Eerste Divisie game prognosis and preview for the FC Den Bosch vs NAC Breda battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 03.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vliert (9000 seats)

FC Den Bosch are all set for a new challenge after their 0-3 versus FC Volendam in the previous game. NAC Breda are coming to town!

Insights:
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This could be an exciting match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical 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 artifical turf is 10-8-5 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

FC Den Bosch have performed here at Stadion De Vliert this season with 6 wins from 9 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3. Ever since the Telstar game FC Den Bosch has been unbeatable here at Stadion De Vliert producing four straight wins.

Bosch faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Volendam (0-3). Midfielder Kevin Felida was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Felida hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against FC Oss.

Bosch are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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NAC Breda form and stats

There's been little loot from NAC Breda's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Eerste Divisie. NAC Breda only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

213 minutes! That's how long the Breda goalkeeper Nick Olij and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Breda go into this game after a win, the home game against Helmond Sport that ended 1-0. Moise Adilehou came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Helmond Sport last time out, making the manager E. de Graaf feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Thom Haye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.35/10. Haye served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Before that, Breda travelled to Jong PSV and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

NAC Breda are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As for defending, Breda rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Bosch two wins, two draws and NAC Breda four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoschR. Kuijpers
R. Kuijpers
9 goals
NAC BredaR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
9 goals
FC Den BoschS. Ahannach
S. Ahannach
3 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

NAC Breda missing players

FC Den Bosch NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 3 9 17
8 6 1 Won W 0 1 6
1 0 0 Drew D 2 3 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 6
20 12 2 Scored S 0 9 25
26 12 1 Conceded C 2 16 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 78% 88%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 71%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 53%
24% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
41% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 22% 35%
29% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 29%
 
3.8 3.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.4 5.9
6.4 7.1 10 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.8 4.7
2 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.9 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 8.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.7 11.9
3.8 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 4.9
31% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 30%
 
12.8 12.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 12.7 10.8
5.4 4.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 5.6 4.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Den Bosch 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 FC Volendam 17 11 5 1 43 22 9 6 2 1 23 12 8 5 3 0 20 10 21 38
2 Excelsior 17 11 2 4 43 24 8 4 2 2 19 12 9 7 0 2 24 12 19 35
3 Jong Ajax 17 10 2 5 42 30 8 5 1 2 23 14 9 5 1 3 19 16 12 32
4 FC Emmen 16 9 3 4 24 13 7 4 0 3 12 5 9 5 3 1 12 8 11 30
5 Graafschap 17 9 3 5 28 20 9 3 3 3 10 13 8 6 0 2 18 7 8 30
6 ADO Den Haag 17 11 2 4 37 20 8 6 0 2 19 9 9 5 2 2 18 11 17 29
7 FC Eindhoven 17 9 2 6 32 24 8 6 1 1 17 9 9 3 1 5 15 15 8 29
8 FC Den Bosch 17 8 1 8 20 26 9 6 0 3 12 12 8 2 1 5 8 14 -6 25
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 6 5 5 28 22 9 2 4 3 13 12 7 4 1 2 15 10 6 23
10 NAC Breda 17 6 5 6 25 22 8 5 2 1 16 6 9 1 3 5 9 16 3 23
11 Jong PSV 17 6 4 7 25 26 9 4 2 3 14 11 8 2 2 4 11 15 -1 22
12 Jong AZ 17 6 3 8 14 17 9 4 2 3 8 7 8 2 1 5 6 10 -3 21
13 MVV Maastricht 16 7 0 9 19 35 8 4 0 4 13 15 8 3 0 5 6 20 -16 21
14 VVV-Venlo 17 6 2 9 17 22 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 1 6 4 12 -5 20
15 Jong Utrecht 17 5 4 8 21 26 8 3 0 5 8 13 9 2 4 3 13 13 -5 19
16 Telstar 17 4 6 7 20 35 8 1 3 4 11 20 9 3 3 3 9 15 -15 18
17 Helmond Sport 17 4 3 10 15 28 9 3 1 5 8 16 8 1 2 5 7 12 -13 15
18 Almere City 16 3 4 9 28 36 8 1 2 5 13 19 8 2 2 4 15 17 -8 13
19 FC Oss 17 3 4 10 18 29 9 2 3 4 13 16 8 1 1 6 5 13 -11 13
20 FC Dordrecht 17 2 4 11 19 41 8 1 3 4 8 14 9 1 1 7 11 27 -22 10

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.