerge victorious at the end.
NAC Breda vs. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 will clash with the SC Heerenveen on Sunday at Rat Verlegh Stadion. The Rats and the Spartans are currently placed 10th and 9th respectively in the league table, with a point separating the two. This match will prove to be
important for both sides if they want to stay in strife for the Dutch play-offs for Europa League.
The Rats finished 10th in the league table last term. The team is going through a financial crisis, as many of their board members resigned at the start of the season. NAC are also playing this season without a permanent manager, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222 Maaskant
resigned from the job and his assistants were handed over the job.
Yellow Army will be looking to improve their standings in the league table and achieve better results in the coming weeks. Pearl of the South will have to claim good results that can lead them to Europa League next season.
On the other hand, Heerenveen will be hoping to better their playing record away from Abe Lenstra Stadion. The visitors will look to bag a point from this fixture, as the Rats are tough to beat in their home. Team manager, Ron Jans, will surely miss his
two key players, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roy-Beerens-c31808 in this away fixture, as both players sustained injuries in their last training session.
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The home side is coming in this match with a humiliating away, 3 – 0, loss from 17th placed VVV-Venlo. However, their record against Heerenveen will be the driving force for them in this fixture. The Rats have won three of their last five matches
against the visitors. Jans’ side emerged victorious on two occasions.
De Graafschap vs. FC Groningen
De Graafschap faces a difficult home game when they face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Groningen-c39119 on Sunday. The Superboeren are promoted to Dutch top football league this season, and Doetinchem side are finding life very hard in here. They are currently placed 12th in the
league table, six points clearing them from the danger zone.
Green-White-Army was the surprising side in the Eredivisie, currently placed fourth in the league table and trailing league leaders http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Willem-II-c40945 Tilburg
7 – 1.
Groningen manager said, “We’ll have to play the way we did in the last weeks, because if we let ourselves be dragged into De Graafschap’s game, we’ll get into difficulties”.
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The Superboeren last home victory against Groningen 1 – 0 came eight years ago. Groningen has remained the better of the two sides as they claimed all three points on three occasions. One match ended in stalemate while one match ended in favour of Graafschap.
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