Go Ahead Eagles are coming into a crucial stage of their season and need to start picking up maximum points to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle this campaign.
It is difficult to not back NEC to earn at least a point during their trip to Deventer on Sunday afternoon, a result which would be their 12th stalemate of the season.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Go Ahead Eagles win with a probability of 47.11%. A win for NEC had a probability of 28.63% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Go Ahead Eagles win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.23%) and 2-0 (7.61%). The likeliest NEC win was 1-2 (7.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.38%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Go Ahead Eagles would win this match.