Willem II 1-4 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 August 2026

Result

Willem II 1-4 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 August 2026, 14:30 UTC · Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg · half-time 0-1

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Willem II 1-4 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Willem II lost to NEC Nijmegen 1-4 in Eredivisie on Saturday 15 August 2026 at Koning Willem II Stadion. The half-time score was 0-1.

Adam Tahaui opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Willem II's goal came from Thomas Verheydt (77'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Adam Tahaui (45+2'), Tjaronn Chery (54'), Bryan Linssen (64') and Kaj Sierhuis (67').

Discipline: Willem II received 1 yellow card; NEC Nijmegen received no yellow cards.

In the current table Willem II are 18th on 2 points and NEC Nijmegen are 13th on 11 points.

Willem II lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tjaronn Chery of NEC Nijmegen (8.3), ahead of Adam Tahaui (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Willem II win, 4 draws and 5 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Nathan Tjoe-A-OnWillem II
  • 45+2'Goal · Adam TahauiNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Tjaronn CheryNEC Nijmegen · 0-2
  • 64'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 0-3
  • 67'Goal · Kaj SierhuisNEC Nijmegen · 0-4
  • 77'Goal · Thomas VerheydtWillem II · 1-4

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13NEC Nijmegen112541719-211DDDDL
18Willem II110291039-292LLLLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Willem II 1, draws 4, NEC Nijmegen 5.

Team news

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Willem II line-up (4-4-1-1)

Karst de Leeuw, Per van Loon, Finn Stam, Justin Hoogma, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Eser Gürbüz, Alessandro Ciranni, Kasper Boogaard, Jaden Slory, Uriël van Aalst, Devin Haen

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

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Tobias Storm, Deveron Fonville, Adam Tahaui, Darko Nejasmic, Jamiro Monteiro, Clement Mutahi Bischoff, Tjaronn Chery, Dusan Tadic, Bryan Linssen

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