During all these years, we got used to the first 3 places in the table in the Netherlands being reserved for PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord, the only thing that changed was the order of the table. Completely unexpectedly, NEC has now joined the race, playing fantastically this season and they are absolutely deservedly in 3rd place in the table. They are on a great run of results and are unbeaten in their last 13 games. In that period, they recorded as many as 11 victories and only 2 draws. That this is not a coincidence is best shown by the away matches against Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar. In both matches, NEC was not considered the favorite, but that did not stop them from showing a fantastic game and recording victories in which they scored as many as 7 goals. With 56 goals scored so far, they are the second most efficient in the league, of course behind undisputed PSV. What is interesting about NEC is the fact that they do not have a single player who stands out with goals, none of them has a double-digit goal score, their focus is exclusively on team play. They play very attractive and offensive football and their matches are rare that end with less than 2.5 goals and I believe that tonight we will have the opportunity to watch a very effective match. On the other hand, Utrecht, which has always been considered a stable team, is playing below all expectations this season. They are in 13th place, with only 7 points more than the danger zone. The form they are in lately does not indicate that they will have an easy task in the fight for survival until the end of the season. In the last 5 matches, they managed to win only 1 point, and they achieved their last victory in the league at the beginning of November. Since then they have played 15 games and recorded only one more victory, in the cup against a team from the second league, Oss. This season they also played in the Europa League, but they had disappointing results there too, because they won only 1 point in 8 games played. All this indicates that Utrecht is not in a current slump in form, but that something is seriously not working in the club. In the collision of two teams in completely different forms, everything clearly indicates that NEC will continue its series of good results without major difficulties.

这么多年来，我们已经习惯了荷甲的前三名被埃因霍温、阿贾克斯和费耶诺德占据，唯一改变的是排名顺序。完全出乎意料的是，NEC现在加入了竞争，本赛季表现出色，他们绝对当之无愧地位居积分榜第三位。他们在最近的13场比赛中保持不败。在此期间，他们取得了11场胜利，只有2场平局。这不是巧合，客场对阵费耶诺德和阿尔克马尔的比赛就是最好的证明。在这两场比赛中，NEC都被认为是不受欢迎的，但这并没有阻止他们表现出精彩的比赛，并取得了多达7个进球的胜利。到目前为止，他们打进了56球，是联赛中效率第二高的球队，当然仅次于无可争议的埃因霍温。NEC的有趣之处在于他们没有一个进球突出的球员，他们都没有两位数的进球，他们完全专注于团队合作。他们踢出了非常吸引人的进攻足球，他们的比赛很少以少于2.5个进球结束，我相信今晚我们将有机会看到一场非常有效的比赛。另一方面，乌得勒支一直被认为是一支稳定的球队，本赛季的表现低于所有人的预期。他们排在第13位，只比危险区域多7分。他们最近的状态并不表明他们在赛季结束前的生存之战中会有一件容易的任务。在最近的5场比赛中，他们只赢得了1分，他们在11月初取得了联赛的最后一场胜利。从那以后，他们一共打了15场比赛，只多赢了一场，那是在对阵第二联赛球队奥斯的杯赛上。本赛季他们也参加了欧联杯，但他们的成绩也令人失望，因为他们在8场比赛中只赢得了1分。所有这些都表明，乌得勒支目前的状态并不是很低迷，但俱乐部的某些方面确实出了问题。在两支完全不同形式的球队的碰撞中，一切都清楚地表明NEC将在没有重大困难的情况下继续其一系列的好成绩。