Early sportsbook action indicate Almere City superiority when meeting NAC Breda

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

A total of 35 rounds of games are done and both Almere City and NAC Breda are at the right end of the league table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Almere City form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.

Almere City are returning here after visiting FC Oss and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Peña, Limbombe (2), Parra and Hilterman scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Almere City played a great game against FC Oss and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Limbombe, a striker, was the highest rated player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 9.01 (out of 10). Limbombe scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus PEC Zwolle.

A decent goal production from Almere in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 17 league matches. Almere City have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

7 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of NAC Breda playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. NAC Breda love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The club members enjoyed Breda's previous match versus Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 14th), a 4-2 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Roda JC Kerkrade was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker der Sande got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Sande signed up for three assists and hit seven key passes.

A draw for NAC Breda before that, at their own venue hosting Willem II (1-1).

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this team's 17 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

The travelling fans enjoy Breda's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 17 league matches away. For NAC Breda, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended NAC Breda - Almere 0-1, earlier this season. Almere City-NAC Breda H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City four wins, NAC Breda five wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
14 goals
NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
13 goals
NAC BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
13 goals

Almere City missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City NAC Breda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 3 Played P 4 17 35
20 9 2 Won W 1 7 17
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 5
9 4 0 Lost L 3 8 13
55 28 5 Scored S 4 27 61
37 19 3 Conceded C 11 35 59
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
49% 59% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 88% 69%
26% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 53% 43%
20% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 23%
49% 65% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 74%
40% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 14%
14% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 11%
 
5.1 5.5 1.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.8 4.9
5 4.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.6
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.7 12.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.8 10.5
4.6 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 4.3
34% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 42% 41%
 
9.1 8.1 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.7 11.3
3.9 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of NAC Breda's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 35 25 4 6 92 37 18 14 2 2 55 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 55 79
2 Heracles 35 24 4 7 95 41 18 14 3 1 59 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 54 76
3 Almere City 35 20 6 9 55 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 18 11 2 5 27 18 18 66
4 Willem II 35 18 9 8 63 38 18 12 2 4 34 17 17 6 7 4 29 21 25 63
5 NAC Breda 35 17 5 13 61 59 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 7 2 8 27 35 2 56
6 MVV Maastricht 35 17 5 13 62 61 18 12 3 3 40 22 17 5 2 10 22 39 1 56
7 FC Eindhoven 35 15 9 11 55 51 18 10 4 4 37 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 4 54
8 VVV-Venlo 35 15 8 12 52 48 18 5 7 6 22 21 17 10 1 6 30 27 4 53
9 Telstar 35 13 10 12 36 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 18 6 6 6 16 25 -13 49
10 Jong AZ 35 13 8 14 57 54 17 8 6 3 36 21 18 5 2 11 21 33 3 47
11 ADO Den Haag 35 12 11 12 45 51 18 6 5 7 28 29 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 47
12 Graafschap 35 13 7 15 58 51 17 8 2 7 26 19 18 5 5 8 32 32 7 46
13 Jong Ajax 35 11 10 14 64 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 18 5 5 8 28 39 -2 43
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 12 6 17 45 52 17 7 3 7 24 22 18 5 3 10 21 30 -7 42
15 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 55 60 17 7 2 8 30 27 18 4 6 8 25 33 -5 41
16 Helmond Sport 35 10 9 16 35 53 17 7 3 7 23 21 18 3 6 9 12 32 -18 39
17 FC Dordrecht 35 9 6 20 36 61 17 6 3 8 20 23 18 3 3 12 16 38 -25 33
18 FC Den Bosch 35 10 3 22 44 80 18 7 2 9 28 31 17 3 1 13 16 49 -36 33
19 FC Oss 35 9 5 21 41 73 18 5 3 10 26 37 17 4 2 11 15 36 -32 32
20 Jong Utrecht 35 7 5 23 32 61 17 5 3 9 17 20 18 2 2 14 15 41 -29 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 35 25 4 6 92 37 18 14 2 2 55 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 55 79
2 Heracles 35 24 4 7 95 41 18 14 3 1 59 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 54 76
3 Almere City 35 20 6 9 55 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 18 11 2 5 27 18 18 66
4 Willem II 35 18 9 8 63 38 18 12 2 4 34 17 17 6 7 4 29 21 25 63
5 NAC Breda 35 17 5 13 61 59 18 10 3 5 34 24 17 7 2 8 27 35 2 56
6 MVV Maastricht 35 17 5 13 62 61 18 12 3 3 40 22 17 5 2 10 22 39 1 56
7 FC Eindhoven 35 15 9 11 55 51 18 10 4 4 37 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 4 54
8 VVV-Venlo 35 15 8 12 52 48 18 5 7 6 22 21 17 10 1 6 30 27 4 53
9 Telstar 35 13 10 12 36 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 18 6 6 6 16 25 -13 49
10 Jong AZ 35 13 8 14 57 54 17 8 6 3 36 21 18 5 2 11 21 33 3 47
11 ADO Den Haag 35 12 11 12 45 51 18 6 5 7 28 29 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 47
12 Graafschap 35 13 7 15 58 51 17 8 2 7 26 19 18 5 5 8 32 32 7 46
13 Jong Ajax 35 11 10 14 64 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 18 5 5 8 28 39 -2 43
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 12 6 17 45 52 17 7 3 7 24 22 18 5 3 10 21 30 -7 42
15 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 55 60 17 7 2 8 30 27 18 4 6 8 25 33 -5 41
16 Helmond Sport 35 10 9 16 35 53 17 7 3 7 23 21 18 3 6 9 12 32 -18 39
17 FC Dordrecht 35 9 6 20 36 61 17 6 3 8 20 23 18 3 3 12 16 38 -25 33
18 FC Den Bosch 35 10 3 22 44 80 18 7 2 9 28 31 17 3 1 13 16 49 -36 33
19 FC Oss 35 9 5 21 41 73 18 5 3 10 26 37 17 4 2 11 15 36 -32 32
20 Jong Utrecht 35 7 5 23 32 61 17 5 3 9 17 20 18 2 2 14 15 41 -29 26

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