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Date: 08/08/2026
NEC Nijmegen
NEC Nijmegen
Vs
59%
22%
19%
■ Home   ■ Draw   ■ Away
Telstar
Telstar
Netherlands: Eredivisie
Referee: -
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🎯 1. Model Analysis

NEC Nijmegen win
58.7%
Avg Implied 66.6% · @ 1.40
Edge
-7.9%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Betano
1.44
Dafabet
1.43
1xBet
1.42
888Sport
1.40
Bet365
1.40
Draw
22.4%
Avg Implied 19.3% · @ 4.83
Edge
+3.2%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Pinnacle
5.10
1xBet
5.05
BetVictor
5.00
Betfair
5.00
Dafabet
5.00
Telstar win
18.8%
Avg Implied 14.1% · @ 6.62
Edge
+4.7%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
1xBet
7.16
Bet365
7.00
Unibet
7.00
Marathonbet
6.95
Betano
6.80

⚽ 2. Goal Analysis

NEC NijmegenNEC Nijmegen

Avg scored 1.80
Avg conceded 1.30
Avg total 3.10
30-3avg 1.8avg 1.3avg total 3.123303222201111111221H·FORH·FC A·PSVH·HEEA·EXCH·FEYA·TWEH·TELA·GROH·GO
SplitTotal
Scored
Total
Conceded
Home
Scored
Home
Conceded
Away
Scored
Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game2.101.632.201.672.001.60
vs Stronger (8)2.381.882.002.252.751.50
vs Similar (10)1.601.702.201.801.001.60
vs Weaker (12)2.331.422.331.172.331.67
Clean sheet %10% (-14pp vs league)
This opponent (Telstar) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

TelstarTelstar

Avg scored 2.10
Avg conceded 1.40
Avg total 3.50
40-4avg 2.1avg 1.4avg total 3.530410331021441113021H·NACA·FORA·HEEH·PSVH·GROA·UTRH·SPAA·NECH·HERA·FC
SplitTotal
Scored
Total
Conceded
Home
Scored
Home
Conceded
Away
Scored
Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game1.501.631.931.601.071.67
vs Stronger (18)1.111.781.601.700.501.88
vs Similar (12)2.081.422.601.401.711.43
vs Weaker (0)------
Clean sheet %13% (-11pp vs league)
This opponent (NEC Nijmegen) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

Total goals distribution

6%11%17%22%5%011%121%222%318%412%511%6+
The model estimates around 3.2 goals in this match; the single most likely total is 3 (22%).
Over/Under 1.5
Over 1.5
84.3%
@ 1.10-0.4%
Under 1.5
15.7%
@ 6.11+0.4%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
Betano
1.14
10Bet
1.13
Pinnacle
1.12
888Sport
1.11
Bet365
1.11
Under
Unibet
6.50
Bet365
6.50
BetVictor
6.50
Pinnacle
6.07
888Sport
6.00
Over/Under 2.5
Over 2.5
62.9%
@ 1.39-4.1%
Under 2.5
37.1%
@ 2.82+4.1%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
Betano
1.44
10Bet
1.44
Unibet
1.40
Pinnacle
1.40
Bet365
1.40
Under
Betano
2.90
Pinnacle
2.88
Bet365
2.88
Unibet
2.88
BetVictor
2.88
Over/Under 3.5
Over 3.5
40.7%
@ 2.04-5.6%
Under 3.5
59.3%
@ 1.75+5.6%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
SBO
2.12
10Bet
2.10
Betano
2.07
1xBet
2.05
Unibet
2.04
Under
1xBet
1.80
Betano
1.80
Pinnacle
1.79
Unibet
1.77
Marathonbet
1.77
Both teams to score
Yes
60.5%
@ 1.56+1.2%
No
39.5%
@ 2.29-1.2%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Yes
Betfair
1.60
10Bet
1.60
Unibet
1.58
Betano
1.57
Bet365
1.57
No
William Hil
2.38
888Sport
2.38
Betfair
2.30
Betano
2.30
BetVictor
2.30

Correct score

Top 8 scorelines with probability, best odds and edge (left); the full probability grid (right).
1-1
10.3%@ 9.39+5.4%
2-1
9.9%@ 7.83+4.0%
2-0
8.7%@ 8.48+3.3%
1-0
7.3%@ 9.72+2.6%
3-1
6.9%@ 9.74+2.2%
3-0
6.1%@ 10.35+1.7%
2-2
5.6%@ 13.94+2.3%
1-2
5.3%@ 17.52+2.7%
NEC Nijmegen goals ↓
Telstar goals →
01234
04.8%3.5%2.5%1.0%0.3%
17.3%10%5.3%2.0%0.6%
28.7%9.9%5.6%2.1%0.6%
36.1%6.9%3.9%1.5%0.4%
43.2%3.6%2.1%0.8%0.2%
Each cell is the % chance of that exact scoreline. Rows = NEC Nijmegen goals (down), columns = Telstar goals (across).

💪 3. Team Strengths Analysis

🏆 Total PPG

Points / game
PSV Eindhoven
2.47
Feyenoord
1.91
NEC Nijmegen
1.74
Twente
1.71
Ajax
1.67
Utrecht
1.58
AZ Alkmaar
1.53
Heerenveen
1.42
Groningen
1.37
Sparta Rotterdam
1.26
Fortuna Sittard
1.15
GO Ahead Eagles
1.12
Excelsior
1.12
PEC Zwolle
1.09
Telstar
1.09
FC Volendam
0.94
NAC Breda
0.91
Heracles
0.56
NEC Nijmegen is 0.65 points better than Telstar in terms of average points per game (1.74 vs 1.09).

⚔️ Attack

Goals scored / game
PSV Eindhoven
2.97
NEC Nijmegen
2.26
Feyenoord
2.06
Ajax
1.78
Twente
1.74
AZ Alkmaar
1.71
Heerenveen
1.64
Utrecht
1.61
GO Ahead Eagles
1.59
Fortuna Sittard
1.44
Telstar
1.44
Groningen
1.40
PEC Zwolle
1.29
Excelsior
1.26
Sparta Rotterdam
1.18
NAC Breda
1.06
FC Volendam
1.03
Heracles
1.03
NEC Nijmegen is 0.82 goals better than Telstar in terms of goals scored per game (2.26 vs 1.44).

🛡️ Defense

Conceded / game · lower better
Ajax
1.14
Twente
1.18
Utrecht
1.22
Feyenoord
1.29
PSV Eindhoven
1.32
Groningen
1.34
AZ Alkmaar
1.50
NEC Nijmegen
1.56
GO Ahead Eagles
1.56
Heerenveen
1.61
FC Volendam
1.62
Telstar
1.62
Excelsior
1.65
NAC Breda
1.66
Sparta Rotterdam
1.82
Fortuna Sittard
1.85
PEC Zwolle
2.09
Heracles
2.50
NEC Nijmegen is 0.06 goals better than Telstar in terms of goals conceded per game (1.56 vs 1.62).

⏱️ Possession

Avg possession %
PSV Eindhoven
61%
NEC Nijmegen
57%
Ajax
56%
Twente
54%
AZ Alkmaar
53%
Feyenoord
53%
Heerenveen
51%
Groningen
50%
GO Ahead Eagles
49%
NAC Breda
49%
Excelsior
48%
Sparta Rotterdam
47%
Utrecht
47%
Telstar
45%
PEC Zwolle
45%
FC Volendam
45%
Fortuna Sittard
45%
Heracles
45%
NEC Nijmegen is 11.5 percentage points better than Telstar in terms of average possession (57% vs 45%).

🎲 4. Props Analysis

NEC NijmegenNEC Nijmegen

For 8.1 · Against 3.0 · Total 11.1

🚩 Corners

17013465993415262771211051711912578141315H·GO A·GROH·TELA·TWEH·FEYA·EXCH·HEEA·PSVH·FC H·FOR
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 2.0 · Against 1.7 · Total 3.7

🟨 Cards

701212322134311211433353731327H·GO A·GROH·TELA·TWEH·FEYA·PSVH·FC H·FORA·AJAA·SPA
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 11.4 · Against 10.2 · Total 21.6

⚠️ Fouls

31012812161011166171498611128107101320282122311717201723H·GO A·GROH·TELA·TWEH·FEYA·EXCH·HEEA·PSVH·FC H·FOR
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total

TelstarTelstar

For 4.2 · Against 7.1 · Total 11.3

🚩 Corners

1707679655751211245531047139111217139814A·FC H·HERA·NECH·SPAA·UTRH·GROH·PSVA·HEEA·FORH·NAC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 1.3 · Against 2.4 · Total 3.7

🟨 Cards

5022142321212121411144552333525A·FC H·HERA·NECH·SPAA·UTRH·GROH·PSVA·HEEA·FORH·NAC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 11.5 · Against 10.0 · Total 21.5

⚠️ Fouls

3101813121211101495912105491218811133124212314229212624A·FC H·HERA·NECH·SPAA·UTRH·GROH·PSVA·HEEA·FORH·NAC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total

NEC NijmegenNEC Nijmegen

SplitCornersCardsFouls
TotHmeAwyTotHmeAwyTotHmeAwy
Overall (50)10.19.910.23.83.93.622.922.623.2
vs Stronger (12)10.29.211.34.86.03.724.022.725.3
vs Similar (15)9.58.89.93.73.63.822.723.222.5
vs Weaker (23)10.310.69.93.33.13.422.522.422.7
% over line54%44%64%48%56%40%56%52%60%
% under line46%56%36%52%44%60%44%48%40%
This opponent (Telstar) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

TelstarTelstar

SplitCornersCardsFouls
TotHmeAwyTotHmeAwyTotHmeAwy
Overall (34)11.111.011.13.33.13.521.621.122.2
vs Stronger (20)11.211.311.13.42.83.919.519.020.0
vs Similar (14)10.910.611.13.13.42.924.624.025.3
vs Weaker (0)---------
% over line65%65%65%38%24%53%47%53%41%
% under line35%35%35%62%76%47%53%47%59%
This opponent (NEC Nijmegen) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

🚩 Total Corners

Match total corners / game
PSV Eindhoven
11.2
GO Ahead Eagles
11.1
Telstar
11.1
ADO Den Haag
10.8
Willem II
10.7
Sparta Rotterdam
10.6
Fortuna Sittard
10.5
Heerenveen
10.2
NEC Nijmegen
10.1
Ajax
10.0
Groningen
10.0
Cambuur
9.9
AZ Alkmaar
9.9
Excelsior
9.7
Feyenoord
9.7
Utrecht
9.7
Twente
9.5
PEC Zwolle
9.2

🟨 Total Cards

Match total cards / game
AZ Alkmaar
4.1
NEC Nijmegen
3.9
ADO Den Haag
3.8
Feyenoord
3.7
Cambuur
3.7
Ajax
3.7
Utrecht
3.6
Fortuna Sittard
3.5
GO Ahead Eagles
3.5
PSV Eindhoven
3.5
Telstar
3.5
Sparta Rotterdam
3.5
Groningen
3.4
Twente
3.4
Excelsior
3.3
PEC Zwolle
3.2
Heerenveen
3.0
Willem II
3.0

⚠️ Total Fouls

Match total fouls / game
ADO Den Haag
26.8
Cambuur
25.5
Fortuna Sittard
24.2
NEC Nijmegen
22.9
PEC Zwolle
22.9
Feyenoord
22.9
Ajax
22.6
AZ Alkmaar
22.5
Utrecht
22.4
Telstar
21.6
Willem II
21.3
Twente
21.2
Heerenveen
21.0
Groningen
20.7
Sparta Rotterdam
19.7
Excelsior
19.6
GO Ahead Eagles
19.0
PSV Eindhoven
18.4
Corners O/U 9.5
Over 9.5
59.8%
@ 1.43-4.2%
Under 9.5
40.2%
@ 2.55+4.2%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
Unibet
1.43
Under
Unibet
2.55
Cards O/U 3.5
Over 3.5
49.8%
Under 3.5
50.2%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
No bookmaker prices yet.
Under
No bookmaker prices yet.
Fouls O/U 21.5
Over 21.5
58.2%
Under 21.5
41.8%
Best 5 bookmaker prices
Over
No bookmaker prices yet.
Under
No bookmaker prices yet.

🔥 5. Top picks for this game

Every selection Pythia rates above 70%, ordered by probability. The five columns are the best bookmaker prices (highest first) for each pick; edge is vs the average.
PickProbabilityAvg oddsBest 1Best 2Best 3Best 4Best 5Edge
Over 1.584.3%1.10
Betano
1.14
10Bet
1.13
Pinnacle
1.12
888Sport
1.11
Bet365
1.11
-0.4%

💰 6. Squad value

💰 Total value

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (50)
€323m
AJA (62)
€260m
FEY (32)
€216m
AA (60)
€205m
UTR (51)
€88m
TWE (27)
€84m
NN (28)
€62m
HEE (23)
€49m
GAE (31)
€36m
SR (26)
€32m
GRO (23)
€32m
PZ (29)
€23m
FS (28)
€22m
EXC (28)
€19m
WI (26)
€14m
CAM (26)
€12m
TEL (24)
€12m
ADH (25)
€11m
NEC Nijmegen's squad is €50m more valuable than Telstar's (€62m vs €12m).

⚔️ Attack

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (19)
€139m
AJA (24)
€119m
AA (22)
€100m
FEY (13)
€78m
UTR (19)
€30m
NN (13)
€27m
TWE (10)
€26m
HEE (10)
€22m
GAE (12)
€17m
SR (9)
€13m
GRO (8)
€11m
WI (12)
€9m
PZ (12)
€9m
EXC (12)
€9m
FS (7)
€7m
ADH (12)
€5m
CAM (10)
€4m
TEL (8)
€4m
NEC Nijmegen's attack is €23m more valuable than Telstar's (€27m vs €4m).

🧠 Midfield

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (10)
€77m
AJA (13)
€53m
FEY (4)
€51m
AA (12)
€43m
NN (6)
€26m
UTR (10)
€24m
TWE (4)
€13m
GRO (3)
€9m
HEE (3)
€6m
FS (7)
€6m
GAE (6)
€6m
TEL (7)
€5m
PZ (6)
€5m
SR (4)
€2m
ADH (3)
€2m
EXC (4)
€2m
CAM (5)
€2m
WI (3)
€1m
NEC Nijmegen's midfield is €21m more valuable than Telstar's (€26m vs €5m).

🛡️ Defence

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (21)
€108m
FEY (15)
€87m
AJA (25)
€87m
AA (26)
€62m
TWE (13)
€45m
UTR (22)
€34m
HEE (10)
€20m
SR (13)
€16m
GAE (13)
€14m
GRO (12)
€11m
PZ (11)
€9m
NN (9)
€9m
EXC (12)
€9m
FS (14)
€8m
CAM (11)
€6m
ADH (10)
€4m
WI (11)
€4m
TEL (9)
€3m
NEC Nijmegen's defence is €6m more valuable than Telstar's (€9m vs €3m).

🤝 7. Games History

Head-to-head

NEC Nijmegen vs Telstar · H/A from NN
DateH/AGameScore
02/05/26HNN Vs Telstar1-1
13/12/25ATelstar Vs NN2-2

NEC NijmegenNEC Nijmegen

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
17/05/26HNN Vs GO Ahead Eagles2-1
10/05/26AGroningen Vs NN2-1
02/05/26HNN Vs Telstar1-1
25/04/26ATwente Vs NN1-1
12/04/26HNN Vs Feyenoord1-1
04/04/26AExcelsior Vs NN0-2
22/03/26HNN Vs Heerenveen2-2
14/03/26APSV Eindhoven Vs NN2-3
08/03/26HNN Vs FC Volendam3-0
28/02/26HNN Vs Fortuna Sittard2-3

TelstarTelstar

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
17/05/26AFC Volendam Vs TEL1-2
10/05/26HTEL Vs Heracles3-0
02/05/26ANEC Nijmegen Vs TEL1-1
22/04/26HTEL Vs Sparta Rotterdam4-1
11/04/26AUtrecht Vs TEL4-1
04/04/26HTEL Vs Groningen0-2
22/03/26HTEL Vs PSV Eindhoven3-1
14/03/26AHeerenveen Vs TEL3-0
08/03/26AFortuna Sittard Vs TEL1-4
27/02/26HTEL Vs NAC Breda3-0

📊 8. Overall Statistics

NEC Nijmegen
NEC Nijmegen
Netherlands: Eredivisie
Recent: 4 Wins / 4 Draws / 2 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallDDDLW1.64
HomeWDDDW1.80
AwayDWWDL1.48
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %44%48%40%
AVG goals3.584.003.16
Over 2.5 %70%84%56%
Scored2.082.441.72
Conceded1.501.561.44
BTTS74%80%68%
Clean Sheet18%20%16%
Failed to Score10%0%20%
Telstar
Telstar
Netherlands: Eredivisie
Recent: 6 Wins / 1 Draws / 3 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallLWDWW1.09
HomeWWLWW1.18
AwayWLLDW1.00
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %26%29%24%
AVG goals3.063.472.65
Over 2.5 %59%71%47%
Scored1.441.821.06
Conceded1.621.651.59
BTTS65%71%59%
Clean Sheet15%12%18%
Failed to Score24%18%29%

🏆 9. League Table

RecordGoalsProps / gameSquad value €mStrengths
RankTeamMPWin%PPGGFGAGDG/GO1.5O2.5O3.5CorCor O%CrdCrd O%FlsFls O%TotAttMidDefAtt/gDef/gPoss%
Netherlands: Eredivisie 2026-27 full table · NEC Nijmegen and Telstar highlighted. Click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths.

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