Preview
- In week 17 of the 2025-2026 Eredivisie, NEC face Ajax on 2025-12-20 (kick-off 19:00 GMT) at Goffertstadion.
- Looking back over 2 duels, D. Schreuder has no wins versus J. Heitinga, who has no wins, with 2 draws.
- NEC currently rank 4th (with 28 pts), versus Ajax at 3rd on 29 pts.
- NEC misses 4 players: Y. El Kachati (Injury), F. Entius (Knee Injury), B. Nuytinck (Knee Injury), J. Cillessen (Injury) whereas Ajax misses 5 players: S. Berghuis (Groin Injury), J. McConnell (Health problems), J. Sutalo (Health problems), W. Weghorst (Ankle Injury), K. Taylor (Injury).
- Our model projects NEC in a 3-defender setup (3-4-2-1), with Ajax anticipated to match that in 4-3-3.
- In their last outing, NEC's highest-rated performer was K. Shiogai (8.3), while Ajax's standout was Raúl Moro (8.6).
- Both sides left it all on the pitch: NEC won 3-1 against AFC, and Ajax secured a victory 7-2 over Excelsior Maassluis.
- NEC (4-1-0) and Ajax (5-0-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Ajax hold the upper hand H2H: of 31 meetings, they've triumphed 20 times, conceded 2 times and shared 9 draws.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-1-1 vs 2-4-1) and scoring roughly 3.00-1.67 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
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Match Info
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Nijmegen
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Events
| 3' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 4' | VAR- Bryan Linssen | Goal confirmed | |
| 10' | VAR- Bryan Linssen | Card upgrade | |
| 11' | B. Linssen | ||
| 38' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 44' | 1 - 2 | ||
HT 1 - 2 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | 2 - 2 | ||
| 59' | S. Ouaissa | ||
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| 77' | R. Bounida | ||
| 83' | |||
| 88' | M. Godts | ||
| 90+2' | |||
| 90+3' | Y. Regeer | ||
| 90+4' | G. Crettaz | ||
| 90+5' | A. Kaplan | ||
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Nijmegen is going head to head with Ajax on 20/12/2025 19:00 GMT at Goffertstadion for the Netherlands Eredivisie. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Nijmegen v Ajax H2H statistics!