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Team News
NEC Nijmegen
- Samuel Stefanik misses out through injury and Christoph Hemlein is suspended, meaning Michael Higdon will start up front on his own.
- Navarone Foor will begin the encounter from the right-flank.
Heerenveen
- Christian Kum is the only player unavailable for the trip to Nijmegen.
- Marco van Basten is expected to use the same starting XI he deployed last weekend against Vitesse, which means Marten de Roon anchoring the midfield with Joey van den Berg and Hakim Ziyech ahead of him.
Prediction
- It was déjà vu for NEC last weekend at home to Heracles; heading into the last five minutes of regular time with a lead, they conceded a late equaliser and were forced to settle for a draw.
- It extends their winless run to ten games and means they’re the only Eredivisie side without a win this season.
- Heerenveen also go into the game mystified how they didn’t win last time out – leading Vitesse 2-0, including another goal from the league’s top scorer Alfred Finnbogason, they managed to throw away all three points.
- Unbeaten on their travels, so far this season, Heerenveen will be looking to bounce back – in the process inflicting another defeat on struggling NEC – and move to within a point of league leaders Twente, albeit having played one more game.
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