Heracles Almelo 1-4 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 16 August 2025

Result

Heracles Almelo 1-4 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 16 August 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Heracles Almelo · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Heracles Almelo 1-4 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Heracles Almelo were beaten by NEC Nijmegen 1-4 in Eredivisie on Saturday 16 August 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jizz Hornkamp opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Heracles Almelo's goal came from Jizz Hornkamp (3'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Bryan Linssen (39'), Philippe Sandler (68'), Kento Shiogai (83') and Kento Shiogai (87').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.

Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 18th with 19 points, and NEC Nijmegen 4th with 59.

Heracles Almelo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Sandler of NEC Nijmegen (8.5), ahead of Kento Shiogai (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Heracles Almelo wins, 1 draw and 3 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jizz HornkampHeracles Almelo · 1-0
  • 13'Red card · Jizz HornkampHeracles Almelo
  • 28'Yellow card · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen
  • 32'Yellow card · Jan ZamburekHeracles Almelo
  • 39'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Sem SchepermanHeracles Almelo
  • 68'Goal · Philippe SandlerNEC Nijmegen · 1-2
  • 83'Goal · Kento ShiogaiNEC Nijmegen · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Kento ShiogaiNEC Nijmegen · 1-4
  • 90'Yellow card · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Heracles Almelo 2, draws 1, NEC Nijmegen 3.

Team news

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Heracles Almelo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fabian de Keijzer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Ivan Mesik, Djevencio van der Kust, Jan Zamburek, Sem Scheperman, Bryan Limbombe, Thomas Bruns, Tristan van Gilst, Jizz Hornkamp

NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-3)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Philippe Sandler, Calvin Verdonk, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Dirk Proper, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Koki Ogawa, Bryan Linssen