This could be an interesting match as Excelsior have their presumed home advantage while NAC Breda are ahead 2 points in the Eerste Divisie table.
The hosts Excelsior saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong PSV, so at least Excelsior are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting NAC Breda have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 6-6-8 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have performed here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion this season with 7 wins from 11 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3.
Excelsior lost their last game at Jong PSV (placed 16th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Telstar that ended 3-3.
The defeat against Jong PSV was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by C. Ngonge).
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 Excelsior have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 2.
Excelsior are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 11 matches. Excelsior have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number.
NAC Breda form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
NAC Breda play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Go Ahead Eagles (placed 5th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs PSV.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by NAC Breda in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for NAC Breda, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
NAC Breda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). NAC Breda have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; NAC Breda - Excelsior 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Excelsior victories, 3 draws and 4 NAC Breda wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vloet 8 goals |  J. Zwarts 8 goals |  S. Meijer 6 goals |
Excelsior missing players
NAC Breda missing players
| Excelsior | NAC Breda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | 30 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 35 |
| 42 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 70% |
| 78% | 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 52% | 73% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 30% | 45% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 74% | 91% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 57% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.1 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 301 | 152 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 140 | 318 |
| 130 | 63 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 61 | 136 |
| 35% | 48% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | 26% |
- All of Excelsior's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NAC Breda have scored away.
- Excelsior have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 47 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 46 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Telstar | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Excelsior | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Almere City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 21 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 18 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -27 | 15 |