Football facts: Almere City vs NAC Breda - predictions and stats

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Almere City are ready for a new challenge after their 1-3 against FC Eindhoven previously. NAC Breda are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) 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

The overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for Almere City are 5-4-8 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Yanmar Stadion after three straight home wins.

No payout for Almere City in their previous match, an away game at FC Eindhoven that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfielder Receveur was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Receveur scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Excelsior in a game that was won 3-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almere City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost three.

Almere has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. NAC Breda seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Breda had fun at their own home (Yanmar Stadion) last time out, beating VVV-Venlo 3-1. Bannis (2) and Bakker scored. Bannis, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.22. Bannis scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jong Utrecht wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by NAC Breda in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for NAC Breda, four draws and two defeats.

Breda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 17 games (in the league). NAC Breda struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads met previously this season; NAC Breda - Almere 1-1. Almere City-NAC Breda H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City three wins, NAC Breda five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AlmereL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
11 goals
Almere CityJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
10 goals
Almere CityI. Alhaft
I. Alhaft
8 goals

Almere City missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
10 5 2 Won W 2 5 14
8 4 0 Drew D 1 3 10
16 8 3 Lost L 2 9 10
53 25 8 Scored S 13 23 52
61 27 7 Conceded C 11 29 40
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 85%
85% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 74%
68% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 53% 50%
38% 35% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 41% 35%
21% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 15%
59% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 44%
24% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 38%
24% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 47% 32%
 
5.6 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.6 5.6
5.1 5.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.6
1.1 0.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.9 10.9 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.2 11.4
4.4 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 5.2
35% 29% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 30%
 
9.5 8.4 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 11.4 10.5
4.3 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.4 4.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Emmen 34 23 5 6 58 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 35 74
2 FC Volendam 34 19 11 4 72 46 17 12 2 3 42 25 17 7 9 1 30 21 26 68
3 FC Eindhoven 34 19 7 8 64 38 17 11 4 2 37 16 17 8 3 6 27 22 26 64
4 Excelsior 34 19 5 10 74 49 17 9 3 5 39 23 17 10 2 5 35 26 25 62
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 16 12 6 68 41 17 8 6 3 33 18 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 60
6 ADO Den Haag 33 20 5 8 71 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 17 9 3 5 36 29 24 59
7 Jong Ajax 34 17 8 9 74 57 17 11 3 3 44 26 17 6 5 6 30 31 17 59
8 NAC Breda 34 14 10 10 52 40 17 9 7 1 29 11 17 5 3 9 23 29 12 52
9 Graafschap 34 14 9 11 45 39 17 4 7 6 16 22 17 10 2 5 29 17 6 51
10 VVV-Venlo 34 12 5 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 22 29 17 6 2 9 19 23 -11 41
11 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
12 Almere City 34 10 8 16 53 61 17 5 4 8 25 27 17 5 4 8 28 34 -8 38
13 FC Oss 34 10 8 16 44 54 17 6 5 6 26 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -10 38
14 Jong AZ 34 11 5 18 33 45 17 7 3 7 19 20 17 4 2 11 14 25 -12 38
15 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 52 56 17 7 4 6 32 25 16 3 3 10 20 31 -4 37
16 Telstar 34 8 11 15 41 63 17 4 5 8 20 35 17 4 6 7 21 28 -22 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 FC Dordrecht 34 8 8 18 47 72 17 5 6 6 25 28 17 3 2 12 22 44 -25 32
19 MVV Maastricht 34 10 2 22 38 72 17 4 2 11 20 36 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 32
20 Helmond Sport 34 7 6 21 34 62 17 4 3 10 19 31 17 3 3 11 15 31 -28 24

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 FC Emmen 34 23 5 6 58 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 35 74
2 FC Volendam 34 19 11 4 72 46 17 12 2 3 42 25 17 7 9 1 30 21 26 68
3 FC Eindhoven 34 19 7 8 64 38 17 11 4 2 37 16 17 8 3 6 27 22 26 64
4 Excelsior 34 19 5 10 74 49 17 9 3 5 39 23 17 10 2 5 35 26 25 62
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 16 12 6 68 41 17 8 6 3 33 18 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 60
6 ADO Den Haag 33 20 5 8 71 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 17 9 3 5 36 29 24 59
7 Jong Ajax 34 17 8 9 74 57 17 11 3 3 44 26 17 6 5 6 30 31 17 59
8 NAC Breda 34 14 10 10 52 40 17 9 7 1 29 11 17 5 3 9 23 29 12 52
9 Graafschap 34 14 9 11 45 39 17 4 7 6 16 22 17 10 2 5 29 17 6 51
10 VVV-Venlo 34 12 5 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 22 29 17 6 2 9 19 23 -11 41
11 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
12 Almere City 34 10 8 16 53 61 17 5 4 8 25 27 17 5 4 8 28 34 -8 38
13 FC Oss 34 10 8 16 44 54 17 6 5 6 26 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -10 38
14 Jong AZ 34 11 5 18 33 45 17 7 3 7 19 20 17 4 2 11 14 25 -12 38
15 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 52 56 17 7 4 6 32 25 16 3 3 10 20 31 -4 37
16 Telstar 34 8 11 15 41 63 17 4 5 8 20 35 17 4 6 7 21 28 -22 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 FC Dordrecht 34 8 8 18 47 72 17 5 6 6 25 28 17 3 2 12 22 44 -25 32
19 MVV Maastricht 34 10 2 22 38 72 17 4 2 11 20 36 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 32
20 Helmond Sport 34 7 6 21 34 62 17 4 3 10 19 31 17 3 3 11 15 31 -28 24

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