NEC Nijmegen 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 May 2026

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 May 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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NEC Nijmegen 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles: match report

NEC Nijmegen beat Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 17 May 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Noé Lebreton opened the scoring in the 12th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Noé Lebreton (12') and Noé Lebreton (27'). Go Ahead Eagles scored through Søren Tengstedt (55').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; Go Ahead Eagles received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 5th on 56 points from 33 and Go Ahead Eagles 12th on 38 points from 33. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Go Ahead Eagles 12th with 38.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Go Ahead Eagles in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Noé Lebreton of NEC Nijmegen (9.6), ahead of Jari De Busser (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 NEC Nijmegen wins, 4 draws and 3 for Go Ahead Eagles.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Noé LebretonNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Noé LebretonNEC Nijmegen · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Victor EdvardsenGo Ahead Eagles
  • 50'Yellow card · Darko NejasmicNEC Nijmegen
  • 55'Goal · Søren TengstedtGo Ahead Eagles · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Julius DirksenGo Ahead Eagles

Head-to-head

7 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 0, draws 4, Go Ahead Eagles 3.

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Philippe Sandler, Deveron Fonville, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Darko Nejasmic, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Noé Lebreton, Bryan Linssen

Go Ahead Eagles line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jari De Busser, Alfons Sampsted, Julius Dirksen, Joris Kramer, Eus Waayers, Melle Meulensteen, Jakob Breum, Søren Tengstedt, Mathis Suray, Victor Edvardsen, Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson